The Right Place

The Right Place
The Right Place
Studio album by Bryan White
Released	September 23, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997 at Emerald Sound, Woodland, and Seventeen Grand Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	37:46
Label	Asylum
Producer	Kyle Lehning; Billy Joe Walker, Jr.
Bryan White chronology

The Right Place is the third studio album by American country music artist Bryan White. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Asylum Records. The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In order of release, these were "Love Is the Right Place", "One Small Miracle", "Bad Day to Let You Go", and "Tree of Hearts", which respectively reached numbers 4, 16, 30, and 45. "Bad Day to Let You Go" also overlapped with White's guest appearance on Shania Twain's 1998 single "From This Moment On".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is the Right Place"	Marcus Hummon, Tommy Sims	3:15
2.	"What Did I Do (To Deserve You)"	Jamie Houston, Andy Goldmark, James Dean Hicks	4:11
3.	"Never Get Around to It"	Bryan White, Derek George	2:42
4.	"Leave My Heart Out of This"	Skip Ewing, Bob DiPiero	4:00
5.	"The Natural Thing"	Allyson Taylor, Larry Byrom	4:18
6.	"One Small Miracle"	Bill Anderson, Steve Wariner	3:52
7.	"Tree of Hearts"	Ewing, Don Sampson	3:46
8.	"We Could Have Been"	Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis	3:27
9.	"Bad Day to Let You Go"	White, George, DiPiero	4:26
10.	"Call Me Crazy"	White, George, John Tirro	3:49

Personnel

Bryan White – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 10), acoustic guitar (3), drums (10), suspended cymbal (10)
Dennis Burnside – electric piano (1)
Steve Nathan – Wurlitzer electric piano (1), Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 3, 5, 9), keyboards (2, 7, 8), acoustic piano (4, 6, 10), clavinet (9)
Larry Byrom – electric guitar (1, 5), gut-string guitar (2), acoustic guitar (4, 6-10)
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (1)
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 6, 7), gut-string guitar (4)
Derek George – acoustic guitar (3, 9), electric guitar (3, 10), echoplex (3), backing vocals (3, 9, 10)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Sonny Garrish – pedabro (7)
Brent Mason – 6-string bass (1), electric bass solo (1), electric guitar (2, 4-10)
Michael Rhodes – bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
Glenn Worf – bass (3, 5, 7, 9)
Lonnie Wilson – drums (1, 3, 7, 9)
Paul Leim – drums (2, 4, 6)
Eddie Bayers – drums (5, 8)
Tom Roady – percussion (2, 3, 10)
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (6, 7), mandolin (7)
Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (1)
Mac McAnally – backing vocals (2)
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Curtis Young – backing vocals (4, 8)
Neil Thrasher – backing vocals (5)
Liana Manis – backing vocals (6)
Steve Wariner – backing vocals (6)
Harry Stinson – backing vocals (7)

Production

Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – producer
Derek Bason – assistant engineer
Kevin Bemish – recording engineer
Brian Hardin – assistant engineer
Steve Tillisch – recording engineer
Amy Hughes Frigo – assistant engineer
Jason Lehning – overdub engineer, mix assistant
Marty McClantoc – overdub engineer
Koji Egawa – assistant overdub engineer
Chris Mara – assistant overdub engineer
Sally Jenkins – mix assistant
Glenn Spinner – mix assistant
Doug Sax – mastering
Marla Burns – production coordinator
Virginia Team – art direction
Chris Ferrara – design
Matthew Barnes – photography
Ron Davis – photography
Marty Gamblin – management
Stan Schneider – management

Studios

Overdubs recorded at Woodland Studios; The Compound Studio, Schnee Studios and The Recording Club (Los Angeles, California).
Mixed at The Compound Studio (Los Angeles, California); Woodland Studios and Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee).
Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	15
US Billboard 200^[1]	41
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	70
Chart (1998)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	42

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[5]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Citations

^ "Bryan White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
^ "Bryan White Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Bryan White – The Right Place". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

Bibliography

Allmusic (see infobox)
The Right Place (CD liner notes). Bryan White. Asylum Records. 1997. 62047.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Billboard200_Bryan_White-1] "Bryan White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Bryan_White-2] "Bryan White Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

[3] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

[4] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

[United_StatesBryan_WhiteThe_Right_PlacealbumCertRef-5] "American album certifications – Bryan White – The Right Place". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

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