Your Man is the second studio album by American country music artist Josh Turner. It released on January 24, 2006, and debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums
"Your Man" was the first single/title track released followed by "Would You Go with Me" and "Me and God." Also included is a cover of Don Williams' 1991 hit single "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy". The single "Your Man" would become one of two singles that would be his first singles to become gold, on June 1, 2006, along with his 2003 single, "Long Black Train".
Grammy Award nominations Turner received two 2007 Grammy nominations for his work on Your Man. He received a Best Male Country Vocal Performance nomination for the album's first track and second single, "Would You Go with Me" and a Best Country Album nomination.
Track listing
Charts Your Man debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, becoming his first number-one country album.
Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200 33 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 9 Chart (2007) Position US Billboard 200 63 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 13
Certifications On February 28, 2006, "Your Man" was certified gold, on August 4, 2006, it was certified platinum and on March 1, 2007, it was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA. It was certified 3× platinum in 2023.
Personnel
Musicians Josh Turner – vocals Jim "Moose" Brown – acoustic piano (1, 6), Wurlitzer electric piano (5) Gordon Mote – clavinet (2), acoustic piano (3, 4, 7–10), Hammond B3 organ (3, 10, 11), Wurlitzer electric piano (11) Jeff King – electric guitar (1, 5) baritone guitar (1) B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6) Brent Rowan – electric guitar (2–4, 6–8, 10, 11), six-string bass guitar (2), baritone guitar (7, 9, 10), tic tac bass (8) Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (2, 7, 8) Ron Block – banjo (1) Bryan Sutton – banjo (2, 9, 11), acoustic guitar (3, 4, 9–11) Aubrey Haynie – mandolin (1, 9, 11), fiddle (2–10) Mike Johnson – dobro (1) Steve Hinson – dobro (2, 7, 9, 11), steel guitar (3–8, 10) Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar (1, 4–8, 10), double bass (2, 3, 9, 11) Shannon Forrest – drums Eric Darken – percussion, vibraphone (3, 4) "Shoulder Man" – ride cymbal (11) Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1–8, 10, 11) Russell Terrell – backing vocals (2–8, 10, 11) Liana Manis – backing vocals (3) Melodie Crittenden – backing vocals (5) Pat McLaughlin – backing vocals (5) Kim Parent – backing vocals (5) Chris Stapleton – backing vocals (5) John Anderson – vocals (6) Ralph Stanley – vocals (9) Gene Johnson – backing vocals (9) Marty Roe – backing vocals (9) Dana Williams – backing vocals (9)
Technical Frank Rogers – producer Chuck Ainlay – recording Richard Barrow – recording, mixing, additional recording Greg Droman – recording, mixing Justin Niebank – mixing Neal Cappellino – additional recording, digital editing Kenzi Butler – recording assistant Todd Gunnerson – recording assistant Matt "Mat5t" Weeks – recording assistant Drew Bollman – mix assistant Melissa Mattey – mix assistant Steve Short – mix assistant Brady Barnett – digital editing Adam Hatley – digital editing Tyler Moles – digital editing Brian David Willis – digital editing Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) Phillip Stein – production assistant Craig Allen – art direction Josh Turner – art direction Margaret Malandruccolo – photography Trish Townsend – wardrobe Debra Wingo – make-up, hair stylist
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