What I Live to Do

What I Live to Do is the first album by the American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single "I Don't Think I Will", a number 2 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and "She's Got a Mind of Her Own" and "All I Do Is Love Her". The first single, "Dog on a Toolbox", was withdrawn by the label and replaced with "She's Got a Mind of Her Own".

What I Live to Do
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1996
Recorded1995
StudioEmerald Recording Studios, Javelina Recording Studios, The Money Pit, Music Mill, Quad Studios, Recording Arts, Sound Stage Studios, and The Work Station Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length34:42
LabelEpic
ProducerDoug Johnson
James Bonamy chronology
What I Live to Do
(1996)
Roots and Wings
(1997)

Critical reception

Dan Kuchar of Country Standard Time gave a mixed review. He thought that Bonamy's singing voice had "power and flair", but criticized the songwriting of most songs other than "I Don't Think I Will" and "The Devil Goes Fishin'".[1]

Track listing

  1. "She's Got a Mind of Her Own" (Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey) – 3:27
  2. "I Don't Think I Will" (Doug Johnson) – 3:34
  3. "Dog on a Toolbox" (Monty Holmes, Gerry House) – 2:55
  4. "All I Do Is Love Her" (Skip Ewing, Wayland Patton) – 3:59
  5. "Brain in a Jar" (Bob McDill, Roger Murrah) – 3:27
  6. "The Couple" (Johnson) – 3:33
  7. "The Devil Goes Fishin'" (Pat Bunch, Johnson) – 3:41
  8. "Amy Jane" (Max T. Barnes, Leslie Winn Satcher) – 3:27
  9. "Heartbreak School" (Ewing, Donny Kees) – 3:01
  10. "Jimmy and Jesus" (Dana Hunt Oglesby, Danny M. Wells) – 3:38

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. Kuchar, Dan. "What I Live to Do review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. "James Bonamy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. "James Bonamy Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  4. "James Bonamy Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
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