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

Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
Studio album by Kenny Chesney
Released	January 25, 2005
Recorded	June 29, 2004
Genre	Country, Gulf and Western
Length	55:07
Label	BNA
Producer	Buddy 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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(63/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
BBC Music	(average)[4]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C[5]
Los Angeles Times	[1]
People	[6]
Plugged In	(unfavorable)[7]
Robert Christgau	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Stylus Magazine	B−[10]

Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) is the ninth studio album by country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on January 25, 2005. It was a #1 album on the 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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Old Blue Chair"	Kenny Chesney	3:24
2.	"Be as You Are"	Chesney, Dean Dillon	4:19
3.	"Guitars and Tiki Bars"	Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino	4:36
4.	"Island Boy"	Chesney, Phil Vassar, Tamburino	3:56
5.	"Somewhere in the Sun"	Daryl Hobb, Tim Holly, Danny Tucker, Chesney	4:45
6.	"Boston"	Chesney, Tamburino	4:16
7.	"Something Sexy About the Rain"	Chesney, Skip Ewing	5:24
8.	"French Kissing Life"	Chesney	4:02
9.	"Key Lime Pie"	Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Chesney	4:40
10.	"Sherry's Living in Paradise"	Chesney, Clayton Mitchell	3:20
11.	"Magic"	Chesney	4:40
12.	"Soul of a Sailor"	Chesney, Dillon, Scotty Emerick	4:14
13.	"Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix)	Chesney	3:31
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

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	1

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. About.com review
3. Allmusic review
4. BBC Music review
5. Marino, Nick (2005-01-28). "Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair Review". Entertainment Weekly: 85. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
6. People review
7. Plugged In review
8. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
9. Rolling Stone review
10. Stylus Magazine review
11. Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair) (Media notes). Kenny Chesney. BNA Records. 2004. BNA82876-61530-2.
12. "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Be as You Are". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

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