| Beautiful Life | ||||
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| Released | April 29, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:14 | |||
| Label | Open Road | |||
| Producer | Justin Niebank | |||
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Beautiful Life is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music group Doc Walker. The album was named Album of the Year at the 2008 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. [1] It also won the 2009 Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year. [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beautiful Life" | Chris Thorsteinson, Dave Wasyliw, Murray Pulver | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Echo Road" | Thorsteinson, Wasyliw, Pulver | 3:25 |
| 3. | "That's All" | Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Angry Heart" | Radney Foster, Stephany Delray | 4:13 |
| 5. | "One Last Sundown" | Jon Mabe, Thorsteinson, Wasyliw | 4:21 |
| 6. | "On the Heels of a Heartache" | Thorsteinson, Wasyliw, Pulver | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Annabelle" | Thorsteinson, Wasyliw, Pulver | 3:19 |
| 8. | "A Little Love Along the Way" | Deric Ruttan, Thorsteinson, Wasyliw, Pulver | 3:43 |
| 9. | "Without Your Love" | Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Pulver | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Stay Brave" | Darrell Brown, Thorsteinson, Wasyliw, Pulver | 3:36 |
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| Year | Single | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| CAN | ||
| 2008 | "Beautiful Life" | 61 |
| "That's All" | 68 | |
| "One Last Sundown" | 82 | |
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