What I Do

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What I Do
Whatidoalanjackson.jpg
Studio album by
Alan Jackson
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2004
Genre Country
Length44:42
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
The Very Best of Alan Jackson
(2004)		What I Do
(2004)		 Precious Memories
(2006)
Singles from What I Do
  1. "Too Much of a Good Thing"
    Released: June 21, 2004
  2. "Monday Morning Church"
    Released: October 11, 2004
  3. "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues"
    Released: March 21, 2005
  4. "USA Today"
    Released: August 22, 2005

What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" and "USA Today" both reached #18, making this album the first of Jackson's career not to produce any #1 hits.

Contents

The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background vocalists on "If Love Was a River", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track "Strong Enough".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (80/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
BBC Music (favorable) [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The New York Times (favorable) [5]
People Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Village Voice (positiv) [9]

Giving the album all four stars, People magazine said on the album that Jackson "continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Much of a Good Thing" Alan Jackson 3:08
2."Rainy Day in June"Jackson4:40
3."USA Today"Jackson3:26
4."If Love Was a River" (background vocals: The Wrights)Adam Wright, Shannon Wright3:54
5."If French Fries Were Fat Free"Jackson4:16
6."You Don't Have to Paint Me a Picture"Jackson3:45
7."There Ya Go" Dan Hill, Keith Stegall 3:13
8."The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" Dennis Linde 2:58
9."Strong Enough"A. Wright4:04
10."Monday Morning Church" (background vocals: Patty Loveless)Brent Baxter, Erin Enderlin3:23
11."Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down" (background vocals: Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys) Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp 4:53
12."To Do What I Do" (Live) Tim Johnson 3:00

Personnel

Chart performance

What I Do debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004.


Weekly charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 7
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [12] 10
US Billboard 200 [13] 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)Position
US Billboard 200 [15] 157
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 28
Chart (2005)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [17] 35

Sales and Certifications

RegionProviderCertificationSales/Shipments
United States RIAA Platinum [18] 1,000,000+

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ What I Do at AllMusic
  3. ↑ BBC Music review
  4. ↑ Marino, Nick (September 17, 2004). "What I Do Review". Entertainment Weekly : 78. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mamas, Trains, Prisons and a Wink (Published 2004)". The New York Times .
  6. 1 2 Novak, Ralph (September 28, 2004). "Picks and Pans Review: Alan Jackson (What I Do)". People . 62 (12):51. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  7. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  8. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ The Village Voice review [ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Alan Jackson – What I Do". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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