Steam (Ty Herndon album)

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Steam
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 2, 1999
Genre Country
Length39:21
Label Epic
Producer Joe Scaife
Ty Herndon chronology
Big Hopes
(1998)
Steam
(1999)
This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits
(2002)
Singles from Steam
  1. "Steam"
    Released: August 23, 1999
  2. "No Mercy"
    Released: January 10, 2000
  3. "A Love Like That"
    Released: June 26, 2000 [1]
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Steam is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Ty Herndon. It features the singles "Steam", "No Mercy", and "A Love Like That", all of which entered the Billboard country music charts; "You Can Leave Your Hat On" also entered the charts from unsolicited airplay. This album was less successful than its predecessors as far as the peak positions of its chart singles. The highest-peaking, which was the title track, reached number 18, while "No Mercy" peaked at number 26. "A Love Like That" peaked at number 58, becoming the second single of Herndon's career to miss the Top 40. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Steam track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lookin' for the Good Life" Mac McAnally 4:08
2."Steam"
3:37
3."Putting the Brakes on Time"
  • Jon McElroy
  • Ned McElroy
3:49
4."I Can't Do It All"
3:11
5."No Mercy"4:46
6."In a New York Second"
  • Greg Barnhill
  • Jim Daddario
4:42
7."That's What I Call Love"
  • Steve Dean
  • Danny Orton
3:25
8."Pray for Me"3:24
9."A Love Like That"
3:35
10."You Can Leave Your Hat On (By the Fans' Request)" Randy Newman 4:39
Total length:39:21

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [3]

Musicians
Backing vocalists
Additional musicians on "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
String section on "Pray for Me"
Technical

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 14
US Billboard 200 [5] 124

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