Tracy Lawrence (album)

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Tracy Lawrence
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ReleasedOctober 23, 2001
Genre Country
Length40:38
Label Warner Records
Producer Tracy Lawrence, Flip Anderson
Tracy Lawrence chronology
Lessons Learned
(2000)
Tracy Lawrence
(2001)
Strong
(2004)
Singles from Tracy Lawrence
  1. "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard"
    Released: August 27, 2002
  2. "What a Memory"
    Released: February 4, 2003
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Tracy Lawrence is the seventh studio album by American country music artist of the same name. It was released on October 23, 2001 by Warner Records. Only two singles were released from this album: "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" and "What a Memory", the latter of which failed to make Top 40 on the country charts. "That Was Us" was later recorded by Randy Travis on his 2004 album Passing Through .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crawlin' Again" Kenny Beard, Michael White 2:50
2."Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" Casey Beathard, Kenny D. West3:14
3."It's Got You All Over It"J. B. Rudd, Jerry Salley, Lance Miller2:59
4."Getting Back Up"Marla Cannon-Goodman, Bobby Pinson 4:12
5."It's Hard to Be an Outlaw"Paul Nelson, Larry Boone, Pinson3:29
6."Meant to Be"Tracy Lawrence, Flip Anderson, Rick Huckaby3:21
7."That Was Us" Craig Wiseman, Tony Lane3:20
8."She Loved the Devil Out of Me"Eric Clark, Lawrence, Huckaby3:13
9."Whole Lot of Lettin' Go"Nelson, Boone, Lawrence3:13
10."What a Memory"Beard, Jeff Bates 4:27
11."God's Green Earth" Billy Yates, Monty Criswell2:43
12."I Won All the Battles"Nelson, Boone, Lawrence3:37

Personnel

From Liner Notes [2]

Chart performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums13
U.S. Billboard 200136

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References

  1. Allmusic - review
  2. Tracy Lawrence (Media notes). Tracy Lawrence. Atlantic Records/Warner Bros. Records. 2001. 9 48187-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)