My Kind of Livin' is the third studio album by American country music artist Craig Morgan. It was released on March 8, 2005 by Broken Bow Records. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified Gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album produced three chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The first of these, "That's What I Love About Sunday", became Morgan's only number one hit, and it was the top country music single of 2005 according to Billboard Year-End. "Redneck Yacht Club" peaked at number 2 on the country charts, while "I Got You" (which Morgan had originally intended for Keith Urban to record) was a number 12 hit.
Reception Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B rating and wrote, "Morgan's is an idealized Kind of Americana, to be sure. But at least he provides enough writerly detail to avoid setting off smarm alarms." Ralph Novak of People Magazine gave the album three and a half stars calling it "one terrific, old-fashioned country CD."
Track listing
Personnel Craig Morgan – lead vocals, harmony vocals Jim "Moose" Brown – acoustic piano, keyboards J. T. Corenflos – electric guitars Jeff King – electric guitars Phil O'Donnell – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, harmony vocals Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin Brad Paisley – electric guitar (10), vocals (10) Mike Johnson – steel guitar, dobro, pedabro Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar Eddie Bayers – drums Larry Franklin – fiddle Rob Hajacos – fiddle Lona Heins – harmony vocals Russell Terrell – harmony vocals John Conlee – vocals (10)
Production Craig Morgan – producer Phil O'Donnell – producer Billy Sherrill – tracking engineer Derek Bason – mixing Allen Ditto – additional tracking, assistant engineer Jesse Amend – assistant engineer Scott Kidd – assistant engineer Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Nicole Cochran – production coordinator Summer Harman – art direction Latocki Team Creative – design Glen Rose – photography Tina Crawford – label copy Curiosita Entertainment – management
Chart performance The album sold 22,000 units during its first week.Edna, Gundersen. "50 Cent handles fall." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. June 7, 2011.
Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 44 Chart (2006) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 63
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US USPop 2004 "That's What I Love About Sunday" 1 51 74 2005 "Redneck Yacht Club" 2 45 93 "I Got You" 12 92 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Certifications
References
External links [ Allmusic Entry]