Everything I Love
Everything I Love is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on October 29, 1996 and produced six singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Number One hits "Little Bitty" and "There Goes", Top Ten hits in the title track, "Between the Devil and Me", and "Who's Cheatin' Who" (a cover of Charly McClain's #1 song from 1980), and the #18 "A House with No Curtains", his first single since 1989's "Blue Blooded Woman" to miss the Top Ten. It is the only album of Jackson's career to produce six singles.
Everything I Love | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 29, 1996 | |||
Recorded | June–August 1996 | |||
Studio | Cayman Moon Recorders, Berry Hill, TN; The Castle Recording Studio, Franklin, TN; Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 34:25 | |||
Label | Arista Nashville | |||
Producer | Keith Stegall | |||
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Singles from Everything I Love | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A− [3] |
Q | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Little Bitty" | Tom T. Hall | 2:38 |
2. | "Everything I Love" | Harley Allen, Carson Chamberlain | 3:06 |
3. | "Buicks to the Moon" | Jackson, Jim McBride | 2:36 |
4. | "Between the Devil and Me" | Allen, Chamberlain | 4:21 |
5. | "There Goes" | Jackson | 3:55 |
6. | "A House with No Curtains" | Jackson, McBride | 3:25 |
7. | "Who's Cheatin' Who" | Jerry Hayes | 4:01 |
8. | "Walk on the Rocks" | John E. Swaim | 3:30 |
9. | "Must've Had a Ball" | Jackson | 3:34 |
10. | "It's Time You Learned About Good-Bye" | Jackson | 3:11 |
Chart performance
Everything I Love peaked at #12 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and peaked at #1 on the Top Country Albums, his third #1 Country album. In August 2001, Everything I Love was certified 3 x platinum by the RIAA.
Charts
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Sales and Certifications
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Country | US | CAN Country | ||
1996 | "Little Bitty" | 1 | 58 | 2 |
1997 | "Everything I Love" | 9 | — | 6 |
"Who's Cheatin' Who" | 2 | — | 3 | |
"There Goes" | 1 | — | 1 | |
"Between the Devil and Me" | 2 | — | 3 | |
1998 | "A House with No Curtains" | 18 | — | 14 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
- Eddie Bayers − drums
- Ernie Collins − tuba and horn arrangement on "Must've Had A Ball"
- J. T. Corenflos − electric guitar
- Stuart Duncan − fiddle, mandolin
- Larry Franklin − fiddle
- Paul Franklin − steel guitar
- Barry Green − trombone on "Must've Had a Ball"
- Roy Huskey Jr. − upright bass
- Brent Mason − six-string bass guitar, electric guitar
- Dave Pomeroy − tic tac bass
- Gary Prim – piano
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Dennis Sollee – clarinet on "Must've Had a Ball"
- Joe Spivey – fiddle
- Keith Stegall – banjo on "Must've Had a Ball"
- George Tidwell – trumpet on "Must've Had a Ball"
- Wayne Toups – accordion
- Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
References
- Everything I Love at AllMusic
- Chicago Tribune review
- Entertainment Weekly review
- Album reviews at CD Universe
- Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 409. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
rolling stone alan jackson album guide.
- "Everything I Love - Alan Jackson". Billboard.com. 1996-11-16. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2010-02-12.