That's the Truth
That's the Truth | ||||
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Studio album by Paul Brandt | ||||
Released | July 13, 1999 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 39:24 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Chris Farren | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
That's the Truth is the third studio album by Canadian country music singer Paul Brandt. The album has been certified Gold by the CRIA. Four singles — "That's the Truth", "It's a Beautiful Thing", "That Hurts", and "The Sycamore Tree" — were released from the album, all but "That Hurts" charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts, where they reached numbers 1, 13, and 7, respectively. In addition, only "It's a Beautiful Thing" charted in the Top 40 in the U.S.
"It's a Beautiful Thing" was later recorded as "Love is a Beautiful Thing" by Phil Vassar in 2008, who released it as a single. Deana Carter as well as Brandt's wife Liz sang background vocals on several tracks of this album.
Track listing
- "That's the Truth" (Paul Brandt, Chris Farren) - 4:38
- "It's a Beautiful Thing" (Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman) - 4:27
- "That Hurts" (Gary Burr, Gerry House) - 3:51
- "There's a World Out There" (Kent Blazy, Skip Ewing) - 3:42
- "The Sycamore Tree" (Brandt, Steve Rosen) - 5:19
- "A Love That Strong" (Reed Nielsen, Steele) - 3:41
- "Add 'Em All Up" (Rick Bowles, Brandt, Farren) - 2:46
- "Scrap Piece of Paper" (Lona Heid, Ryan Reynolds) - 4:00
- "Really and Truly" (Kent Robbins, Will Robinson, Paul Williams) - 3:33
- "Let's Live it Up" (Brian Setzer) - 3:23
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
Musicians
- Shawn Allan - drum programming
- Joe Chemay - bass guitar, gang vocals
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Mark Douthit - saxophone
- Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, gang vocals
- Chris Farren - acoustic guitar, mandolin, drum programming, background vocals
- Larry Franklin - fiddle, gang vocals
- Mike Haynes - Trumpet
- John Hobbs - keyboards, gang vocals
- Jim Horn - saxophone
- Chris McDonald - Trombone
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Greg Morrow - drums, gang vocals
- Tom Roady - percussion
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar, gang vocals
- Darrell Scott - acoustic guitar, mandolin, gang vocals
- Denis Solee - Saxophone
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
Strings arranged by Ron Huff and performed by the Nashville String Machine (Carl Gorodetxky, conductor).
Additional background vocals
- Liz Brandt
- Paul Brandt
- Tim Buppert
- Deana Carter
- LeAnn Phelan
- Marty Slayton
- Harry Stinson
- Veritas (Directed by Fred Vaughn)
Chart performance
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Country Albums | 1 |
Canadian RPM Top Albums | 20 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 56 |
External links
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ That's the Truth (CD). Paul Brandt. Reprise Records. 1999. 47319-2.
Preceded by Come on Over by Shania Twain |
RPM Country Albums number-one album July 5–11, 1999 |
Succeeded by Come on Over by Shania Twain |