Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
2005 studio album by Kenny Chesney
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Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on January 25, 2005. The album debuted at number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart.
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005
RecordedJune 29, 2004
Studio
- Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Starstruck (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Westwood
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| Released | January 25, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | June 29, 2004 | |||
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| Genre | Country, Gulf and Western | |||
| Length | 55:07 | |||
| Label | BNA | |||
| Producer | Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (63/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [2] |
| AllMusic | [3] |
| BBC Music | (average)[4] |
| Blender | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[5] |
| Los Angeles Times | [1] |
| People | [6] |
| Plugged In (publication) | (unfavorable)[7] |
| Robert Christgau |  [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Stylus Magazine | B−[10] |
The album's opening track was originally recorded by Chesney on his When the Sun Goes Down album. This album was intended by Chesney to be a side project, and it produced no singles, although "Guitars and Tiki Bars" reached number 53 on the Hot Country Songs charts based on unsolicited airplay.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Kenny Chesney, with additional co-writers as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Old Blue Chair" | 3:24 | |
| 2. | "Be as You Are" | 4:19 | |
| 3. | "Guitars and Tiki Bars" |
| 4:36 |
| 4. | "Island Boy" |
| 3:56 |
| 5. | "Somewhere in the Sun" |
| 4:45 |
| 6. | "Boston" |
| 4:16 |
| 7. | "Something Sexy About the Rain" | 5:24 | |
| 8. | "French Kissing Life" | 4:02 | |
| 9. | "Key Lime Pie" | 4:40 | |
| 10. | "Sherry's Living in Paradise" |
| 3:20 |
| 11. | "Magic" | 4:40 | |
| 12. | "Soul of a Sailor" |
| 4:14 |
| 13. | "Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix) | 3:31 | |
| Total length: | 55:07 | ||
Personnel
As listed in liner notes[11]
- Wyatt Beard – background vocals
- David Briggs – piano, keyboards, B3 organ
- Mat Britain – steel drums
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar, harmonica
- Buddy Cannon – background vocals
- Murray Cannon – background vocals
- Kenny Chesney – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar, gut string guitar, nylon string guitar
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Robert Greenidge – steel drums
- Tim Hensley – background vocals
- Steve Herman – trumpet
- John Hobbs – piano, keyboards, B3 organ
- Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone, penny whistle
- Jim Horn – tenor saxophone
- John Jorgenson – electric guitar
- Paul Leim – drums, percussion, shaker
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar, steel guitar
- Randy McCormick – piano, keyboards, B3 organ, wurlitzer electric piano
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar, fretless bass, background vocals
- Tom Roady – percussion, tambourine
- Amy Joe Stelzer – intro to "Key Lime Pie"
- Mark Tamburino – intro to "Key Lime Pie"
- Quentin Ware Jr. – trumpet
- Tommy White – Dobro
- John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar, nylon string guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[16] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
