What I Do the Best
What I Do the Best is the fourth studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The tracks "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us", "Friends", "How Was I to Know" and "I Miss You a Little" were all released as singles, peaking at #15, #2, #2 and #6, respectively on the Hot Country Songs charts, making this the first album of his career not to produce a #1 hit. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for one million shipments in the US.
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| Released | September 24, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 at Masterfonics, the Tracking Room (Nashville, TN) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 35:04 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Csaba Petocz | |||
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| Singles from What I Do the Best | ||||
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"Cloud 8" was later recorded by Canadian country artist Gil Grand on his 1998 debut album Famous First Words.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) link |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" | Jim Robinson, Wendell Mobley | 2:48 |
| 2. | "A Few Cents Short" | John Michael Montgomery | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Friends" | Jerry Holland | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Lucky Arms" | J. B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman | 2:40 |
| 5. | "What I Do the Best" | Michael Huffman, Donny Kees, Monty Holmes | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Cloud 8" | Byron Hill, Tony Martin | 3:49 |
| 7. | "I Can Prove You Wrong" | Greg McDougal, Monty Criswell, Billy Spencer | 3:59 |
| 8. | "How Was I to Know" | Will Rambeaux, Blair Daly | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Paint the Town Redneck" | Richard Fagan, Steve O'Brien | 2:36 |
| 10. | "I Miss You a Little" | Montgomery, Fagan, Mike Anthony | 4:12 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[1]
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Barry Beckett - keyboards
- Stephen Brewster - drums
- Larry Byrom - electric guitar
- Glen Duncan - fiddle
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar, Dobro
- Dann Huff - electric guitar
- John McFee - electric guitar
- Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica
- Carl Marsh - keyboards
- John Michael Montgomery - lead vocals
- Steve Nathan - keyboards
- Louis Dean Nunley - background vocals
- Don Potter - acoustic guitar
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Leland Sklar - bass guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals
- Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young - background vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- What I Do the Best (CD). John Michael Montgomery. Atlantic Records. 1996. 82947.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- Allmusic (see infobox)
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