Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)

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Be as You Are
(Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
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Studio album by
Kenny Chesney
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
RecordedJune 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
GenreCountry, Gulf and Western
Length55:07
LabelBNA
ProducerBuddy Cannon
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
When the Sun Goes Down
(2004) 		Be as You Are
(Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
(2005) 		The Road and the Radio
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(63/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com4/5 stars[2]
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
BBC Music(average)[4]
Blender4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC[5]
Los Angeles Times2/4 stars[1]
People2/4 stars[6]
Plugged In(unfavorable)[7]
Robert Christgau(dud)[8]
Rolling Stone2/5 stars[9]
Stylus MagazineB−[10]

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.

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[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Blue Chair"Kenny Chesney3:24
2."Be as You Are"Chesney, Dean Dillon4:19
3."Guitars and Tiki Bars"Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino4:36
4."Island Boy"Chesney, Phil Vassar, Tamburino3:56
5."Somewhere in the Sun"Daryl Hobb, Tim Holly, Danny Tucker, Chesney4:45
6."Boston"Chesney, Tamburino4:16
7."Something Sexy About the Rain"Chesney, Skip Ewing5:24
8."French Kissing Life"Chesney4:02
9."Key Lime Pie"Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Chesney4:40
10."Sherry's Living in Paradise"Chesney, Clayton Mitchell3:20
11."Magic"Chesney4:40
12."Soul of a Sailor"Chesney, Dillon, Scotty Emerick4:14
13."Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix)Chesney3:31
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[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[16] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ About.com review
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ BBC Music review
  5. ^ Marino, Nick (January 28, 2005). "Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair Review". Entertainment Weekly: 85. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  6. ^ People review
  7. ^ Plugged In review Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  9. ^ Rolling Stone review
  10. ^ Stylus Magazine review Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair) (Media notes). Kenny Chesney. BNA Records. 2004. BNA82876-61530-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  15. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  16. ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Be as You Are". Recording Industry Association of America.

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