If You're Going Through Hell is the second studio album by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released on July 18, 2006 by Curb Records. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after selling at least one million copies in the United States.
The album's first four singles — "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)", "Watching You", "These Are My People" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" — all reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 2006 and 2008. In addition, "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows" and "Watching You" were declared by Billboard as the Number One country songs of 2006 and 2007, respectively. The song "Invisibly Shaken" was originally recorded by Lee Greenwood on his 2003 album Stronger Than Time. Atkins' version of that song was released as the album's fifth and final single in early 2008 and peaked at No. 41.
Track listing
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200 196 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 38 Chart (2007) Position US Billboard 200 58 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 10 Chart (2008) Position US Billboard 200 167 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 27
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US USPop CAN 2006 "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" 1 33 57 — "Watching You" 1 36 57 — 2007 "These Are My People" 1 42 96 — "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" 1 40 83 84 2008 "Invisibly Shaken" 41 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Certifications
Personnel From If You're Going Through Hell liner notes.
Musicians Mike Brignardello - bass guitar Jim "Moose" Brown - piano Skip Cleavinger - Uilleann pipes Larry Franklin - fiddle, mandolin Rob Hajacos - fiddle Ted Hewitt - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals Angela Hurt - background vocals Mike Johnson - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar Julian King - percussion Troy Lancaster - electric guitar B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar Brent Mason - electric guitar Gordon Mote - piano, Hammond organ Larry Paxton - bass guitar Gary Prim - piano, Hammond organ Scotty Sanders - pedal steel guitar Steve Sheehan - acoustic guitar Wanda Vick - banjo John Willis - acoustic guitar, banjo Lonnie Wilson - drums
Crowd noise: Aaron Bowlin, Justin Luffman, Jenn Poppe, Kathryn Vieira, Steven Sheehan, Tammy Jo Atkins, Natalie Stout, "GiGi", Karla Hewitt, Angela Hurt, "Angela Hurt's mom", Clayton Bozeman, Kevin Rapillo, Sandi Harrison, James and Tecia Hedden, Lindsey Herren, Danielle Chaffin, Rhonda Chaffin, Doug Barnard, Colin Campbell, Belinda Smith, Marianne Mashburne, Terje Bratsveen, Charlie and Nicole Miralez, Jenny Tackett, Shawn and Kelly Pody
Technical Rodney Atkins - producer, engineering Billy Decker - mixing Tony Green - recording Ted Hewitt - producer, engineering P.T. Houston - recording Julian King - mixing Craig White - recording Hank Williams - mastering
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