What I Do

What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" and "USA Today" both reached #18. What I Do, however, was the first album of his career not to produce any #1 hits.

For the album by George Canyon, see What I Do (George Canyon album).
What I Do
Studio album by
Alan Jackson
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2004
GenreCountry
Length44:43
LabelArista Nashville
ProducerKeith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
The Very Best of Alan Jackson
(2004)		 What I Do
(2004)		 Precious Memories
(2006)
Singles from What I Do
  1. "Too Much of a Good Thing"
    Released: June 21, 2004
  2. "Monday Morning Church"
    Released: October 11, 2004
  3. "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues"
    Released: March 21, 2005
  4. "USA Today"
    Released: August 22, 2005

The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background vocalists on "If Love Was a River", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track "Strong Enough".

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(80/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
BBC Music(favorable) [3]
Blender [1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+ [4]
Los Angeles Times [1]
The New York Times(favorable) [5]
People [6]
Robert Christgau [7]
Rolling Stone [8]
The Village Voice(positiv) [9]

Giving the album all four stars, People magazine said on the album that Jackson "continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection."[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Much of a Good Thing"Alan Jackson3:08
2."Rainy Day in June"Jackson4:40
3."USA Today"Jackson3:26
4."If Love Was a River" (background vocals: The Wrights)Adam Wright, Shannon Wright3:54
5."If French Fries Were Fat Free"Jackson4:16
6."You Don't Have to Paint Me a Picture"Jackson3:45
7."There Ya Go"Dan Hill, Keith Stegall3:13
8."The Talkin' Song Repair Blues"Dennis Linde2:58
9."Strong Enough"A. Wright4:04
10."Monday Morning Church" (background vocals: Patty Loveless)Brent Baxter, Erin Enderlin3:23
11."Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down" (background vocals: Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys)Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp4:53
12."To Do What I Do" (live recording)Tim Johnson3:00

Personnel
  • Monty Allen – background vocals
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
  • Mark Fain – bass guitar
  • Robbie Flint – steel guitar
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Dave Gaylord – fiddle
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar
  • Danny Groah – electric guitar
  • Alan Jackson – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
  • Dave Kelley – mandolin
  • Patty Loveless – background vocals on "Monday Morning Church"
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
  • Monty Parkey – piano
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
  • Matt Rollings – piano
  • Bruce Rutherford – drums
  • Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
  • John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
  • Tony Stephens – acoustic guitar
  • Richard Sterban – background vocals on "Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down"
  • Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Roger Wills – bass guitar
  • Glenn Worf – bass guitar
  • Adam Wright – background vocals on "If Love Was a River"
  • Shannon Wright – background vocals on "If Love Was a River"

Chart performance

What I Do debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004.

References
  1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. What I Do at AllMusic
  3. BBC Music review
  4. Marino, Nick (2004-09-17). "What I Do Review". Entertainment Weekly: 78. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  5. The New York Times review
  6. Novak, Ralph (2004-09-20). "Picks and Pans Review: Alan Jackson (What I Do)". People. 62 (12):51. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  7. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  8. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-03.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  9. The Village Voice review
  10. http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alan+Jackson&titel=What+I+Do&cat=a
  11. "What I Do - Alan Jackson". Billboard.com. 2004-09-25. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  12. "Gold & Platinum - February 16, 2010". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
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