What I Do the Best
1996 studio album by John Michael Montgomery
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What I Do the Best is the fourth studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The tracks "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us", "Friends", "How Was I to Know" and "I Miss You a Little" were all released as singles, peaking at #15, #2, #2 and #6, respectively on the Hot Country Songs charts, making this the first album of his career not to produce a #1 hit. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for one million shipments in the US.
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1996
Recorded1996
Studios
- Masterfonics, The Tracking Room, Sound Emporium Studios, Emerald Sound Studios, Woodland Sound Studios, Marsh Laboratory and The Mix Room (Nashville, TN)
- Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN)
- Twin Creeks (Brentwood, TN)
- New River Studio (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
GenreCountry
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| Released | September 24, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 35:04 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Csaba Petocz | |||
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"Cloud 8" was later recorded by Canadian country artist Gil Grand on his 1998 debut album Famous First Words.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) link |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" | Jim Robinson, Wendell Mobley | 2:48 |
| 2. | "A Few Cents Short" | John Michael Montgomery | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Friends" | Jerry Holland | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Lucky Arms" | J. B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman | 2:40 |
| 5. | "What I Do the Best" | Michael Huffman, Donny Kees, Monty Holmes | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Cloud 8" | Byron Hill, Tony Martin | 3:49 |
| 7. | "I Can Prove You Wrong" | Greg McDougal, Monty Criswell, Billy Spencer | 3:59 |
| 8. | "How Was I to Know" | Will Rambeaux, Blair Daly | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Paint the Town Redneck" | Richard Fagan, Steve O'Brien | 2:36 |
| 10. | "I Miss You a Little" | Montgomery, Fagan, Mike Anthony | 4:12 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- John Michael Montgomery – vocals
- Barry Beckett – keyboards
- Carl Marsh – keyboards
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Larry Byrom – electric guitars
- Dann Huff – electric guitars
- John McFee – electric guitars
- Brent Rowan – electric guitars
- Don Potter – acoustic guitars
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitars
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Leland Sklar – bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Steve Brewster – drums
- Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
- John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
- Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – backing vocals
Production
- Csaba Petocz – producer, additional recording, mixing
- Joe Chiccharelli – recording, additional recording
- David Hall – recording assistant, additional recording
- Brad Kinney – assistant engineer
- Chris Stone – assistant engineer
- Mike Clute – mixing (10)
- Brian K. Lee – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
- Lisa Roy – production manager
- P. David Eleazar – art direction, design
- Nick Long – art direction, design
- Jim "Señior" McGuire – photography
- Lynne Cook – photography assistant
- R.B. Miller – photography assistant
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)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||