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John Michael Montgomery Album: “What I Do the Best”
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Personnel: John Michael Montgomery (vocals, guitar); Don Potter, Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); John McFee, Dan Huff, Brent Rowan, Larry Byrom (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Glen Duncan (fiddle); Steve Nathan, Barry Beckett, Carl Marsh (keyboards); Leland Sklar, Michael Rhodes (bass); Stephen Brewster, Eddie Bayers (drums); Terry McMillan (percussion, harmonica); Dennis Wilson, Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young, John Wesley Ryles, Louis Dean Nunley (background vocals).
<p>Recorded at Masterfonics and The Tracking Room, Nashville, Tennessee.
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What I Do the Best |
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UPC:075678294723
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Format:CD
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Type:Performer
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Genre:Country - Contemporary Country
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Artist:John Michael Montgomery
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Guest Artists:Billy Joe Walker, Jr.; Glen Duncan; Terry McMillan
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Producer:Csaba Petocz
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Label:Atlantic (USA)
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Distributed:WEA (distr)
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Release Date:1996/09/24
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Original Release Year:1996
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Discs:1
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Mono / Stereo:Stereo
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Studio / Live:Studio
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Customer review - November 05, 1998
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
- Excellent
John Michael Montgomery is a great country artist.I love Friends and What I do Best. I wonder why he did not release the single"What I do Best"? I will soon purchase his new CD. Keep up the work ,JMM. You are a super singer. - great
Love it. The entire CD is worth listening to. I listen to this when I go to sleep at night. - best of his entire career
After a couple of introductory works where JMM expressed his fun side (Sold!) and his sappy, bubble-gum ballad side, he threw us all for a curve with this CD. In a word, it's simply breathtaking. I've listened to every one of his albums from the beginning through 2010, and this one is just... superlative... There is only one 'throw away' song on the whole CD (paint the town redneck), and two or three songs that are "good" but not great. And then, there's Cloud 8, Ain't Got Nothin' On Us, A Few Cents Short, Friends, What I Do The Best, and How Was I To Know... UNBELIEVABLY good songs. I'm not the sappy type, and all his other ballads were 'nice,' but didn't really elicit any emotions out of me. However, when I heard Friends, Cloud 8, and What I Do The Best, tears were welling up in my eyes. The songs are raw, heartfelt, and genuine. This is the closest thing to a perfect country album I've ever heard, and how it didn't get more airplay is an indictment on the radio industry. - Good music
I could give John Michael Montgomery's What I Do The Best five stars, because the songs are great. The toe-tapping "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" is solid, as are "Friends", "How Was I To Know", "What I Do The Best", and John Michael's moving tribute to his father, "I Miss You A Little". Another great song is "A Few Cents Short". That song, along with "I Miss You A Little", was written by John Michael himself. However, this record, unlike John Michael's previous albums Kickin' It Up and John Michael Montgomery, is heavily weighted toward ballads. John Michael is a great ballad singer, but I also like to hear him sing upbeat songs such as "Be My Baby Tonight", "Sold", and "Cowboy Love". Fortunately, besides "Ain't Got Nothin' On Us", John Michael includes two other great upbeat songs, "Lucky Arms" and "Paint The Town Redneck", on this record. What I Do The Best is a solid collection with good music. |
