Daryle Singletary (album)

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Daryle Singletary
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
Recorded1994-1995 at Sound Stage Studio and Loud Recording - Nashville, Tennessee [1]
Genre Country
Length32:00
Label Giant
Producer James Stroud, Randy Travis, David Malloy
Daryle Singletary chronology
Daryle Singletary
(1995)
All Because of You
(1996)
Singles from Daryle Singletary
  1. "I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations"
    Released: March 1995
  2. "I Let Her Lie"
    Released: July 17, 1995
  3. "Too Much Fun"
    Released: November 27, 1995
  4. "Workin' It Out"
    Released: April 1996

Daryle Singletary is the debut studio album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in country music) via Giant Records Nashville. The album includes four singles: "I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations", "I Let Her Lie", "Too Much Fun" and "Workin' It Out", all of which charted on the Billboard country singles charts between 1995 and 1996. Although "I Let Her Lie" and "Too Much Fun" were both Top 5 country hits, the album only peaked at #44 on Top Country Albums.

Contents

The track "My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention)" was previously recorded by Mark Chesnutt on his 1993 album Almost Goodbye .

Critical reception

Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ rating, saying that Singletary "mines familiar honky-tonk sources on this stylish debut, but he has a terrific presence and a knack for inhabiting a lyric." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Much Fun" Curtis Wright, T.J. Knight 2:45
2."I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations" Bob McDill, Tommy Rocco3:08
3."There's a Cold Spell Moving In" Randy Travis, Jerry Foster, Ron Avis3:22
4."Ordinary Heroes" Tim Johnson, Alex Call3:09
5."I Let Her Lie"Johnson2:58
6."A Love That Never Died" Skip Ewing, Donny Kees 3:46
7."Workin' It Out"Johnson, Brett Jones 3:05
8."My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention)"Phil Barnhart, Kim Williams, Lonnie Wilson 2:43
9."Would These Arms Be in Your Way" Hank Cochran, Vern Gosdin, Red Lane 3:08
10."What Am I Doing There" Buddy Brock, Zack Turner3:49

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums44
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers27

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References

  1. 1 2 Daryle Singletary (CD booklet). Daryle Singletary. Giant Records. 1995. 24606.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Nash, Alanna (16 June 1995). "Daryle Singletary review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 February 2010.