If You're Going Through Hell

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If You're Going Through Hell
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)
StudioCurb Studio (Nashville)
Cartee Day Studio (Nashville)
Country Q (Nashville)
The Bonus Room (Old Hickory)
Ridgetop Studio (Baxter)
Genre Country
Length36:04
Label Curb Records
Producer Ted Hewitt
Rodney Atkins
Rodney Atkins chronology
Honesty
(2003)
If You're Going Through Hell
(2006)
It's America
(2009)
Singles from If You're Going Through Hell
  1. "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)"
    Released: January 9, 2006
  2. "Watching You"
    Released: September 18, 2006
  3. "These Are My People"
    Released: March 19, 2007
  4. "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)"
    Released: October 1, 2007
  5. "Invisibly Shaken"
    Released: April 21, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Country Standard Time (positive) [3]
Plugged In (positive) [4]
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USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

If You're Going Through Hell is the second studio album by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released on July 18, 2006 by Curb Records. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after selling at least one million copies in the United States.

Contents

The album's first four singles — "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)", "Watching You", "These Are My People" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" — all reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 2006 and 2008. In addition, "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows" and "Watching You" were declared by Billboard as the Number One country songs of 2006 and 2007, respectively. The song "Invisibly Shaken" was originally recorded by Lee Greenwood on his 2003 album Stronger Than Time. Atkins' version of that song was released as the album's fifth and final single in early 2008 and peaked at No. 41.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."These Are My People" Rivers Rutherford, Dave Berg 3:34
2."About the South" Rodney Atkins, Tom Hambridge, Shane Minor 2:58
3."Watching You"Atkins, Steve Dean, Brian Gene White3:55
4."Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" Casey Beathard, Marla Cannon-Goodman3:46
5."In the Middle"Atkins, Berg, Sam Tate, Annie Tate3:11
6."A Man on a Tractor"Kent Agee, Michael Lunn4:08
7."Wasted Whiskey"Atkins, Ted Hewitt, Danny Simpson3:42
8."Invisibly Shaken"Atkins, Billy Kirsch 3:46
9."Angel's Hands"Atkins, Nicole Witt, Bobby Tomberlin3:29
10."If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)"A. Tate, S. Tate, Berg3:36

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
US Billboard 200 [9] 196
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] 38
Chart (2007)Position
US Billboard 200 [11] 58
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [12] 10
Chart (2008)Position
US Billboard 200 [13] 167
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 27

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US US
Pop
CAN
2006"If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)"13357
"Watching You"13657
2007"These Are My People"14296
"Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)"1408384
2008"Invisibly Shaken"41
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [15] 2× Platinum2,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

From If You're Going Through Hell liner notes. [16]

Musicians

Crowd noise: Aaron Bowlin, Justin Luffman, Jenn Poppe, Kathryn Vieira, Steven Sheehan, Tammy Jo Atkins, Natalie Stout, "GiGi", Karla Hewitt, Angela Hurt, "Angela Hurt's mom", Clayton Bozeman, Kevin Rapillo, Sandi Harrison, James and Tecia Hedden, Lindsey Herren, Danielle Chaffin, Rhonda Chaffin, Doug Barnard, Colin Campbell, Belinda Smith, Marianne Mashburne, Terje Bratsveen, Charlie and Nicole Miralez, Jenny Tackett, Shawn and Kelly Pody

Technical

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