If You're Going Through Hell
If You're Going Through Hell | ||||
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Studio album by Rodney Atkins | ||||
Released | July 18, 2006 | |||
Recorded |
2005-2006 Curb Studio (Nashville) Cartee Day Studio (Nashville) Country Q (Nashville) The Bonus Room (Old Hickory) Ridgetop Studio (Baxter) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 36:11 | |||
Label | Curb | |||
Producer |
Ted Hewitt Rodney Atkins | |||
Rodney Atkins chronology | ||||
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Singles from If You're Going Through Hell | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
About.com | [1] |
Allmusic | [2] |
Country Standard Time | (positive)[3] |
Plugged In | (positive)[4] |
Robert Christgau | [5] |
USA Today | [6] |
If You're Going Through Hell is the second studio album released by country singer Rodney Atkins. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of one million copies.
The album's first four singles — "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)", "Watching You", "These Are My People" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" — were all Number One hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs between 2006 and 2008. In addition, "If You're Going Through Hell" and "Watching You" were declared by Billboard as the Number One country songs of 2006 and 2007, respectively. "Invisibly Shaken", originally recorded by Lee Greenwood on his 2003 album Stronger Than Time, was released in early 2008 as the album's fifth single, but it peaked at No. 41.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "These Are My People" | Rivers Rutherford, Dave Berg | 3:34 |
2. | "About the South" | Rodney Atkins, Tom Hambridge, Shane Minor | 2:58 |
3. | "Watching You" | Atkins, Steve Dean, Brian Gene White | 3:55 |
4. | "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" | Casey Beathard, Marla Cannon-Goodman | 3:46 |
5. | "In the Middle" | Atkins, Berg, Sam Tate, Annie Tate | 3:11 |
6. | "A Man on a Tractor" | Kent Agee, Michael Lunn | 4:08 |
7. | "Wasted Whiskey" | Atkins, Ted Hewitt, Danny Simpson | 3:42 |
8. | "Invisibly Shaken" | Atkins, Billy Kirsch | 3:46 |
9. | "Angel's Hands" | Atkins, Nicole Witt, Bobby Tomberlin | 3:29 |
10. | "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" | A. Tate, S. Tate, Berg | 3:37 |
Chart performance
Album
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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US Country | US | US Pop |
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2006 | "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" | 1 | 33 | 57 | — | ||||
"Watching You" | 1 | 36 | 57 | — | |||||
2007 | "These Are My People" | 1 | 42 | 96 | — | ||||
"Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" | 1 | 40 | 83 | 84 | |||||
2008 | "Invisibly Shaken" | 41 | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Certifications
Region | Certification |
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United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum |
Personnel
- Rodney Atkins - lead vocals
- Tammy Jo Atkins - crowd noise
- Doug Barnard - crowd noise
- Aaron Bowlin - crowd noise
- Clayton Bozeman - crowd noise
- Terje Petrus Bratlie - crowd noise
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Jim "Moose" Brown - piano
- Danielle Caffey - crowd noise
- Colin Campbell - crowd noise
- Rhonda Chaffin - crowd noise
- CiGi - crowd noise
- Skip Cleavinger - Uilleann pipes
- Larry Franklin - fiddle, mandolin
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Sandi Harrison - crowd noise
- James Hedden - crowd noise
- Tecia Hedden - crowd noise
- Lindsey Herren - crowd noise
- Ted Hewitt - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Angela Hurt - crowd noise, background vocals
- Mike Johnson - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Julian King - percussion
- Troy Lancaster - electric guitar
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Justin Luffman - crowd noise
- Marianne Mashburn - crowd noise
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Charlie Miralez - crowd noise
- Nicole Miralez - crowd noise
- Gordon Mote - piano, Hammond organ
- Larry Paxton - bass guitar
- Kelly Pody - crowd noise
- Shawn Pody - crowd noise
- Jenn Pody - crowd noise
- Gary Prim - piano, Hammond organ
- Kevin Rapillo - crowd noise
- Scotty Sanders - pedal steel guitar
- Steve Sheehan - acoustic guitar, crowd noise
- Belinda Smith - crowd noise
- Natalie Stout - crowd noise
- Jenny Tackett - crowd noise
- Wanda Vick - banjo
- Kathryn Vieira - crowd noise
- John Willis - acoustic guitar, banjo
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
References
- ↑ Downs, Jolene. "Rodney Atkins - 'If You're Going Through Hell'". About.com. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ↑ poet, j. "If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ↑ Loy, Robert. "Rodney Atkins - If You're Going Through Hell". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ↑ Lees, Jeremy; Smithouser, Bob. "Rodney Atkins: If You're Going Through Hell". Plugged In. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Rodney Atkins". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ↑ Mansfield, Brian (August 7, 2006). "Rodney Atkins, If You're Going Through Hell". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 14, 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Rodney Atkins – If You're Going Through Hell". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by American V: A Hundred Highways by Johnny Cash |
Top Country Albums number-one album August 5 - August 11, 2006 |
Succeeded by Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts |
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