Bucky Covington (album)

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Bucky Covington
Studio album by Bucky Covington
Released	April 17, 2007 (2007-04-17)
Genre	Country
Label	Lyric Street
Producer	Mark Miller
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Entertainment Weekly B+ link
Singles from Bucky Covington
"A Different World" Released: January 2007 "It's Good to Be Us" Released: September 2007 "I'll Walk" Released: 2008

Bucky Covington is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Bucky Covington. It was released by Lyric Street Records, the country division of Hollywood Records, on April 17, 2007. As of November 2007, the album had sold nearly 322,000 copies in the United states,^[1] as well as two hit singles on the country charts. "A Different World" and "It's Good to Be Us", peaked at #6 and #11 respectively; in mid-2008, "I'll Walk" was released as the third single.

Contents 1 Album background 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 Personnel 5 References

[edit] Album background

The album was produced by Mark Miller, lead singer of the country music band Sawyer Brown, and recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. Two other members of Sawyer Brown — Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard and Jim Scholten — also contribute on background vocals and bass guitar, respectively.

[edit] Track listing

1. "American Friday Night" (Tommy Douglas) - 3:21
2. "A Different World" (Mark Nesler, Jennifer Hanson, Tony Martin) - 3:28
3. "I'll Walk" (Brent Wilson, Lonnie Fowler) – 3:30
4. "Back When We Were Gods" (Ward Davis, Dan Murph) - 3:31
5. "Ain't No Thing" (John Scott Sherrill, Chris Stapleton) - 4:19
6. "I'm Good" (Nesler, Marti Dodson) - 3:03
7. "Empty Handed" (Kip Raines, Stapleton) - 3:27
8. "Hometown" (Chris Tompkins, Mark Irwin, Josh Kear) - 3:25
9. "It's Good to Be Us" (Dave Berg, Tim James) - 3:04
10. "Carolina Blue" (Gregg Hubbard, Mark Miller, Bucky Covington) - 3:52
11. "The Bible and the Belt" (Marc Beeson, Tim Gates, Billy Austin) - 3:37

[edit] Charts

The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling about 61,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at #1 on Top Country Albums, making the album the best opening week for a debut album by a male on the country charts since Billy Ray Cyrus' 1992 debut Some Gave All.^[2]

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	4
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1

[edit] Personnel

• Robert Bailey - background vocals
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
• Vicki Hampton - background vocals
• Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
• Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard - background vocals
• Bobby Huff - drums, percussion, background vocals
• Blair Masters - piano, keyboard, Hammond organ
• Pat McGrath - acoustic guitar
• Dale Oliver - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Dobro, mandolin
• Russ Pahl - acoustic guitar, steel guitar
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• Jim Scholten - bass guitar

[edit] References