This Is It (Jack Ingram album)

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This Is It
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2007 (2007-03-27)
Genre Country
Length44:16
Label Big Machine
Producer Jack Ingram
Doug Lancio
Jeremy Stover
Jack Ingram chronology
Live: Wherever You Are
(2006)
This Is It
(2007)
Big Dreams & High Hopes
(2009)
Singles from This Is It
  1. "Lips of an Angel"
    Released: December 11, 2006
  2. "Measure of a Man"
    Released: April 23, 2007
  3. "Maybe She'll Get Lonely"
    Released: October 29, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]

This Is It is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Jack Ingram, released in 2007. It is his second album for Big Machine Records. [3] It features a cover of Hinder's hit single "Lips of an Angel", which Ingram released as a single, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with it. "Measure of a Man" and "Maybe She'll Get Lonely", the second and third singles, respectively reached No. 18 and No. 24 on the same chart. Also featured are the singles "Wherever You Are" and "Love You", both of which were the only studio tracks on the otherwise live compilation Live: Wherever You Are, which Ingram released in 2006. This Is It also features the music videos for those two songs.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Measure of a Man" Radney Foster, Gordie Sampson 3:17
2."Hold On" (duet with Sheryl Crow)Blu Sanders4:03
3."Lips of an Angel" Brian Howes, Lloyd Garvey, Ross Hanson, Michael Rodden, Mark King, Austin Winkler3:50
4."Wherever You Are"Steve Bogard, Jeremy Stover 3:37
5."Love You"Jay Knowles, Trent Summar 2:43
6."Easy as 1, 2, 3, (Part II)" Todd Snider, Jack Ingram 2:43
7."Ava Adele"Ingram2:50
8."Make a Wish (Coming Home Again)"Ingram4:32
9."Great Divide"Ingram4:13
10."Don't Want to Hurt"Ingram, Chris Masterson3:51
11."Maybe She'll Get Lonely"John Kennedy, Jamie Paulin, Stover3:24
12."All I Can Do"Ingram, Tom Littlefield4:12

Production

As listed in liner notes. [4]

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2007)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums4
U.S. Billboard 20034

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US US
Pop
2006"Lips of an Angel"167787
2007"Measure of a Man"18108
"Maybe She'll Get Lonely"24
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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