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2003 studio album by Rodney Atkins
Honesty is the debut studio album by American country music artist Rodney Atkins . It was released on October 14, 2003 by Curb Records .
Honesty produced four chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts with "Sing Along" (No. 36), "My Old Man" (No. 37), "Honesty (Write Me a List)" (No. 4), and "Someone to Share It With" (No. 41). The album's fifth single, "Monkey in the Middle", failed to chart. This song and two others on the album were co-written by Brian Gowan, who recorded on Curb in 1997 in the duo Blake & Brian .
Track listing [ edit ]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Honesty (Write Me a List) " Patience Clemens, David Kent 4:15 2. "What's Left of Me" Bruce Gaitsch, Rodney Atkins 2:51 3. "Monkey in the Middle" Ted Hewitt , Atkins, Brian Gowan3:34 4. "Someone to Share It With" Hewitt, Atkins, Gowan 3:31 5. "The Love We Make" Brett James , Troy Verges 3:12 6. "The Man I Am Today" Hewitt, Atkins 3:42 7. "Uncomplicated" Troy Seals , Scotty Emerick 3:16 8. "Sing Along " Gaitsch, Hewitt, Atkins 3:00 9. "Yeah She Does" Hugh Murray, Keith Urban 3:21 10. "I Will Come to You" Gaitsch, Hewitt, Atkins 3:56 11. "Forgiveness and Permission" Hewitt, Atkins, Gowan 3:26 12. "My Old Man " Hewitt, Atkins 3:58
Personnel [ edit ]
Walt Aldridge - bouzouki
Rodney Atkins - loop programming, lead vocals, background vocals
Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Mike Brignardello- bass guitar
Shannon Forrest - drums
Bruce Gaitsch- bass guitar, acoustic guitar , electric guitar
Sonny Garrish- steel guitar
Mark Gillespie- acoustic guitar, gut string guitar , mandolin
Ted Hewitt - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, loop programming, electric sitar , background vocals
Wes Hightower- background vocals
B. James Lowry- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Chris McHugh - drums, loop programming
Gene Miller- background vocals
Greg Morrow - drums
Gordon Mote - Farfisa organ , keyboards
Steve Nathan - keyboards, piano , Wurlitzer
Justin Niebank- loop programming
Kim Parent- background vocals
Scotty Sanders- steel guitar, lap steel guitar
Hank Singer- fiddle
Russell Terrell- background vocals
John Willis - acoustic guitar
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Jonathan Yudkin - bouzouki, fiddle, orchestra bells
Chart performance [ edit ]
Chart (2003)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
50
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers
47
Singles [ edit ]
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
US Country
US
2002
"Sing Along"
37
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"My Old Man"
36
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2003
"Honesty (Write Me a List)"
4
57
2004
"Someone to Share It With"
41
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"Monkey in the Middle"
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart
References [ edit ]
Studio albums Compilation albums Notable singles Related articles