Mountains (Lonestar album)

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Mountains
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)
StudioStarstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length42:31
Label BNA
Producer Mark Bright
Lonestar chronology
Coming Home
(2005)
Mountains
(2006)
Party Heard Around the World
(2010)
Singles from Mountains
  1. "Mountains"
    Released: June 26, 2006
  2. "Nothing to Prove"
    Released: February 5, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Billboard (favorable) [3]

Mountains is the seventh studio album by American country music group Lonestar. It was the band's last album for BNA Records, it produced two singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Mountains" at No. 10 and "Nothing to Prove" at No. 51. After the single released, the band was dropped from BNA. This was also the last studio to feature Richie McDonald before leaving for a solo career, until he rejoined in 2011.

Contents

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "the group takes fewer risks than ever" on it. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mountains"3:56
2."Nothing to Prove"3:56
3."Long Lost Smile"3:55
4."Thought It Was You"
3:42
5."Hey God"
3:46
6."I Wanna Do It for You"
4:20
7."Cowboy Girl"
3:32
8."What She Had To"
  • John Edwards
  • Garrett Parris
3:49
9."One of those Nights"4:13
10."Careful Where You Kiss Me"
3:20
11."Always in the Band"
  • McDonald
  • Ron Harbin
  • Jerry Vandiver
4:02

Personnel

Lonestar

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 37
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 10

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