Daryle Singletary (album)

Daryle Singletary is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in country music) via Giant Records Nashville. The album includes four singles: "I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations", "I Let Her Lie", "Too Much Fun" and "Workin' It Out", all of which charted on the Billboard country singles charts between 1995 and 1996. Although "I Let Her Lie" and "Too Much Fun" were both Top 5 country hits, the album only peaked at #44 on Top Country Albums.

Daryle Singletary
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
Recorded1994-1995 at Sound Stage Studio and Loud Recording - Nashville, Tennessee[1]
GenreCountry
Length32:00
LabelGiant
ProducerJames Stroud, Randy Travis, David Malloy
Daryle Singletary chronology
Daryle Singletary
(1995)
All Because of You
(1996)

Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ rating, saying that Singletary "mines familiar honky-tonk sources on this stylish debut, but he has a terrific presence and a knack for inhabiting a lyric."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Too Much Fun" (Curtis Wright, T.J. Knight) – 2:45
  2. "I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations" (Bob McDill, Tommy Rocco) – 3:08
  3. "There's a Cold Spell Moving In" (Randy Travis, Jerry Foster, Ron Avis) – 3:22
  4. "Ordinary Heroes" (Tim Johnson, Alex Call) – 3:09
  5. "I Let Her Lie" (Johnson) – 2:58
  6. "A Love That Never Died" (Skip Ewing, Donny Kees) – 3:46
  7. "Workin' It Out" (Johnson, Brett Jones) – 3:05
  8. "My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention)" (Phil Barnhart, Kim Williams, Lonnie Wilson) – 2:43
  9. "Would These Arms Be In Your Way" (Hank Cochran, Vern Gosdin, Red Lane) – 3:08
  10. "What Am I Doing There" (Buddy Brock, Zack Turner) – 3:49

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 44
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 27
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References

  1. Daryle Singletary (CD booklet). Daryle Singletary. Giant Records. 1995. 24606.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Nash, Alanna (16 June 1995). "Daryle Singletary review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
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