Thank God for Believers
Thank God for Believers is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His third album for Decca Records, it produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts between 1997 and 1998: the title track (number 2), "It's Not Over" (number 34), "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" (number 18), and "Wherever You Are" (number 45). "Wherever You Are" was the first single of Chesnutt's career to miss the Top 40 on the country charts. With this album, Chesnutt is also reunited with producer Mark Wright, who produced Chesnutt's first four MCA Nashville albums.
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| Released | September 23, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 at Big Javelina Studio, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:25 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Mark Wright | |||
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| Singles from Thank God for Believers | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) [2] |
"It's Not Over" was previously recorded by Chesnutt on his third album, 1992's Longnecks & Short Stories, and before that by Reba McEntire on her 1984 album My Kind of Country. The version included on this album is the same as on Longnecks & Short Stories. Chesnutt chose to include it because he felt that it should have been released as a single from the original album, and suggested that it be included to replace another song that he felt did not fit thematically with the rest of the album.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Goodbye Heartache" | Mark Chesnutt, Steve Leslie, Roger Springer | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Thank God for Believers" | Mark Alan Springer, R. Springer, Tim Johnson | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Wherever You Are" | R. Springer, Reese Wilson, Tony Martin | 3:25 |
| 4. | "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" | Chesnutt, R. Springer, Slugger Morrissette | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Numbers on the Jukebox" | Chesnutt, R. Springer, Morrissette | 3:20 |
| 6. | "That Side of You" | Chesnutt, Leslie, R. Springer | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Useless" | Mark Wright, R. Springer, Robert Arthur | 2:34 |
| 8. | "Hello Honky Tonk" | Ron Harbin, Kim Williams, L. David Lewis | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Any Ole Reason" | Chesnutt, R. Springer, Morrissette | 3:13 |
| 10. | "It's Not Over" (featuring Vince Gill and Alison Krauss) | Mark Wright, Larry Kingston | 3:18 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[4]
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar on "Useless"
- Mark Chesnutt - lead vocals
- Buddy Emmons - steel guitar
- Jana King Evans - background vocals on "Numbers on the Jukebox" and "Goodbye Heartache"
- Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
- Larry Franklin - fiddle
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar on "Useless"
- Owen Hale - drums
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Liana Manis - background vocals
- Steve Nathan - piano, B-3 organ
- Louis Dean Nunley - background vocals
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Lisa Silver - background vocals on "Numbers on the Jukebox" and "Goodbye Heartache"
- Hank Singer - fiddle on "Hello Honky Tonk"
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar on "Useless"
- Bergen White - background vocals on "Numbers on the Jukebox" and "Goodbye Heartache"
- Curtis Young - background vocals
String arrangements by Bergen White, Carl Gorodetzky conducting the Nashville String Machine.
Personnel on "It's Not Over"
- Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Paul Leim - drums
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Bob Wray - bass guitar
Chart performance
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 25 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 165 |
References
- Owens, Thom. Thank God for Believers at AllMusic
- Entertainment Weekly review
- Taylor, Chuck (10 January 1998). "For Country's Mark Chesnutt, Reviving an Earlier Song Shows It Wasn't Over". Billboard. p. 78.
- Thank God for Believers (CD). Mark Chesnutt. Decca Records. 1997. DRND-70006.
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