I Love It (album)

I Love It
Studio album by Craig Morgan
Released	March 11, 2003
Genre	Country
Label	Broken Bow
Producer	Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell (tracks 1-10) Craig Morgan, D. Scott Miller (track 11)[1]
Craig Morgan chronology
Craig Morgan (2000) I Love It (2003) My Kind of Livin' (2005)
Singles from Revolution
"God, Family and Country" Released: 2002 "Almost Home" Released: November 4, 2002 "Every Friday Afternoon" Released: 2003 "Look at Us" Released: 2004

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Country Standard Time	(favorable)[3]

I Love It is the second studio album released by American country music singer Craig Morgan. The album contains four singles: "God, Family And Country", "Almost Home", "Every Friday Afternoon", and "Look at Us", all of which entered the Hot Country Songs charts between 2002 and 2004. "Almost Home" was the highest peaking single of these four, reaching a peak of number 6 on the country charts.

The first single, "God, Family, and Country", was also recorded by the group 4 Runner on their 2003 album Getaway Car. 4 Runner also provide backing vocals on Morgan's rendition. "God, Family, and Country" is also dedicated to songwriter and musician Randy Hardison, who played drums on it.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love It"	Philip Douglas, Ron Harbin, Jimmy Yeary	3:15
2.	"Almost Home"	Craig Morgan, Kerry Kurt Phillips	4:49
3.	"Look at Us"	Larry Bastian, Buddy Cannon, Morgan	2:35
4.	"In the Dream"	Don Koch, Morgan	4:18
5.	"You Never Know"	Chris Bain, Phil O'Donnell, Morgan	3:05
6.	"What You Do to Me"	Steve Dean, Wil Nance	3:21
7.	"Every Friday Afternoon"	Jimmy Melton, Neal Coty	3:53
8.	"Where Has My Hometown Gone"	Morgan, O'Donnell, Jeff Carson	3:43
9.	"Always Be Mine"	Jeremy Campbell, Noah Gordon	3:24
10.	"Money"	Campbell, O'Donnell, Gordon	2:37
11.	"God, Family and Country"	Lance McDaniel, Craig Morris, Morgan	3:26

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

Tracks 1-10

• Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar, Dobro
• Jeff King – electric guitar
• Paul Leim – drums
• Chris McHugh – drums
• Craig Morgan – lead vocals, background vocals
• Jimmy Nichols – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ
• Phil O'Donnell – acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Russell Terrell – background vocals

Track 11

• Randy Hardison – drums
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin – strings
• 4 Runner:

• Jim Chapman – bass vocals
• Lee Hilliard – tenor vocals
• Craig Morris – baritone vocals, piano
• Michael Lusk – baritone vocals

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2003) Peak position US Billboard Top Country Albums 16 US Billboard 200 124 US Billboard Top Heatseekers 1 US Billboard Independent Albums 4

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US 2002 "God, Family and Country" 49 — "Almost Home" 6 59 2003 "Every Friday Afternoon" 25 — 2004 "Look at Us" 27 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. I Love It (Media notes). Craig Morgan. Broken Bow Records. 2002. BB-75672.
2. Cohoon, Rick. "I Love It review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
3. Remz, Jeffrey B. "Craig Morgan - I Love It". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 17, 2011.