Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)

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"Be As You Are" redirects here. For Mike Posner's song, see At Night, Alone.
Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
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Studio album by Kenny Chesney
Released January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Recorded June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
Genre Country, Gulf and Western
Length 55:07
Label BNA
Producer Buddy Cannon
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
When the Sun Goes Down
(2004)When the Sun Goes Down2004		 Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
(2005)		 The Road and the Radio
(2005)The Road and the Radio2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (63/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4/5 stars[2]
Allmusic 4/5 stars[3]
BBC Music (average)[4]
Blender 4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly C[5]
Los Angeles Times 2/4 stars[1]
People 2/4 stars[6]
Plugged In (unfavorable)[7]
Robert Christgau (dud)[8]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[9]
Stylus Magazine B−[10]

Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) is the ninth studio album by country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on January 25, 2005. It was a #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.

The album's opening track was originally recorded by Chesney on his When the Sun Goes Down album. This album was intended by Chesney to be a side project, and it produced no singles, although "Guitars and Tiki Bars" reached number 53 on the Hot Country Songs charts based on unsolicited airplay.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Old Blue Chair"   Kenny Chesney 3:24
2. "Be as You Are"   Chesney, Dean Dillon 4:19
3. "Guitars and Tiki Bars"   Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino 4:36
4. "Island Boy"   Chesney, Phil Vassar, Tamburino 3:56
5. "Somewhere in the Sun"   Daryl Hobb, Tim Holly, Danny Tucker, Chesney 4:45
6. "Boston"   Chesney, Tamburino 4:16
7. "Something Sexy About the Rain"   Chesney, Skip Ewing 5:24
8. "French Kissing Life"   Chesney 4:02
9. "Key Lime Pie"   Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Chesney 4:40
10. "Sherry's Living in Paradise"   Chesney, Clayton Mitchell 3:20
11. "Magic"   Chesney 4:40
12. "Soul of a Sailor"   Chesney, Dillon, Scotty Emerick 4:14
13. "Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix) Chesney 3:31
Total length:
 55:07

Personnel

As listed in liner notes[11]

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Chart performance

Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 1
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
February 6, 2005 - February 12, 2005		 Succeeded by
The Documentary by The Game
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
February 12–25, 2005		 Succeeded by
Totally Country Vol. 4 by Various Artists
Preceded by
Totally Country Vol. 4 by Various Artists
 Top Country Albums number-one album
March 5–11, 2005		 Succeeded by
Feels Like Today by Rascal Flatts
Preceded by
Feels Like Today by Various Artists
 Top Country Albums number-one album
March 26 - April 1, 2005		 Succeeded by
Kerosene by Miranda Lambert

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[12] Platinum

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ About.com review
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ BBC Music review
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ People review
  7. ↑ Plugged In review
  8. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  9. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  10. ↑ Stylus Magazine review
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

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