Tracy Lawrence (album)

Tracy Lawrence is the seventh studio album by American country music artist of the same name. It was released on October 23, 2001 as his final album for Atlantic Records, after this album's release, Lawrence was dropped from Atlantic Records, due to the closure of Atlantic's Nashville division. Only two singles were released from this album: "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" and "What a Memory", the latter of which failed to make Top 40 on the country charts. "That Was Us" was later recorded by Randy Travis on his 2004 album Passing Through.

Tracy Lawrence
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2001
GenreCountry
Length40:38
LabelAtlantic Records
ProducerTracy Lawrence, Flip Anderson
Tracy Lawrence chronology
Lessons Learned
(2000)
Tracy Lawrence
(2001)
Strong
(2004)
Singles from Tracy Lawrence
  1. "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard"
    Released: August 27, 2002
  2. "What a Memory"
    Released: February 4, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crawlin' Again"Kenny Beard, Michael White2:50
2."Life Don't Have to Be So Hard"Casey Beathard, Kenny D. West3:14
3."It's Got You All Over It"J. B. Rudd, Jerry Salley, Lance Miller2:59
4."Getting Back Up"Marla Cannon-Goodman, Bobby Pinson4:12
5."It's Hard to Be an Outlaw"Paul Nelson, Larry Boone, Pinson3:29
6."Meant to Be"Tracy Lawrence, Flip Anderson, Rick Huckaby3:21
7."That Was Us"Craig Wiseman, Tony Lane3:20
8."She Loved the Devil Out of Me"Eric Clark, Lawrence, Huckaby3:13
9."Whole Lot of Lettin' Go"Nelson, Boone, Lawrence3:13
10."What a Memory"Beard, Jeff Bates4:27
11."God's Green Earth"Billy Yates, Monty Criswell2:43
12."I Won All the Battles"Nelson, Boone, Lawrence3:37

Personnel

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From Liner Notes[2]

  • Alison Brown - banjo on "She Loved the Devil Out of Me" and "God's Green Earth"
  • Eric Darken - percussion
  • Sonny Garrish - steel guitar, Dobro on "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" and "That Was Us", pedabro on "Crawlin' Again"
  • Owen Hale - drums
  • Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin on "Whole Lot of Lettin' Go"
  • Wes Hightower - background vocals
  • Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals
  • B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
  • Liana Manis - background vocals
  • Gary Lunn - bass guitar
  • Brent Rowan - electric guitar, banjo on "I Won All the Battles"
  • Gary Smith - keyboards

Chart performance

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Chart (2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 13
U.S. Billboard 200 136

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic - review
  2. ^ Tracy Lawrence (Media notes). Tracy Lawrence. Atlantic Records/Warner Bros. Records. 2001. 9 48187-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)