Loving Every Minute is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2001 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two singles: the title track and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (a duet with Jamie O'Neal), which peaked at numbers 18 and 31, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The album itself reached number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 93 on the Billboard 200.
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| Released | August 21, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 46:35 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
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| Singles from Loving Every Minute | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Background
editThe album's title track, written by Tom Shapiro, Michael White and Monty Criswell, was its first single as well. It peaked at number 18 on the country chart in 2002. Following this song was the only other single, "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", which was co-written by Randy VanWarmer and Pirates of the Mississippi member Rich Alves. This song was also included on O'Neal's debut album Shiver.
"Somebody" can also be found on Reba McEntire's 2003 album Room to Breathe. McEntire's rendition of the latter song was a Number One hit for her in 2004. Also, John Berry recorded "The Balloon Song" and released it as a single in 2007 from his album Those Were the Days.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Loving Every Minute" | Tom Shapiro, Michael White, Monty Criswell | 4:18 |
| 2. | "One of These Days" | Tim Nichols, Jeff Stevens | 3:47 |
| 3. | "In My Heaven" | Rivers Rutherford, Bobby Pinson | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Back on Earth" | Skip Ewing, Donny Kees | 3:49 |
| 5. | "I Hate Chicago" | Chris DuBois, Lee Thomas Miller | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Universe" | Tommy Sims, Ty Lacy | 4:17 |
| 7. | "Somebody" | Annie Tate, Sam Tate, Dave Berg | 3:50 |
| 8. | "I'll Be Around" | Nichols, Craig Wiseman | 3:18 |
| 9. | "Lost in a Kiss" | Steve Bogard, Brett Beavers | 4:29 |
| 10. | "The Balloon Song" | Casey Beathard | 3:48 |
| 11. | "Love Can't" | Neil Thrasher, Kelly Shiver | 3:32 |
| 12. | "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (duet with Jamie O'Neal) | Randy VanWarmer, Rich Alves | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 46:35 | ||
Personnel
edit- Mark Wills – lead vocals
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Jamie O'Neal – guest vocals on "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You"
- Brent Mason – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Aubrey Haynie, Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Aubrey Haynie – mandolin
- Brady Barnett, Gordon Mote, Gary Prim, Keith Stegall – keyboards
- Gary Prim – piano
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion
- John Kelton, Scott Williamson – drum programming
Charts
edit| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[3] | 93 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 10 |
References
edit- ^ Production at allmusic
- ^ Konicki Dinoia, Maria. Loving Every Minute at AllMusic
- ^ "Mark Wills Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
- ^ "Mark Wills Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2024.