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{{For|the song|I Will Stand (song)}}
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = I Will Stand
| Type = Studio
| name = I Will Stand
| Longtype =
| type = Studio
| Artist = [[Kenny Chesney]]
| artist = [[Kenny Chesney]]
| Cover = IWillStand.jpg
| cover = I Will Stand (Kenny Chesney album - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|1997|7|15}}
| released = {{Start date|1997|7|15}}
| Recorded =
| recorded = 1997
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 40:05
| venue =
| Label = [[BNA Records|BNA]]
| studio =
| Producer = [[Buddy Cannon]]<br />[[Norro Wilson]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 40:05
| Last album = ''[[Me and You (Kenny Chesney album)|Me and You]]''<br>(1996)
| label = [[BNA Records|BNA]]
| This album = '''''I Will Stand'''''<br>(1997)
| Next album = ''[[Everywhere We Go]]''<br>(1999)
| producer = [[Buddy Cannon]]<br />[[Norro Wilson]]
| prev_title = [[Me and You (Kenny Chesney album)|Me and You]]
| Misc =
| prev_year = 1996
{{Singles
| next_title = [[Everywhere We Go]]
| Name = I Will Stand
| Type = Studio
| next_year = 1999
| single 1 = [[She's Got It All]]
| misc = {{Singles
| name = I Will Stand
| single 1 date = May 17, 1997<ref name="AOL">[http://music.aol.com/album/artist/kenny-chesney/singles/1049022 AOL Music] single page for Kenny Chesney</ref>
| single 2 = A Chance
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[She's Got It All]]
| single 2 date = September 1997<ref name="AOL" />
| single1date = May 17, 1997<ref name="AOL">[http://music.aol.com/album/artist/kenny-chesney/singles/1049022 AOL Music] single page for Kenny Chesney</ref>
| single 3 = [[That's Why I'm Here (song)|That's Why I'm Here]]
| single2 = [[A Chance]]
| single 3 date = February 10, 1998<ref name="AOL" />
| single2date = September 14, 1997<ref name="AOL" />
| single 4 = I Will Stand
| single3 = [[That's Why I'm Here (song)|That's Why I'm Here]]
| single 4 date = August 25, 1998<ref name="AOL" />
| single3date = March 1, 1998<ref name="AOL" />
| single4 = [[I Will Stand (song)|I Will Stand]]
| single4date = August 25, 1998<ref name="AOL" />
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AMG>{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |title=''I Will Stand'' – Kenny Chesney |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r278366|pure_url=yes}} |work=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=June 25, 2011}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AMG>{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |title=''I Will Stand'' – Kenny Chesney |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r278366|pure_url=yes}} |work=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=June 25, 2011}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''I Will Stand''''' is the fourth album of [[country music]] singer [[Kenny Chesney]]. It was released on July 15, 1997 on [[BNA Records]]. "She's Got It All" was the album's first single, as well as Chesney's first Number One single on the ''Billboard'' country music charts. "A Chance", "That's Why I'm Here" and "I Will Stand" were all released as singles as well, peaking at number 11, number 2, and number 27, respectively, on the country charts. Also included is an acoustic rendition of Chesney's 1996 single "When I Close My Eyes". It is his first certified Gold album.
'''''I Will Stand''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[country music]] singer [[Kenny Chesney]]. It was released on July 15, 1997, on [[BNA Records]]. "She's Got It All" was the album's first single, as well as Chesney's first number 1 single on the ''Billboard'' country music charts. "A Chance", "That's Why I'm Here" and "I Will Stand" were all released as singles as well, peaking on the country charts at number 11, number 2, and number 27, respectively. Also included is an acoustic rendition of Chesney's 1996 single "When I Close My Eyes".

''I Will Stand'' became Chesney's first certified Gold album. It was his last album to have a [[neotraditional country]] sound before he developed a more crossover-friendly [[country-pop]] sound.

The track "Lonely, Needin' Lovin'" was previously recorded and released by [[Woody Lee]] on his 1995 [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] album, ''Get Over It''.


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five on [[Allmusic]], saying that Chesney began to find his musical personality on the album.<ref name=AMG/>
[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five on [[AllMusic]], opining that Chesney began to find his musical personality on the album.<ref name=AMG/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = [[She's Got It All]]
| title1 = [[She's Got It All]]
| writer1 = [[Craig Wiseman]], Drew Womack
| writer1 = [[Craig Wiseman]], [[Drew Womack]]
| length1 = 3:23
| length1 = 3:23
| title2 = You Win, I Win, We Lose
| title2 = You Win, I Win, We Lose
| writer2 = Buddy Brock, Kenny Chesney, Donny Kees
| writer2 = [[Buddy Brock]], [[Kenny Chesney]], [[Donny Kees]]
| length2 = 3:25
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = She Gets That Way
| title3 = She Gets That Way
| writer3 = Adam Hughes, Roger Brown
| writer3 = Adam Hughes, Roger Brown
| length3 = 3:19
| length3 = 3:19
| title4 = I Will Stand
| title4 = [[I Will Stand (song)|I Will Stand]]
| writer4 = [[Mark Germino]], [[Casey Beathard]]
| writer4 = [[Mark Germino]], [[Casey Beathard]]
| length4 = 3:25
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = [[That's Why I'm Here (song)|That's Why I'm Here]]
| title5 = [[That's Why I'm Here (song)|That's Why I'm Here]]
| writer5 = Mark Springer, Shaye Smith
| writer5 = [[Mark Springer (musician)|Mark Springer]], Shaye Smith
| length5 = 4:01
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = [[Steamy Windows]]
| title6 = [[Steamy Windows]]
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| length6 = 4:29
| length6 = 4:29
| title7 = From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell
| title7 = From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell
| note7 = featuring [[George Jones]] and [[Tracy Lawrence]]
| note7 = {{small|featuring [[George Jones]] and [[Tracy Lawrence]]}}
| writer7 = Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Michael Huffman
| writer7 = Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Michael Huffman
| length7 = 4:21
| length7 = 4:21
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| writer8 = Chesney, [[Dean Dillon]]
| writer8 = Chesney, [[Dean Dillon]]
| length8 = 2:51
| length8 = 2:51
| title9 = Lonely, Needin' Lovin'
| title9 = Lonely, Needin' Lovin{{'-}}
| writer9 = Chesney, Brock, Kees
| writer9 = Chesney, Brock, Kees
| length9 = 3:33
| length9 = 3:33
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| writer10 = Dillon, Royce Porter
| writer10 = Dillon, Royce Porter
| length10 = 3:41
| length10 = 3:41
| title11 = [[When I Close My Eyes (Kenny Chesney song)|When I Close My Eyes]]
| title11 = [[When I Close My Eyes (Keith Palmer song)|When I Close My Eyes]]
| note11 = acoustic version
| note11 = acoustic version
| writer11 = Nettie Musick, Springer
| writer11 = Nettie Musick, Springer
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
As listed in liner notes.
As listed in liner notes.
{{col-start}}
*[[Eddie Bayers]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
{{col-3}}
*Kenny Bell – [[acoustic guitar]]
*[[Eddie Bayers]] &ndash; drums
*[[Shannon Brown (musician)|Shannon Brown]] – [[background vocals]]
*[[Larry Byrom]] – acoustic guitar
*Kenny Bell &ndash; acoustic guitar
*Melonie Cannon – background vocals
*[[Shannon Brown (musician)|Shannon Brown]] &ndash; [[background vocals]]
*[[Larry Byrom]] &ndash; acoustic guitar
*Glen Duncan – [[fiddle]], [[mandolin]]
*[[Melonie Cannon]] &ndash; background vocals
*Sonny Garrish – [[Dobro]], [[steel guitar]]
*Kenny Chesney &ndash; lead vocals
*Steve Gibson – [[electric guitar]]
*Rob Hajacos – fiddle
*Glen Duncan &ndash; [[fiddle]], [[mandolin]]
*Sonny Garrish &ndash; [[Dobro]], [[steel guitar]]
*Randy Howard – fiddle
*Steve Gibson &ndash; electric guitar
*[[Roy Huskey, Jr.]] – [[upright bass]]
*Rob Hajacos &ndash; fiddle
*Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson – [[harmonica]]
*Randy Howard &ndash; fiddle
*[[Brent Mason]] – electric guitar
{{col-3}}
*Rogder Morris – [[piano]], [[synthesizer]]
*[[Roy Huskey, Jr.]] &ndash; [[upright bass]]
*Farrell Morris – [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson &ndash; harmonica
*Steve Nathan – synthesizer, [[vibraphone]]
*[[George Jones]] &ndash; vocals on track 7
*William "Ozzy" Osment – fiddle
*[[Tracy Lawrence]] &ndash; vocals on track 7
*Larry Paxton – [[bass guitar]]
*[[Brent Mason]] &ndash; electric guitar
*[[Matt Rollings]] – piano, [[Hammond organ|Hammond B-3]]
*Rodger Morris &ndash; piano, synthesizer
*[[John Wesley Ryles]] – background vocals
*Farrell Morris &ndash; percussion
*Pete Wade – gut string guitar
*[[Steve Nathan]] &ndash; synthesizer, [[vibraphone]]
*Cindy Walker – background vocals
*William "Ozzy" Osment &ndash; fiddle
*Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
*Larry Paxton &ndash; bass guitar
*Dennis Wilson – background vocals
{{col-3}}
*Lonnie Wilson – drums
*[[Matt Rollings]] &ndash; piano, [[Hammond organ|Hammond B-3 organ]]
*Norro Wilson – percussion
*Curtis Young – background vocals
*[[John Wesley Ryles]] &ndash; background vocals
*[[Reggie Young]] – electric guitar
*[[Pete Wade]] &ndash; gut string guitar
*Cindy Richardson-Walker &ndash; background vocals
*[[Biff Watson]] &ndash; acoustic guitar
*Dennis Wilson &ndash; background vocals
*[[Lonnie Wilson]] &ndash; drums
*[[Norro Wilson]] &ndash; percussion
*Curtis Young &ndash; background vocals
*[[Reggie Young]] &ndash; electric guitar
{{col-end}}


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}


===Album===
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1997)
! Peak<br />position
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
| align="center"| 10
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|95|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
|-
| align="center"| 95
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|10|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref>
| 75
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}</ref>
| 27
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Singles===
===Singles===
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! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]<br><ref name="Country Songs">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kenny-chesney/chart-history/csi/|title=Kenny Chesney Chart History – Country Songs|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>
! width="45"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
! width="45"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="Hot 100">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kenny-chesney/chart-history/hsi/|title=Kenny Chesney Chart History – Hot 100|work=Billboard|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>
! width="45"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
! width="45"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]]<br><ref name="RPM Country">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=04kutl4dl1ngeved25aou4rs92&q1=Kenny+Chesney&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Singles|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=October 22, 2010}}</ref>
! width="45"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| rowspan="2"| 1997
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| 1
| 1
|-
|-
| align="left"| "A Chance"
| align="left"| "[[A Chance]]"
| 11
| 11
| —
| —
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| 9
| 9
|-
|-
| align="left"| "I Will Stand"
| align="left"| "[[I Will Stand (song)|I Will Stand]]"
| 27
| 27
| 101
| 101
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|-
|-
|}
|}
{{col-end}}


==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|format=2col}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|format=2col|region=United States|type=album|title=I Will Stand|artist=Kenny Chesney|award=Platinum|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=I Will Stand|artist=Kenny Chesney|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|format=2col}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Kenny Chesney}}
{{Kenny Chesney}}

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[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:1997 albums]]

Latest revision as of 18:53, 3 September 2024

For the song, see I Will Stand (song).
I Will Stand
Studio album by
Kenny Chesney
ReleasedJuly 15, 1997 (1997-07-15)
Recorded1997
GenreCountry
Length40:05
LabelBNA
ProducerBuddy Cannon
Norro Wilson
Kenny Chesney chronology
Me and You
(1996) 		I Will Stand
(1997) 		Everywhere We Go
(1999)
Singles from I Will Stand
  1. "She's Got It All"
    Released: May 17, 1997[1]
  2. "A Chance"
    Released: September 14, 1997[1]
  3. "That's Why I'm Here"
    Released: March 1, 1998[1]
  4. "I Will Stand"
    Released: August 25, 1998[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

I Will Stand is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on July 15, 1997, on BNA Records. "She's Got It All" was the album's first single, as well as Chesney's first number 1 single on the Billboard country music charts. "A Chance", "That's Why I'm Here" and "I Will Stand" were all released as singles as well, peaking on the country charts at number 11, number 2, and number 27, respectively. Also included is an acoustic rendition of Chesney's 1996 single "When I Close My Eyes".

I Will Stand became Chesney's first certified Gold album. It was his last album to have a neotraditional country sound before he developed a more crossover-friendly country-pop sound.

The track "Lonely, Needin' Lovin'" was previously recorded and released by Woody Lee on his 1995 Atlantic album, Get Over It.

Critical reception

[edit]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five on AllMusic, opining that Chesney began to find his musical personality on the album.[2]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's Got It All"Craig Wiseman, Drew Womack3:23
2."You Win, I Win, We Lose"Buddy Brock, Kenny Chesney, Donny Kees3:25
3."She Gets That Way"Adam Hughes, Roger Brown3:19
4."I Will Stand"Mark Germino, Casey Beathard3:25
5."That's Why I'm Here"Mark Springer, Shaye Smith4:01
6."Steamy Windows"Tony Joe White4:29
7."From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell" (featuring George Jones and Tracy Lawrence)Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Michael Huffman4:21
8."She Always Says It First"Chesney, Dean Dillon2:51
9."Lonely, Needin' Lovin'"Chesney, Brock, Kees3:33
10."A Chance"Dillon, Royce Porter3:41
11."When I Close My Eyes" (acoustic version)Nettie Musick, Springer3:38
Total length:40:05

Personnel

[edit]

As listed in liner notes.

Charts

[edit]

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d AOL Music single page for Kenny Chesney
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "I Will Stand – Kenny Chesney". Allmusic. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  3. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – I Will Stand". Recording Industry Association of America.
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