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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Mountains
| name = Mountains
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Lonestar]]
| artist = [[Lonestar]]
| Cover = Lonestarmountains.jpg
| cover = Lonestarmountains.jpg
| alt =
| Released = {{start date|2006|10|17}}
| released = {{start date|2006|10|17}}
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[country music|Country]]
| studio = Starstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
| Length =
| Label = [[BNA Records|BNA]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 42:31
| Producer = [[Mark Bright (record producer)|Mark Bright]]
| Reviews =
| label = [[BNA Records|BNA]]
| Last album = ''[[Coming Home (Lonestar album)|Coming Home]]''<br />(2005)
| producer = [[Mark Bright (record producer)|Mark Bright]]
| prev_title = [[Coming Home (Lonestar album)|Coming Home]]
| This album = '''''Mountains'''''<br />(2006)
| prev_year = 2005
| Next album = ''[[Party Heard Around the World]]''<br />(2010)
| next_title = [[Party Heard Around the World]]
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mountains
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Mountains (Lonestar song)|Mountains]]
| single1date = June 26, 2006
| single2 = Nothing to Prove
| single2date = February 5, 2007
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[About.com]]
|rev1 = [[About.com]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsal/fr/Mountains.htm|title=Lonestar - Mountains|last=Lowe|first=Jack|work=[[About.com]]|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsal/fr/Mountains.htm|title=Lonestar - Mountains|last=Lowe|first=Jack|work=[[About.com]]|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic/>
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic/>
|rev3 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
|rev3score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=lonestar+mountains+reviews&source=bl&ots=eRPTeQFb2Q&sig=SlyOw6jUIoKi4XPWad3BU3QEDns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_8iFUen0HobX0gGKwYDgDw&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBzge#v=onepage&q=lonestar%20mountains%20reviews&f=false|title=Lonestar: Mountains|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=21 October 2006|page=91|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref>
|rev3score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-g0EAAAAMBAJ&q=lonestar+mountains+reviews&pg=PA91|title=Lonestar: Mountains|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=21 October 2006|page=91|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Mountains''''' is the seventh studio album released by American country music group [[Lonestar]]. Its final album for [[BNA Records]], it produced two singles on the [[Hot Country Songs]] charts: "Mountains" at #10 and "Nothing to Prove" at #51. After the latter single peaked, the band was dropped from BNA, due to declining sales. The album was also the last album of their career to feature [[Richie McDonald]] on lead vocals until he rejoined in 2012.
'''''Mountains''''' is the seventh studio album by American [[country music]] group [[Lonestar]]. It was the band's last album for [[BNA Records]], it produced two singles on the [[Hot Country Songs]] charts: "Mountains" at No. 10 and "Nothing to Prove" at No. 51. After the single released, the band was dropped from BNA. This was also the last studio to feature [[Richie McDonald]] before leaving for a solo career, until he rejoined in 2011.


[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[Allmusic]] gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "the group takes fewer risks than ever" on it.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r860231|pure_url=yes}}|title=Mountains - Lonestar|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=30 April 2010}}</ref>
[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "the group takes fewer risks than ever" on it.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r860231|pure_url=yes}}|title=Mountains - Lonestar|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=30 April 2010}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
#"[[Mountains (Lonestar song)|Mountains]]" ([[Richie McDonald]], [[Larry Boone]], Paul Nelson) – 3:56
|title1 = [[Mountains (Lonestar song)|Mountains]]
#"Nothing to Prove" ([[Jim Collins (singer)|Jim Collins]], [[Wendell Mobley]]) – 3:56
|writer1 = {{hlist|[[Richie McDonald]]|[[Larry Boone]]|Paul Nelson}}
#"Long Lost Smile" (Marc Beeson, [[Neil Thrasher]]) – 3:55
|length1 = 3:56
#"Thought It Was You" (Collins, [[Craig Wiseman]]) – 3:42
|title2 = Nothing to Prove
#"Hey God" (McDonald, [[Tommy Lee James]]) – 3:46
|writer2 = {{hlist|[[Jim Collins (singer)|Jim Collins]]|[[Wendell Mobley]]}}
#"I Wanna Do It for You" (Dean Sams, [[Regie Hamm]], Glen Mitchell) – 4:20
|length2 = 3:56
#"Cowboy Girl" ([[Brett James]], Bill Luther) – 3:32
|title3 = Long Lost Smile
#"What She Had To" (John Edwards, Garrett Parris) – 3:49
|writer3 = {{hlist|[[Marc Beeson]]|[[Neil Thrasher]]}}
#"One of those Nights" ([[Jason Sellers]], [[Tom Shapiro]]) – 4:13
|length3 = 3:55
#"Careful Where You Kiss Me" ([[Jeff Bates]], Mobley, Thrasher) – 3:20
|title4 = Thought It Was You
#"Always in the Band" (McDonald, Ron Harbin, Jerry Vandiver) – 4:02
|writer4 = {{hlist|Collins|[[Craig Wiseman]]}}
|length4 = 3:42
|title5 = Hey God
|writer5 = {{hlist|McDonald|[[Tommy Lee James]]}}
|length5 = 3:46
|title6 = I Wanna Do It for You
|writer6 = {{hlist|Dean Sams|[[Regie Hamm]]|Glen Mitchell}}
|length6 = 4:20
|title7 = Cowboy Girl
|writer7 = {{hlist|[[Brett James]]|Bill Luther}}
|length7 = 3:32
|title8 = What She Had To
|writer8 ={{hlist|John Edwards|Garrett Parris}}
|length8 = 3:49
|title9 = One of those Nights
|writer9 = {{hlist|[[Jason Sellers]]|[[Tom Shapiro]]}}
|length9 = 4:13
|title10 = Careful Where You Kiss Me
|writer10 = {{hlist|[[Jeff Bates]]|Mobley|Thrasher}}
|length10 = 3:20
|title11 = Always in the Band
|writer11 = {{hlist|McDonald|Ron Harbin|Jerry Vandiver}}
|length11 = 4:02
}}


==Personnel==
== Personnel ==
As listed in liner notes.<ref name="liner"/>


===Lonestar===
=== Lonestar ===
* [[Richie McDonald]] – lead vocals
*Michael Britt – [[acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]], [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]]
*[[Richie McDonald]] – [[lead vocals]], acoustic guitar, [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* Dean Sams – keyboards, acoustic piano, backing vocals
* Michael Britt – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, backing vocals
*Keech Rainwater – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
* Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion, backing vocals
*Robby Wilson- bass guitar, vocals
*Dean Sams – [[piano]], keyboards, acoustic guitar, [[harmonica]], background vocals


===Additional musicians===
=== Additional musicians ===
* Jimmy Nichols – keyboards
*Mike Brignardello – [[bass guitar]]
* [[Tom Bukovac]] – electric guitars
*Gary Burnette – acoustic guitar, [[mandolin]]
* B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
*[[Chuck Cannon]] – background vocals
*Robbie Cheuvront – bass guitar, background vocals
* [[Bryan Sutton]] – acoustic guitar
* Mike Johnson – [[steel guitar]]
*Eric Darken – percussion
* Gary Morse – steel guitar
*[[Aubrey Haynie]] – [[fiddle]], mandolin
*[[Dann Huff]] – electric guitar
* [[Jimmie Lee Sloas]] – bass guitar
* [[Chris McHugh]] – drums
*Tim Lauer – [[accordion]]
* [[Eric Darken]] – percussion
*Paul Leim – drums
* Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – [[harmonica]]
*Steve Nathan – piano, synthesizer
* [[Jonathan Yudkin]] – strings, string arrangements
*[[Matt Rollings]] – [[Hammond organ|Hammond B-3 organ]], piano
*Russell Terrell – background vocals
* Wes Hightower – backing vocals
*Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
*Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin


==Chart performance==
=== Production ===
* Mark Bright – producer
{| class="wikitable"
* Derek Bason – engineer, mixing
! Chart (2006)
* J.R. Rodriguez – engineer
! Peak<br />position
* Chris Ashburn – assistant engineer, mix assistant
* Nathan Dickinson – assistant engineer
* Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
* Judy Forde Blair – creative producer, liner notes
* Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design
* Margaret Malandruccolo – photography
* Angela Cay Hall – grooming
* Stephanie Sparkman – stylist
* Trish Townsend – stylist

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|37|artist=Lonestar|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 16, 2020}}
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 10
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|10|artist=Lonestar|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 16, 2020}}
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
| align="center"| 37
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 04:38, 1 August 2023

Mountains
Studio album by
Lonestar
ReleasedOctober 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)
StudioStarstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length42:31
LabelBNA
ProducerMark Bright
Lonestar chronology
Coming Home
(2005) 		Mountains
(2006) 		Party Heard Around the World
(2010)
Singles from Mountains
  1. "Mountains"
    Released: June 26, 2006
  2. "Nothing to Prove"
    Released: February 5, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
AllMusic[2]
Billboard(favorable)[3]

Mountains is the seventh studio album by American country music group Lonestar. It was the band's last album for BNA Records, it produced two singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Mountains" at No. 10 and "Nothing to Prove" at No. 51. After the single released, the band was dropped from BNA. This was also the last studio to feature Richie McDonald before leaving for a solo career, until he rejoined in 2011.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "the group takes fewer risks than ever" on it.[2]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mountains"
3:56
2."Nothing to Prove"
3:56
3."Long Lost Smile"
3:55
4."Thought It Was You"
3:42
5."Hey God"
3:46
6."I Wanna Do It for You"
4:20
7."Cowboy Girl"
3:32
8."What She Had To"
  • John Edwards
  • Garrett Parris
3:49
9."One of those Nights"
4:13
10."Careful Where You Kiss Me"
3:20
11."Always in the Band"
  • McDonald
  • Ron Harbin
  • Jerry Vandiver
4:02

Personnel

[edit]

Lonestar

[edit]
  • Richie McDonald – lead vocals
  • Dean Sams – keyboards, acoustic piano, backing vocals
  • Michael Britt – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, backing vocals
  • Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

[edit]

Production

[edit]
  • Mark Bright – producer
  • Derek Bason – engineer, mixing
  • J.R. Rodriguez – engineer
  • Chris Ashburn – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Nathan Dickinson – assistant engineer
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
  • Judy Forde Blair – creative producer, liner notes
  • Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design
  • Margaret Malandruccolo – photography
  • Angela Cay Hall – grooming
  • Stephanie Sparkman – stylist
  • Trish Townsend – stylist

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 37
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 10

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Lowe, Jack. "Lonestar - Mountains". About.com. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mountains - Lonestar". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Lonestar: Mountains". Billboard: 91. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Lonestar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Lonestar Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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