Tryin' to Get There

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Tryin' to Get There
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)
Genre Country
Label Audium Records
Producer David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble
David Lee Murphy chronology
We Can't All Be Angels
(1997)
Tryin' to Get There
(2004)
No Zip Code
(2018)
Singles from Tryin to Get There
  1. "Loco"
    Released: January 5, 2004
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Tryin' to Get There is the fourth studio album by American country music artist David Lee Murphy. It was released on March 23, 2004 by Audium Records. Its lead-off single "Loco", released in early 2004, was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. "Inspiration" was also released, but failed to make Top 40. Audium/Koch closed its country division in 2005.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by David Lee Murphy and Kim Tribble, unless noted otherwise.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Like It Already" 4:05
2."Same Ol' Same Ol'" 3:54
3."Loco" 3:07
4."Own Little World" 3:09
5."Tryin' to Get There"Murphy, Waylon Jennings 4:20
6."Inspiration" (featuring Lee Roy Parnell)Murphy3:59
7."Ghost in the Jukebox"Murphy4:01
8."She Always Said" 3:47
9."Mama's Last" 3:31
10."Beggin' for Affection"Murphy2:59
11."Might Be Me"Murphy4:35
12."Killin' the Pain"Murphy, Tribble, Bill Rice 4:24

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2004)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums46
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums32

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