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

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Be as You Are
(Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
RecordedJune 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
Studio
  • Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Starstruck (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Westwood
Genre Country, Gulf and Western
Length55:07
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
SourceRating
Metacritic (63/100) [1]
Review scores
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About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
BBC Music (average) [4]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
People Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Plugged In (publication) (unfavorable) [7]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Blue Chair"Kenny Chesney3:24
2."Be as You Are"Chesney, Dean Dillon 4:19
3."Guitars and Tiki Bars"Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino4:36
4."Island Boy"Chesney, Phil Vassar, Tamburino3:56
5."Somewhere in the Sun"Daryl Hobb, Tim Holly, Danny Tucker, Chesney4:45
6."Boston"Chesney, Tamburino4:16
7."Something Sexy About the Rain"Chesney, Skip Ewing 5:24
8."French Kissing Life"Chesney4:02
9."Key Lime Pie" Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Chesney4:40
10."Sherry's Living in Paradise"Chesney, Clayton Mitchell3:20
11."Magic"Chesney4:40
12."Soul of a Sailor"Chesney, Dillon, Scotty Emerick 4:14
13."Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix)Chesney3:31
Total length:55:07

Personnel

As listed in liner notes [11]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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