Kevin Denney (album)

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Kevin Denney
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ReleasedApril 23, 2002 (2002-04-23)
Recorded2001
Studio
Genre Country
Length39:01
Label Lyric Street
Producer Leigh Reynolds
Kevin Denney chronology
Kevin Denney
(2002)
Somewhere in Between
(2016)
Singles from Kevin Denney
  1. "That's Just Jessie"
    Released: December 10, 2001 [1]
  2. "Cadillac Tears"
    Released: May 28, 2002 [2]
  3. "It'll Go Away"
    Released: October 21, 2002 [3]
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Kevin Denney is the debut studio album by American country music artist Kevin Denney, released on April 23, 2002 on Lyric Street Records. It was produced by Leigh Reynolds and was recorded at various studios around Nashville.

Contents

Songs

It features the singles "That's Just Jessie", "Cadillac Tears" and "It'll Go Away", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts between 2002 and 2003. "That's Just Jessie" was the highest-peaking of these three, reaching number 16 on the country charts and number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following this song were "Cadillac Tears" and "It'll Go Away", which respectively reached numbers 30 and 43 on the country charts. Also included on this album is the song "Takin' Off the Edge", which was previously recorded by John Michael Montgomery on his 1992 debut album Life's a Dance .

Denney later issued a fourth single for Lyric Street entitled "A Year at a Time", released on October 6, 2003. [6] It peaked at number 46 but was not included on an album, however, and Denney was dropped from Lyric Street's roster shortly afterward.

Track listing

Kevin Denney track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Doesn't Matter"
3:12
2."Correct Me If I'm Right"3:08
3."That's Just Jessie"
  • Denney
  • Kerry Kurt Phillips
  • Patrick Jason Matthews
3:52
4."Cadillac Tears"2:58
5."It'll Go Away"
  • Denney
  • Sampson
3:04
6."Takin' Off the Edge"
3:24
7."My Kind of Song"Denney3:11
8."We Rhyme"
  • Jim Rushing
  • Bryan Kennedy
3:39
9."That's What I Believe"
3:51
10."Ain't Skeered"3:51
11."Daddy Was a Navy Man"
  • Cordle
  • Shell
4:49
Total length:39:01

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [7]

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums14
U.S. Billboard 200119
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers2

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