Days of Our Lives (James Otto album)
Days of Our Lives is the debut album of American country music artist James Otto. It was released in 2004 on Mercury Nashville Records, and its title track was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.
The track "The Last Thing I Do" was also recorded by Brooks & Dunn on their 2001 album Steers & Stripes, and by Montgomery Gentry (under the title "If It's the Last Thing I Do") on their 2004 album You Do Your Thing. "Long Way Down" was also recorded by Andy Griggs on his 2008 album The Good Life.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Long Way Down" | Craig Wiseman, C. Michael Spriggs |
4:51 |
| 2. |
"Gone!" | Kevin Brandt, Bobby Terry |
3:41 |
| 3. |
"Misspent Youth" | James Otto, C. J. Watson |
5:09 |
| 4. |
"Miss Temptation" | Caryl Mack Parker, Scott Parker, Billy Crain |
3:57 |
| 5. |
"Sunday Morning and Saturday Night" | Tim Nichols, Jeffrey Steele |
3:52 |
| 6. |
"Song of the Violin" | Otto |
3:36 |
| 7. |
"She Knows" | Bob Regan, Monty Criswell |
3:43 |
| 8. |
"Days of Our Lives" | Otto, Terry |
3:51 |
| 9. |
"The Last Thing I Do" | David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble |
3:46 |
| 10. |
"The Ball" | Otto, Kerry Kurt Phillips, Patrick Jason Matthews |
3:58 |
| 11. |
"Lowdown on the Highlife" | Otto, Porter Howell, Kris Bergsnes |
4:10 |
| 12. |
"Never Say Goodbye" | Otto, Jody Alan Sweet |
5:00 |
Personnel
- Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
- Steve Brewster – drums
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Etta Britt – background vocals
- Pat Buchanan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, baritone guitar, lap steel guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Dan Dugmore – Dobro, steel guitar
- Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
- Tony Harrell – piano
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Rob Ickes – Dobro
- Chuck Leavell – piano
- Ken Lewis – percussion
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Steve Nathan – piano, keyboard, Hammond organ
- James Otto – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Caryl Mack Parker – background vocals
- Allison Prestwood – bass guitar
- Chris Stapleton – background vocals
- Bryan Sutton – electric guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Dennis Wage – Hammond organ, keyboards
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by Lisa Germano, Kris Wilkinson and David Campbell.
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2004) |
Peak
position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
61 |
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Peak chart positions |
| US Country |
| 2002 |
"The Ball" |
45 |
| 2003 |
"Long Way Down" |
— |
| "Days of Our Lives" |
33 |
| 2004 |
"Sunday Morning and Saturday Night" |
58 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
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References
External links
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