Steam (Ty Herndon album)

Steam
Studio album by Ty Herndon
Released	November 2, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	39:21
Label	Epic
Producer	Joe Scaife
Ty Herndon chronology
Big Hopes (1998) Steam (1999) This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits (2002)

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Steam is the fourth studio album recorded by country music artist Ty Herndon. It features the singles "Steam", "No Mercy", and "A Love Like That", all of which entered the Billboard country music charts; "You Can Leave Your Hat On" also entered the charts from unsolicited airplay. This album was less successful than its predecessors as far as the peak positions of its chart singles. The highest-peaking, which was the title track, reached number 18, while "No Mercy" peaked at number 26. "A Love Like That" peaked at number 58, becoming the second single of Herndon's career to miss the Top 40.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Lookin' for the Good Life" (Mac McAnally) – 4:08
2. "Steam" (Lewis Anderson, Bob Regan) – 3:37
3. "Putting the Brakes on Time" (Jon McElroy, Ned McElroy) – 3:49
4. "I Can't Do It All" (Chuck Jones, Tom Shapiro) – 3:11
5. "No Mercy" (Todd Cerney, Dennis Morgan, Stephen Allen Davis) – 4:46
6. "In a New York Second" (Greg Barnhill, Jim Daddario) – 4:42
7. "That's What I Call Love" (Steve Dean, Danny Orton) – 3:25
8. "Pray for Me" (Rob Crosby, Allen Shamblin) – 3:24
9. "A Love Like That" (Marc Beeson, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:35
10. "You Can Leave Your Hat On (By the Fans' Request)" (Randy Newman) – 4:39

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[2]

Musicians

• Eric Darken - percussion
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar, Dobro
• Glen Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
• Ty Herndon - lead vocals
• John Hobbs - piano, organ, synthesizer
• Paul Leim - drums, percussion
• Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
• Gary Lunn - bass guitar
• Steve Nathan - synthesizer
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar

Backing vocalists

• Robert Bailey
• Joe Chemay
• Lisa Cochran
• Tabitha Fair
• Kim Fleming
• Vicki Hampton
• Anthony Martin
• Neil Thrasher
• Chris Willis

Additional musicians on "You Can Leave Your Hat On"

• Mike Haynes - trumpet
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson - harmonica
• Chris McDonald - trombone

String section on "Pray for Me"

• Carl Gorodetzky
• Jim Grosjean
• Bob Mason
• Pamela Sixfin

Technical

• Tommy Cooper - string arrangements on "Pray for Me"
• Jim Cotton - engineering
• Chris Davie - engineering
• Greg Fogie - engineering
• Steve Marcantonio - recording, mixing
• Melissa Mattey - engineering
• J. C. Monterosa - engineering
• Joe Scaife - production
• Hank Williams - mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200	124

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 187. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
2. Steam (CD booklet). Ty Herndon. Epic Records. 1999. 69899.