Blue Moon is the debut studio album by country music artist Steve Holy. Released in 2000 on Curb Records, the album produced four hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The first, "Don't Make Me Beg", peaked at No. 29 and its follow-ups (the title track and "The Hunger") both reached No. 24. Following "The Hunger", Holy charted with "Good Morning Beautiful," which he recorded for the soundtrack to the film Angel Eyes. After this song reached number one, Curb re-issued the album with "Good Morning Beautiful" as a bonus track.
The album was produced by Wilbur C. Rimes, the father of female country music singer LeAnn Rimes.
On February 24, 2009, it was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Critical reception Jonathan Widran of AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, comparing Holy's voice to that of Chris Isaak and saying that, although he did not think that Holy showed a distinct musical personality, the album was a "likeable, colorful listening experience."
Track listing
Personnel As listed in liner notes.
Musicians Mike Brignardello - bass guitar (2, 3, 7, 10) Milo Deering - steel guitar (1, 3–6, 10), Dobro (2), nylon-string guitar (3), acoustic guitar (2–12), fiddle (6–8, 11), mandolin (10, 12) Austin Deptula - programming (2, 7) Randy Fouts - piano (1, 6, 9, 11, 12), keyboards (4, 5) Gary Leach - keyboards (1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12), piano (3), acoustic guitar (8), organ (8, 10) B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar (2, 3, 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (3, 8) Curtis Randall - bass guitar (1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) Brent Rowan - electric guitar (1–3, 7, 8, 10) Marty Walsh - electric guitar (1, 4–12), acoustic guitar (1) Dan Wojciechowski - drums (all tracks)
Backing vocals Rita Baloche (1, 5, 6) Perry Coleman (6) Milo Deering (11) Steve Holy (2, 3, 7, 8, 10) Annagrey LaBasse (1, 5, 9, 12) Gary Leach (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12) David Pruitt (4) Curtis Randall (11) John D. Sharp (4, 11) John R. Sharp (4, 11) Marty Walsh (11) Chris Wann (4, 11) Dan Wojciechowski (11) Matthew Ward (1, 12)
Technical Austin Deptula - assistant Russ Harrington - photography Greg Hunt - engineer Gary Leach -assistant Wilbur C. Rimes - producer Glenn Sweitzer - art direction
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (2000–02) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 26
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US CAN Country 1999 "Don't Make Me Beg" 29 — 36 2000 "Blue Moon" 24 120 47 2001 "The Hunger" 24 — * "Good Morning Beautiful" 1 29 * "—" denotes releases that did not chart* denotes unknown peak positions
Certifications
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