Last of the Good Guys

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Last of the Good Guys
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 27, 2008 (2008-05-27) [1]
Genre Country
Label Decca
Producer Marcus Hummon
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Last of the Good Guys is the debut album of the American country music group One Flew South. It was released on Decca Records Nashville on May 27, 2008. The album's debut single, "My Kind of Beautiful" (co-written and previously recorded by Andy Griggs on his 2005 album This I Gotta See ), was released to radio in June 2008, and charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The album peaked at #67 on the Top Country Albums charts.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Last of the Good Guys" (Marcus Hummon) – 4:30
  2. "My Kind of Beautiful" (Hummon, Andy Griggs, Darrell Scott) – 4:00
  3. "Junkie" (Hummon) – 4:44
  4. "Life" (Billy Mann, Chris Roberts) – 4:14
  5. "She's a Gift" (Eddie Bush, JD Souther) – 3:52
  6. "Sara" (Hummon, Bush, Royal Reed, Chris Roberts) – 3:20
  7. "It Is Good" (Hummon, Souther) – 3:30
  8. "Shameless" (Bush, Reed, Roberts, Hummon, Jez Ashurst) – 3:47
  9. "Let the Day Carry You" (Bush, Souther) – 3:27
  10. "Makin' It Rain" (Hummon, Bush, Reed, Roberts) – 3:37
  11. "Blue Highways" (Reed, Roberts, Bill Deasy) – 4:02
  12. "Too Old to Die Young" (Kevin Welch, John Hadley, Scott Dooley) – 2:17

Personnel

One Flew South

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2008)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums67

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References

  1. "Newcomers One Flew South to release debut album". That's Country. 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2008-06-09.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Country Weekly review