Montgomery Gentry discography

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Montgomery Gentry discography
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Eddie Montgomery (left) and Troy Gentry
Studio albums11
Compilation albums5
Music videos26
EPs2
Singles38
Other charted songs1

Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo founded by Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. Its discography comprises 11 studio albums, five compilation albums, two extended plays, and 38 singles. The duo made its debut in 1999 with the single "Hillbilly Shoes," which went to number 13 on the Hot Country Songs charts, but did not reach number one until mid-2004, with "If You Ever Stop Loving Me." The duo has sent four more singles to Number One for a total of five: "Something to Be Proud Of" (2005), "Lucky Man" (2007), "Back When I Knew It All", and "Roll with Me" (both 2008). Besides these, Montgomery Gentry has reached the Top 10 with 10 additional hit singles. All 15 of these songs have charted on the Billboard Hot 100, where the duo's highest peak is "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" at number 30.

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Montgomery Gentry's first, third, and fourth albums — 1999's Tattoos & Scars, 2002's My Town and 2004's You Do Your Thing — are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies. 2001's Carrying On , 2005's Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999–2005 , and 2006's Some People Change are all certified gold.

Studio albums

1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US Heat
[3]
CAN Country
[4]
Tattoos & Scars 1013124

2000s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
Carrying On
  • Release date: May 1, 2001
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
649
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
My Town
  • Release date: August 27, 2002
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD
326
  • RIAA: Platinum [5]
You Do Your Thing
  • Release date: May 18, 2004
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
210
  • RIAA: Platinum [5]
Some People Change
  • Release date: October 24, 2006
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
523
Back When I Knew It All
  • Release date: June 10, 2008
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
320

2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US Indie
[6]
Rebels on the Run 9286
Folks Like Us
  • Release date: June 9, 2015
  • Label: Blaster Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
131216
Here's to You
  • Release date: February 2, 2018
  • Label: Average Joe's Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, music download
3322
  • US: 20,100 [7]
20 Years of Hits [lower-alpha 1]
  • Release date: November 16, 2018 [9]
  • Label: Average Joe's Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, music download
Outskirts [lower-alpha 2]
  • Release date: November 1, 2019
  • Label: Average Joe's Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, music download
46

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005
  • Release date: November 1, 2005
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
220
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
Super Hits
  • Release date: November 20, 2007
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
For Our Heroes
  • Release date: May 26, 2009
  • Label: Cracker Barrel
  • Formats: CD, music download
511
Playlist: The Very Best of Montgomery Gentry
  • Release date: January 31, 2012
  • Label: Columbia Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
18143
Country: Montgomery Gentry
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
Friends and Family
  • Release date: October 23, 2012
  • Label: Average Joe's Entertainment
  • Formats: Music download [13]
53

Singles

1990s and 2000s

YearSinglePeak positions Certifications Album
US Country Songs
[14]
US
[15]
CAN Country [lower-alpha 3]
[16]
CAN
[17]
1999"Hillbilly Shoes"13627Tattoos & Scars
"Lonely and Gone"54611
"Daddy Won't Sell the Farm"177919
2000"Self Made Man"3150
"All Night Long" (with Charlie Daniels)31
2001"She Couldn't Change Me"237Carrying On
"Cold One Comin' On"23
2002"Didn't I"45 We Were Soldiers (soundtrack)
"My Town"540
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
My Town
"Speed"547
2003"Hell Yeah"445
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
2004"If You Ever Stop Loving Me"1303You Do Your Thing
"You Do Your Thing"22
"Gone"3534
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
2005"Something to Be Proud Of"1415
  • RIAA: Platinum [5]
"She Don't Tell Me To"56212Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005
2006"Some People Change"75714Some People Change
2007"Lucky Man"1651088
"What Do Ya Think About That"357898
2008"Back When I Knew It All"156889Back When I Knew It All
"Roll with Me"133566
2009"One in Every Crowd"553671
"Long Line of Losers"2334
"Oughta Be More Songs About That"40Freedom(unreleased) [18]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s and 2020s

YearSinglePeak positions Certifications Album
US Country Songs
[14]
US Country Airplay
[19]
US
[15]
CAN Country
[16]
2010"While You're Still Young"32Hits and More: Life Beside a Gravel Road(unreleased) [20]
2011"Where I Come From"87137
  • RIAA: Platinum [5]
Rebels on the Run
2012"So Called Life"45
"I'll Keep the Kids"38Friends and Family
2014"Headlights"40Folks Like Us
2015"Folks Like Us"49
2017"Better Me"4060Here's to You
2018"Get Down South" [21]
"Drink Along Song" [22]
"Lucky Man" (featuring Darius Rucker) [23] 20 Years of Hits
2019"King of the World" (featuring Steve Vai) [24] Outskirts
"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" [25]
2020"Crazies Welcome" [26] Here's to You
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
YearSingleAlbum
2017"Jack in My Coke"
(The Lacs featuring Montgomery Gentry) [27]
American Rebelution

Other charted songs

YearSongPeak positionsAlbum
US Country Songs
[14]
2000"Merry Christmas from the Family"38B-side of "All Night Long"

Videography

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsCertifications
You Do Your Thing: The Video Hits Collection
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Columbia, Sony Music Home Video
  • Formats: DVD
  • RIAA: Gold [5]

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1999"Hillbilly Shoes"Chris Rogers
"Lonely and Gone"
"Daddy Won't Sell the Farm"
2000"All Night Long" (with Charlie Daniels)Tom Forrest
2001"She Couldn't Change Me"Guy Guillet
"Cold One Comin' On"
2002"Didn't I"
"My Town"
2003"Speed" Trey Fanjoy
"Hell Yeah"
2004"If You Ever Stop Loving Me"
"You Do Your Thing" Michael Salomon
2005"Gone"Ivan Dudynsky
"Something to Be Proud Of" Wes Edwards
"She Don't Tell Me To"Deb Haus/Jerad Sloan
2006"Some People Change"Trey Fanjoy
2007"What Do Ya Think About That"Ryan Smith
2008"Roll with Me"Steven L. Weaver
2010"While You're Still Young"Andy Erwin
2011"Where I Come From" [28] Potsy Ponciroli
2012"So Called Life"David Poag
2013"Titty's Beer"
2015"Folks Like Us" [29] Stephen Shepherd
2018"Get Down South"
"Drink Along Song"
2019"King of the World" [30] Ed Pryor/Grant Claire
"Outskirts" (live)
2020"Crazies Welcome"Ed Pryor

Guest appearances

YearVideoDirector
2003"The Truth About Men"
(with Tracy Byrd, Blake Shelton, and Andy Griggs)
Thom Oliphant

Notes

  1. Despite the title, 20 Years of Hits is a studio album in the vein of Brooks & Dunn's Reboot. All but two of the twelve songs are new recordings, mostly in collaboration with other artists. [8]
  2. Outskirts was initially issued in digital-only form as a seven song EP. [10] It was later expanded to eleven songs for a CD and "deluxe" digital reissue. [11]
  3. Peak positions from RPM Country Singles in 1999 and 2000, Radio & Records from 2004 to 2005, and Canada Country from 2006 to present.

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