Loving Every Minute (album)

Loving Every Minute
Studio album by Mark Wills
Released	August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)
Genre	Country
Length	46:35
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer	Carson Chamberlain, Keith Stegall[1]
Mark Wills chronology
Permanently (2000) Loving Every Minute (2001) Greatest Hits (2002)

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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 #18 and #31, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. The album itself reached a peak of #10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts, and #93 on The Billboard 200.

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The album's title track, written by Tom Shapiro, Michael White and Monty Criswell, was its first single as well. It peaked at #18 on the country charts 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

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" (Randy VanWarmer, Rich Alves) – 4:27
    • duet with Jamie O'Neal

Personnel

• 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

Chart performance

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