A Place in the Sun is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on May 4, 1999. "Please Remember Me" was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards. "My Best Friend" was nominated in the same category the following year. The album's compact disc version was originally available with a limited edition booklet that contained two transparent sleeves inside. Subsequent releases have all the same information, though without the transparent pages.
This album produced the singles "Please Remember Me", "Something Like That", "My Best Friend", "My Next Thirty Years" and "Some Things Never Change"; "Please Remember Me" was originally recorded by Rodney Crowell on his 1995 album Jewel of the South, and was a #69 country hit for him that year. Except for the #7-peaking "Some Things Never Change", all the singles on this album reached number one on the Hot Country Songs charts; "Seventeen" and "Señorita Margarita" also reached the lower regions of that chart from unsolicited airplay.
Track listing
Personnel Musicians Tim McGraw – lead vocals Steve Nathan – keyboards Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar Biff Watson – acoustic guitar Mike Durham – electric guitar Michael Landau – electric guitar B. James Lowry – electric guitar Brent Mason – electric guitar John Willis – electric guitar Dan Dugmore – steel guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Mike Brignardello – bass Glenn Worf – bass Lonnie Wilson – drums Glen Duncan – fiddle Aubrey Haynie – fiddle Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor (8, 10, 14) Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (8, 10, 14) The Nashville String Machine – strings (8, 10, 14) Greg Barnhill – backing vocals Kim Carnes – backing vocals (8) Patty Loveless – backing vocals (10) Kim Parent – backing vocals Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals Curtis Wright – backing vocals Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production Byron Gallimore – producer Tim McGraw – producer, creative director James Stroud – producer Rich Hanson – engineer Julian King – tracking engineer Ricky Cobble – second tracking engineer Jed Hackett – second tracking engineer Glenn Spinner – second tracking engineer Aaron Swihart – second tracking engineer Russ Martin – string engineer (8, 10, 14) Amy Hughes-Frigo – second string engineer (8, 10, 14) Rob MacMillan – second string engineer (8, 10, 14) Dennis Davis – overdub engineer, vocal tracking, digital editing Erik Lutkins – overdub engineer, vocal tracking, digital editing John Van Nest – digital editing Chris Lord-Alge – mixing Mike Dy – mix assistant Rob Hoffman – mix assistant Doug Sax – mastering Ann Callis – production assistant Doug Rich – production assistant Missi Gallimore – song assistant Michelle Metzger – song assistant Kelly Wright – creative director Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design Russ Harrington – photography
Studios Additional recording at Essential Sound Studios (Houston, Texas); The Tracking Room and Loud Recording (Nashville, Tennessee); Studio 56 (Hollywood, California) Mixed at Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 84 Canada Country Albums/CDs (RPM) 2
Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200 48 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 4 Chart (2000) Position US Billboard 200 47 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 4 Chart (2001) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 54
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US CAN Country 1999 "Please Remember Me" 1 10 1 "Something Like That" 1 28 1 "My Best Friend" 1 29 1 2000 "Some Things Never Change" 7 58 1 "My Next Thirty Years" 1 27 6
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