Who I Am is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The album was released on June 28, 1994, via Arista Records. It features the Number One singles "Summertime Blues", "Gone Country", "Livin' on Love", and "I Don't Even Know Your Name", and the #6-peaking "Song for the Life".
Several of this album's tracks had been recorded by other artists, including two of the singles: "Summertime Blues" is a cover of the pop standard made famous by Eddie Cochran, while "Song for the Life" was recorded by several artists, including writer Rodney Crowell, whose version can be found on his 1977 debut Ain't Living Long Like This. In addition, "Thank God for the Radio" was a Number One hit in 1984 for The Kendalls from their album Movin' Train. Jackson re-recorded "Let's Get Back to Me and You" for his 2013 release, The Bluegrass Album.
The international version of the album included an extended remix of Jackson's 1993 Number One hit "Chattahoochee" as a bonus track.
Track listing
International bonus track
Note On the back of the album, "Let's Get Back to Me and You" is listed as track #14, with no #13 on the packaging. A short message on the back reads: "That's right folks, I am just a tad superstitious - AJ."
Personnel Compiled from the album's liner notes.
Musicians Alan Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals on "Summertime Blues" Eddie Bayers – drums Stuart Duncan – fiddle Robbie Flint – acoustic slide guitar Larry Franklin – fiddle Paul Franklin – steel guitar John Hughey – steel guitar Roy Huskey Jr. – acoustic bass John Kelton – tic tac bass Brent Mason – electric guitar, six-string electric bass, acoustic guitar solo on "I Don't Even Know Your Name" Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals Keith Stegall – acoustic guitar, piano Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Technical John Kelton – recording, mixing Steve Lowery – additional recording Keith Stegall – production Hank Williams – mastering
Chart performance Who I Am peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Country Albums selling 102,000 copies, becoming Alan Jackson's second #1 country album. In January 1999, Who I Am was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peakposition Canadian Albums (RPM) 8 Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 1
Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position US Billboard 200 70 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 8 Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200 72 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 8
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