That's Why I Sing This Way

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That's Why I Sing This Way
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 23, 2002 (2002-04-23)
Genre Country
Label Audium/Koch
Producer Gregory Cole
Daryle Singletary chronology
Now and Again
(2000)
That's Why I Sing This Way
(2002)
Straight from the Heart
(2007)
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That's Why I Sing This Way is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released on April 23, 2002 via Koch Records. Except for its title track, the album is composed of cover songs. Two singles were released from it: the title track and a cover of Conway Twitty's 1980 Number One single "I'd Love to Lay You Down", which respectively reached #47 and #43 on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts. The version of "I Never Go Around Mirrors" on this album was first recorded by Keith Whitley, Whitley had Shafer write the second verse heard here. The album includes guest appearances from George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Rhonda Vincent, [1] John Wesley Ryles, Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original ArtistLength
1."Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Dwight Yoakam) Buck Owens Buck Owens2:44
2."Walk Through This World with Me" (with George Jones)Kaye Savage, Sandra SeamonsGeorge Jones2:32
3."I'd Love to Lay You Down" Johnny MacRae Conway Twitty 3:09
4."A-11" Hank Cochran Johnny Paycheck 2:40
5."Long Black Veil" Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill Lefty Frizzell 3:23
6."Kay" (with John Wesley Ryles) Hank Mills John Wesley Ryles3:34
7."That's Why I Sing This Way" Max D. Barnes Daryle Singletary2:56
8."I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)"Lefty Frizzell, Sanger D. Shafer Lefty Frizzell 4:30
9."Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)"Max M. Fidler, Joe Maphis, Rose Lee MaphisJoe Maphis and Rose Lee3:58
10."Makeup and Faded Blue Jeans" (with Merle Haggard)Merle HaggardMerle Haggard3:45
11."After the Fire Is Gone" (with Rhonda Vincent)L. E. WhiteConway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 2:51
12."Old Violin" (with Johnny Paycheck)Johnny PaycheckJohnny Paycheck3:29

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Chart performance

Chart (2002)Peak
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums65

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