Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors

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Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 2002
Genre Country
Length1:06:10
Label Curb Records
Producer
Tim McGraw chronology
Set This Circus Down
(2001)
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
(2002)
Live Like You Were Dying
(2004)
Singles from Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
  1. "Red Rag Top"
    Released: September 16, 2002
  2. "Tiny Dancer"
    Released: December 30, 2002
  3. "She's My Kind of Rain"
    Released: January 20, 2003
  4. "Real Good Man"
    Released: May 19, 2003
  5. "Watch the Wind Blow By"
    Released: October 27, 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (68/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
411Mania(8/10) [2]
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Billboard (favorable) [5]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Country Weekly (favorable) [6]
Entertainment Weekly B [7]
People (mixed) [8]
Robert Christgau C+ [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw and the first to feature his band The Dancehall Doctors. It was released in November 26, 2002 by Curb Records and was recorded on a mountaintop studio in upstate New York. [11] Four singles were released. Two songs were in the movie Black Cloud , starring McGraw. The album also included a cover of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer", which was released only to the AC format, although it also reached the country charts from unsolicited airplay. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 602,000 copies.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Comfort Me"
5:23
2."Tickin' Away"Lore Orion4:19
3."Home"
4:58
4."Red Rag Top" Jason White 4:43
5."That's Why God Made Mexico" James T. Slater 3:35
6."Watch the Wind Blow By"
4:36
7."Illegal"Orion3:54
8."Sleep Tonight"4:02
9."I Know How to Love You Well"
  • Arne "Honda" Hovda
  • Kristian Ottestad
5:10
10."Sing Me Home"4:40A
11."She's My Kind of Rain"
4:15
12."Who Are They"3:44
13."Real Good Man"
4:15
14."All We Ever Find"3:20A
15."Tiny Dancer"5:09

ASong also featured in the movie Black Cloud

Personnel

Tim McGraw & the Dancehall Doctors

Additional Musicians

Background vocals

Production

Studios

Charts and certifications

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [23] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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