John Michael Montgomery is the third studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. Singles released from this album include "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", "No Man's Land", "Cowboy Love" and "Long as I Live". Respectively, these reached #1, #1, #3, #4, and #4 on the Hot Country Songs charts; "Sold" was also declared the Number One country song of 1995 by Billboard.
The track "Holdin' Onto Something" was also recorded by Jeff Carson on his 1995 self-titled debut album, from which it was released as a single in 1996.
Track listing
Personnel Per liner notes.
John Michael Montgomery – vocals John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (3, 4, 7–9) Dann Huff – electric guitars (1, 3, 4, 6–10) Brent Mason – electric guitars Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitars, electric guitars (6) Paul Franklin – steel guitar Glenn Worf – bass Lonnie Wilson – drums Terry McMillan – harmonica (2), cymbals (3, 7), tambourine (6) Rob Hajacos – fiddle (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) Buddy Skipper – horn arrangements (5) Denis Solee – tenor saxophone (5) Barry Green – trombone (5) George Tidwell – trumpet (5) John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10) Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (2–9) Harry Stinson – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 8)
Production Scott Hendricks – producer, overdub recording John Kelton – recording John Jaszcz – mixing John Kunz – recording assistant, overdub assistant, mix assistant, production assistant Ken Hutton – recording assistant Thomas Johnson – mix assistant Mike Purcell – mix assistant Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) P. David Eleazar – art direction Lee Ann Ramey – design Mark Tucker – photography The Hallmark Direction Company – management
Chart performance Chart (1995) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1 U.S. Billboard 200 5 Canadian RPM Country Albums 1 Canadian RPM Top Albums 33
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