The Way I'm Made

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The Way I'm Made
TheWayImMade.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 2000
Genre Country
Length47:27
Label Epic
Producer David C. Martin
Adam Gregory chronology
The Way I'm Made
(2000)
Workin' on It
(2002)

The Way I'm Made is the first studio album by Canadian country music singer Adam Gregory, released on May 23, 2000, by Epic Records. It has since been certified Gold by the CRIA for sales of 50,000 copies. [1] The album earned Gregory a Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Country Music Recording in September 2001. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Only Know I Do" (Jamie Houston, David C. Martin) – 3:37
  2. "Horseshoes" (Ben Dunk, Martin, Memphis) – 3:14
  3. "No Vacancy" (Martin) – 3:28
  4. "Big Star" (Hal Draper) – 3:58
  5. "City Boy's Dream" (Memphis) – 3:59
  6. "The Way I'm Made" (Martin) – 4:30
  7. "Facts of Life" (Houston, Martin) – 3:28
  8. "Half Past Loving You" (Martin) – 3:08
  9. "Too Young to Know" (Jason Levine, James McCollum) – 3:40
  10. "It Ain't Cool" (Clif Magness, Martin, Chris Waters) – 3:55
  11. "The Ring" (Draper, David Quilco) – 2:49
  12. "The Sky Is the Limit" (Adam Gregory) – 2:59
  13. "Leavin' That Cowgirl with the Blues" (Martin) – 3:34

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums10

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [3] 49

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