Starting Now is the debut studio album by American country music artist Chuck Wicks. It was released on January 22, 2008, by RCA Records Nashville. The album debuted at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week.Katie Hasty, "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart", Billboard.com, January 30, 2008. Wicks co-wrote all but one of the songs.
"Stealing Cinderella", which was released as the album's lead single in September 2007, was a top 5 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart. The album produced two more top 40 hits with "All I Ever Wanted" and "Man of the House".
Track listing
Personnel Vocals
Perry Coleman – background vocals Chip Davis – background vocals Michael Mobley – background vocals Mitch Malloy – background vocals Monty Powell – background vocals
Jason Sellers – background vocals Russell Terrell – background vocals Ilya Toshinsky – background vocals Chuck Wicks – lead vocals Anna Wilson – background vocals
Musicians
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar Dan Dugmore – steel guitar Shannon Forrest – drums Tony Harrell – keyboards Dann Huff – electric guitar Charles Judge – conductor, string arrangements, keyboards, Hammond organ, synthesizer strings Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
Nashville String Machine – string section Steve Nathan – piano Russ Pahl – steel guitar Monty Powell – electric guitar Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar Glenn Worf – bass guitar Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
Production Dan Huff – producer Monty Powell – producer
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 64
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US CAN 2007 "Stealing Cinderella" 5 56 81 2008 "All I Ever Wanted" 14 86 — 2009 "Man of the House" 27 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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