Starting Now (Chuck Wicks album)

Starting Now
Studio album by Chuck Wicks
Released	January 22, 2008 (2008-01-22)
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Dann Huff Monty Powell
Chuck Wicks chronology
Starting Now (2008) Turning Point (2016)
Singles from Starting Now
"Stealing Cinderella" Released: September 10, 2007 "All I Ever Wanted" Released: April 14, 2008 "Man of the House" Released: January 31, 2009

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Country Standard Time	mixed [2]
Engine 145	[3]

Starting Now is the debut studio album by American country music artist Chuck Wicks. It was released on January 22, 2008, by RCA Records Nashville. The album debuted at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week. ^[4] Wicks co-wrote all but one of the songs.

"Stealing Cinderella", which was released as the album's lead single in September 2007, was a top 5 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart. The album produced two more top 40 hits with "All I Ever Wanted" and "Man of the House".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All I Ever Wanted"	Chuck Wicks Anna Wilson Monty Powell	3:26
2.	"Good Time Comin' On"	Wicks Powell Dave Berg	3:33
3.	"Stealing Cinderella"	Wicks Rivers Rutherford George Teren	4:03
4.	"If We Loved"	Jason Sellers Patrick Jason Matthews	3:42
5.	"When You're Single"	Wicks Michael Mobley	2:58
6.	"Starting Now"	Wicks Wilson Jeff Franzell	4:21
7.	"The Easy Part"	Wicks Blair Daly Troy Verges	3:39
8.	"What If You Stay"	Wicks Daly Verges	3:55
9.	"She's Gonna Hurt Somebody"	Wicks Jim Collins Wendell Mobley	3:31
10.	"Mine All Mine"	Wicks Matthews Jon C. Mabe	3:31
11.	"Man of the House"	Wicks M. Mobley	4:03

Personnel

Vocals

Perry Coleman – background vocals Chip Davis – background vocals Michael Mobley – background vocals Mitch Malloy – background vocals Monty Powell – background vocals

Jason Sellers – background vocals Russell Terrell – background vocals Ilya Toshinsky – background vocals Chuck Wicks – lead vocals Anna Wilson – background vocals

Musicians

Bruce Bouton – steel guitar J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar Dan Dugmore – steel guitar Shannon Forrest – drums Tony Harrell – keyboards Dann Huff – electric guitar Charles Judge – conductor, string arrangements, keyboards, Hammond organ, synthesizer strings Troy Lancaster – electric guitar

Nashville String Machine – string section Steve Nathan – piano Russ Pahl – steel guitar Monty Powell – electric guitar Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar Glenn Worf – bass guitar Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin

Production

• Dan Huff – producer
• Monty Powell – producer

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position US Billboard 200 [5] 24 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 7

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 64

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN
2007	"Stealing Cinderella"	5	56	81
2008	"All I Ever Wanted"	14	86	—
2009	"Man of the House"	27	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Starting Now review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 8, 2011.
2. Bell, Rick. "Chuck Wicks - Starting Now". Country Standard Time . Retrieved July 8, 2011.
3. Vercher, Brady. "Album Review: Chuck Wicks – Starting Now". Engine 145. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
4. Katie Hasty, "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart", Billboard.com, January 30, 2008.
5. "Chuck Wicks Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
6. "Chuck Wicks Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2020.