Like Red on a Rose

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Like Red on a Rose
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2006
Genre Country, soft rock, adult contemporary
Length49:23
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Alison Krauss
Alan Jackson chronology
Precious Memories
(2006)
Like Red on a Rose
(2006)
Live at Texas Stadium
(2007)
Singles from Like Red on a Rose
  1. "Like Red on a Rose"
    Released: July 24, 2006
  2. "A Woman's Love"
    Released: January 8, 2007
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Stylus Magazine A− [11]
The Village Voice (favorable) [12]
Yahoo! Music (favorable) [13]

Like Red on a Rose is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 26, 2006. The album produced two singles, the title track and "A Woman's Love", which respectively reached numbers 15 and 5 on the Hot Country Songs charts.

Contents

This album was produced by singer Alison Krauss, who also selected the songs. "A Woman's Love", a re-recording of a song previously included on Jackson's 1998 High Mileage album, was the only song written by Jackson. This album abandoned Jackson's typical neotraditional country style and his usual producer Keith Stegall, and instead went for a soft rock/adult contemporary sound.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Anywhere on Earth You Are" Tim Krekel, Danny O'Keefe 4:13
2."Good Imitation of the Blues"Patrick Brayer3:23
3."Like Red on a Rose" Robert Lee Castleman, Melanie Castleman3:32
4."Nobody Said That It Would Be Easy"R. Castleman, M. Castleman3:44
5."Don't Change on Me" Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves 3:26
6."The Firefly's Song"R. Castleman3:56
7."Wait a Minute" Herb Pedersen 4:22
8."Had It Not Been You"Sidney Cox4:01
9."A Woman's Love" Alan Jackson 4:13
10."Don't Ask Why"Roy Freeland, Bill LaBounty 3:01
11."As Lovely As You"John Pennell4:05
12."Where Do I Go From Here (A Trucker's Song)"R. Castleman, Stephen Foster4:02
13."Bluebird" Leon Russell 3:25
Total length:49:23

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. [14]

Musicians

Backing vocalists

Technical

Chart performance

Like Red on a Rose debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums selling 86,000 copies, becoming his ninth No. 1 country album. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in January 2007.

Singles

YearSingleChart Positions
US Country US US Pop
2006"Like Red on a Rose"158099
2007"A Woman's Love"573

Sales and certifications

RegionProviderCertificationSales/Shipments
United States RIAA Gold [24] 841,000 [25]

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