I'm Alright (Jo Dee Messina album)
I'm Alright is the second studio album released by American country music singer Jo Dee Messina. It was released in 1998. Her highest selling album to date, it has been certified 2× Platinum for U.S. sales of two million copies. The album produced the singles "I'm Alright", "Bye, Bye", and "Stand Beside Me" — all of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts — as well as a cover of Dottie West's "A Lesson in Leaving" (titled "Lesson in Leavin'") and "Because You Love Me". Respectively, these last two singles reached #2 and #8 on the country charts.
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| Released | March 17, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:10 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
| Producer | Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Alright" | Phil Vassar | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Stand Beside Me" | Stephen Allen Davis | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Even God Must Get the Blues" | Dene Anton, John Scott Sherrill | 3:52 |
| 4. | "No Time for Tears" | Steven Dale Jones, Jo Dee Messina | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Lesson in Leavin" | Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher | 3:40 |
| 6. | "Bye, Bye" | Rory Bourke, Phil Vassar | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Silver Thunderbird" | Marc Cohn | 4:09 |
| 8. | "I Know a Heartache" | Charlie Black, Bourke, Kerry Chater | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Because You Love Me" | Kostas, Sherrill | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Cover Me" | Trey Bruce, Robin Lee Bruce | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 36:10 | ||
Personnel
- Deborah Allen – background vocals
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Robin Lee Bruce – background vocals
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Ralph Friedrichsen – background vocals
- Byron Gallimore – electric guitar
- Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar
- Camillie Harrison – background vocals
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Michael Landau – electric guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Terry McMillan – percussion
- Jo Dee Messina – lead vocals, background vocals
- Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
- Kim Parent – background vocals
- Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Curtis Young – background vocals
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 61 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 96 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN Country | ||
| 1998 | "Bye, Bye" | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| "I'm Alright" | 1 | 43 | 1 | |
| "Stand Beside Me" | 1 | 34 | 1 | |
| 1999 | "Lesson in Leavin'" | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| "Because You Love Me" | 8 | 53 | 11 | |
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