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Billy Currington was helped enormously by his duet with Shania Twain on "Party for Two," a new track on her 2004 Greatest Hits album. She had two versions of the song on the record -- one cut with Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath for the pop audience, the version with Currington for country fans, and it's not entirely a stretch to say that Currington is a country McGrath: good-looking, likeable, entirely comfortable with selling out so he can reach as big of an audience possible, yet kind of ingratiating because he's not only charming, he's good at it. And his second album, Doin' Something Right proves this: while it doesn't take any chances, it's a thoroughly entertaining and satisfying contemporary country album. Despite his protestations that he wants to be a hillbilly on the rocking, twangy opening cut, Currington has as strong a foundation in pop as he does in country. He not only gets a nicely mellow, relaxed Californian vibe on the title track, but he collaborates with Michael McDonald on "She's Got a Way with Me," a song that could have fit comfortably onto soft rock stations in the early '80s, when McDonald provided his signature gruff, soulful harmonies on every other track. Currington also covers Kenny Rogers' hit "Lucille," but he does a neat trick with it, one that illustrates why this album is so enjoyable: he does a harder country version than Rogers, proving that he can pull off both lighter pop and straight-ahead country with one performance. The rest of the record goes back and forth between these two extremes -- sometimes subtlety, sometimes not -- and Currington comes across like a blend of Kenny Chesney, Shania Twain, and Alan Jackson: he has the good looks and frat-boy sensibility of Chesney and the pop sense and common touch of Shania, but it's tempered by a touch of the neo-traditional twang of Jackson. The end is a cheerfully commercial country album, but one with muscle and heart, one that's as enjoyable when it's laid-back as when it rocks out. It's an excellent second album and one that should make Currington a star.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brett Jones, ComposerLyricist - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bart Busch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Smith Curry, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Smith, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Bryan, ComposerLyricist - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Thibodeau, ComposerLyricist - Bart Busch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Smith Curry, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Smith, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patrick Jason Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer, Executive Producer - Marty Dodson, ComposerLyricist - Gary Prim, Piano, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty Emerick, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Lancaster, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Leim, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist - Chip Davis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Recording Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Harrell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Love, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - R. Chip Davis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Nesler, ComposerLyricist - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Scott Sanders, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Martin, ComposerLyricist - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
David Lee, ComposerLyricist - Tony Lane, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Brett James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Daly, ComposerLyricist - Billy Currington, MainArtist - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records
Stuart Duncan, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Gary Prim, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - R. Chip Davis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bowling, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Hal Bynum, ComposerLyricist - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Casey Beathard, ComposerLyricist - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bart Busch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Smith Curry, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Smith, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records
Sonny Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kelton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bart Busch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - R. Chip Davis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Mercury Records
Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, Producer - Gary Prim, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Currington, MainArtist - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Nicholson, ComposerLyricist - John Kelton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Rovey, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John D. Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Trent Summar, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records
Album review
Billy Currington was helped enormously by his duet with Shania Twain on "Party for Two," a new track on her 2004 Greatest Hits album. She had two versions of the song on the record -- one cut with Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath for the pop audience, the version with Currington for country fans, and it's not entirely a stretch to say that Currington is a country McGrath: good-looking, likeable, entirely comfortable with selling out so he can reach as big of an audience possible, yet kind of ingratiating because he's not only charming, he's good at it. And his second album, Doin' Something Right proves this: while it doesn't take any chances, it's a thoroughly entertaining and satisfying contemporary country album. Despite his protestations that he wants to be a hillbilly on the rocking, twangy opening cut, Currington has as strong a foundation in pop as he does in country. He not only gets a nicely mellow, relaxed Californian vibe on the title track, but he collaborates with Michael McDonald on "She's Got a Way with Me," a song that could have fit comfortably onto soft rock stations in the early '80s, when McDonald provided his signature gruff, soulful harmonies on every other track. Currington also covers Kenny Rogers' hit "Lucille," but he does a neat trick with it, one that illustrates why this album is so enjoyable: he does a harder country version than Rogers, proving that he can pull off both lighter pop and straight-ahead country with one performance. The rest of the record goes back and forth between these two extremes -- sometimes subtlety, sometimes not -- and Currington comes across like a blend of Kenny Chesney, Shania Twain, and Alan Jackson: he has the good looks and frat-boy sensibility of Chesney and the pop sense and common touch of Shania, but it's tempered by a touch of the neo-traditional twang of Jackson. The end is a cheerfully commercial country album, but one with muscle and heart, one that's as enjoyable when it's laid-back as when it rocks out. It's an excellent second album and one that should make Currington a star.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:12
- Main artists: Billy Currington
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2005 Mercury Records ℗ 2005 Mercury Records
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