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2008 studio album by Randy Houser
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Anything Goes is the debut studio album by American
country music singer
Randy Houser . It was released on November 18, 2008 via
Universal South Records . The album's lead-off single, its
title track , reached number 16 on the US
Billboard
Hot Country Songs chart. The second single, "
Boots On ", peaked at number 2. Houser co-wrote all but three of the songs on the album.
"
Back to God " was later recorded by
Reba McEntire for her 2017 album
Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope , from which it was released as the second single.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "
Boots On "
Randy Houser , Brandon Kinney 2:51 2. "
Anything Goes "
Brice Long , John Wiggins 3:04 3. "Wild Wild West"
Angelo Petraglia , Daryl Burgess, Houser 3:31 4. "
Back to God "
Dallas Davidson , Houser 5:14 5. "Something Real"
David Lee Murphy , Houser 4:22 6. "My Kind of Country" Davidson, Houser 2:55 7. "Strange" Chuck Jones,
Chuck Cannon 3:13 8. "Lie" Reed Nielsen,
Shane Minor , Houser 4:11 9. "Paycheck Man"
Derek George , Danny Myrick, Houser 3:04 10. "How Many Times"
Jon Randall ,
Al Anderson 4:07 11. "I'll Sleep" Minor, Myrick, Houser 4:48
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.
[3]
Cliff Audretch III – background vocals (track 3)
David Angell –
strings (tracks 4, 5)
Nick Buda –
drums (tracks 6, 7)
John Catchings – strings (tracks 4, 5)
J. T. Corenflos –
electric guitar (all tracks),
baritone guitar (track 5)
Eric Darken – percussion (all tracks except 7 & 10)
David Davidson – strings (tracks 4, 5)
Stuart Duncan –
fiddle (track 11)
Kim Fleming –
background vocals (tracks 2, 4)
Paul Franklin –
steel guitar (all tracks except 6 & 7),
dobro (track 11)
Vince Gill – background vocals (track 10)
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (tracks 8-11)
Vicki Hampton – background vocals (tracks 2, 4)
Wes Hightower – background vocals (all tracks except 6 & 10)
Randy Houser –
lead vocals (all tracks),
acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 8, 9)
Stephen Lamb – copyist (tracks 4, 5)
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (tracks 1-5),
gut string guitar (track 5)
Steve Mackey –
bass guitar (tracks 6, 7)
Aaron Mason – background vocals (tracks 2, 4)
Kevin McKendree –
Wurlitzer electric piano (tracks 6, 7),
Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 6, 7)
Rob McNelley – electric guitar (tracks 1-7)
Steve Nathan –
piano (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11), Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 1, 3-5, 9)
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (all tracks except 6 & 7)
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (track 11)
Bruce Wallace – acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 7)
Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (tracks 4, 5), strings (tracks 4, 5)
John Willis – acoustic guitar (tracks 8-11)
Lonnie Wilson – drums (all tracks except 6 & 7)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas.
"Anything Goes review" .
Allmusic . Retrieved January 15, 2010 .
^ Vercher, Brady (November 20, 2008).
"Anything Goes review" . Engine 145 . Archived from
the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2010 .
^ Anything Goes (CD booklet). Randy Houser. Universal Records South. 2008. B0011699-02.{{
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^
"Randy Houser Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved December 19, 2020.
^
"Randy Houser Chart History (Top Country Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved December 19, 2020.
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"Randy Houser Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved December 19, 2020.
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"Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009" . Billboard . Retrieved December 19, 2020 .
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