Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)

Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
Studio album by Kenny Chesney
Released	January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Recorded	June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
Studio	Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) Starstruck (Nashville, Tennessee) Westwood
Genre	Country, Gulf and Western
Length	55:07
Label	BNA
Producer	Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
When the Sun Goes Down (2004) Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) (2005) The Road and the Radio (2005)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(63/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
AllMusic	[3]
BBC Music	(average) [4]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C [5]
Los Angeles Times	[1]
People	[6]
Plugged In (publication)	(unfavorable) [7]
Robert Christgau	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Stylus Magazine	B− [10]

Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on January 25, 2005. The album debuted at number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart.

The album's opening track was originally recorded by Chesney on his When the Sun Goes Down album. This album was intended by Chesney to be a side project, and it produced no singles, although "Guitars and Tiki Bars" reached number 53 on the Hot Country Songs charts based on unsolicited airplay.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kenny Chesney, with additional co-writers as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Old Blue Chair"		3:24
2.	"Be as You Are"	Dean Dillon	4:19
3.	"Guitars and Tiki Bars"	Dillon Mark Tamburino	4:36
4.	"Island Boy"	Phil Vassar Tamburino	3:56
5.	"Somewhere in the Sun"	Daryl Hobb Tim Holly Danny Tucker	4:45
6.	"Boston"	Tamburino	4:16
7.	"Something Sexy About the Rain"	Skip Ewing	5:24
8.	"French Kissing Life"		4:02
9.	"Key Lime Pie"	Bill Anderson Buddy Cannon	4:40
10.	"Sherry's Living in Paradise"	Clayton Mitchell	3:20
11.	"Magic"		4:40
12.	"Soul of a Sailor"	Dillon Scotty Emerick	4:14
13.	"Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix)		3:31
Total length:			55:07

Personnel

As listed in liner notes ^[11]

• Wyatt Beard – background vocals
• David Briggs – piano, keyboards, B3 organ
• Mat Britain – steel drums
• Pat Buchanan – electric guitar, harmonica
• Buddy Cannon – background vocals
• Murray Cannon – background vocals
• Kenny Chesney – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar, gut string guitar, nylon string guitar
• Chad Cromwell – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Robert Greenidge – steel drums
• Tim Hensley – background vocals
• Steve Herman – trumpet
• John Hobbs – piano, keyboards, B3 organ
• Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone, penny whistle
• Jim Horn – tenor saxophone
• John Jorgenson – electric guitar
• Paul Leim – drums, percussion, shaker
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar, steel guitar
• Randy McCormick – piano, keyboards, B3 organ, wurlitzer electric piano
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar, fretless bass, background vocals
• Tom Roady – percussion, tambourine
• Amy Joe Stelzer – intro to "Key Lime Pie"
• Mark Tamburino – intro to "Key Lime Pie"
• Quentin Ware Jr. – trumpet
• Tommy White – Dobro
• John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar, nylon string guitar

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position US Billboard 200 [12] 1 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200 [14] 56 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. "About.com review". Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
3. Allmusic review
4. BBC Music review
5. Marino, Nick (January 28, 2005). "Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair Review". Entertainment Weekly . p. 85. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
6. People review
7. Plugged In review Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
8. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
9. "Be As You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)". Rolling Stone . February 10, 2005. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018.
10. Stylus Magazine review Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
11. Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair) (Media notes). Kenny Chesney. BNA Records. 2004. BNA82876-61530-2.
12. "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
13. "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
14. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
15. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
16. "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Be as You Are". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• Be as You Are at Metacritic