No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in April 2002 via BNA Records. It became Chesney's first album to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 2001 and 2003 with "Young" (number 2), "The Good Stuff" (number one), "A Lot of Things Different" (number 6), "Big Star" (number 2), and the title track (number 2). A live performance music video was made for "Live Those Songs", which charted at number 60 without being released as a single; the song also became a concert tour opener for Chesney for several years. "The Good Stuff" was the biggest hit of Chesney's career at the time, not only spending seven weeks at the top of the country charts, but also becoming Billboard's Number One country single of 2002 according to Billboard Year-End. In 2004, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States.
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 23, 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2001-2002 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 49:27 | |||
Label | BNA | |||
Producer | Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney Norro Wilson | |||
Kenny Chesney chronology | ||||
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Singles from No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
About.com | [1] |
Allmusic | [2] |
Country Weekly | (favorable)[3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[4] |
People | (average)[5] |
Plugged In | (mixed)[6] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
"A Lot of Things Different" was previously recorded by Bill Anderson on his 2001 album of the same name.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Young" | Craig Wiseman, Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan | 3:56 |
2. | "I Remember" | Brad Crisler, James LeBlanc | 4:52 |
3. | "A Lot of Things Different" | Bill Anderson, Dean Dillon | 4:43 |
4. | "The Good Stuff" | Wiseman, Jim Collins | 3:20 |
5. | "Big Star" | Stephony Smith | 3:59 |
6. | "On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful" | LuAnn Reid, Bill Luther, Danny Simpson | 3:34 |
7. | "Never Gonna Feel Like That Again" | Paul Overstreet, Phillip Coleman | 3:53 |
8. | "Dreams" | Skip Ewing, Kenny Chesney | 4:11 |
9. | "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" | Casey Beathard | 3:31 |
10. | "Live Those Songs" | Chris Bain, Cole Deggs, David Lowe | 3:50 |
11. | "One Step Up" | Bruce Springsteen | 5:53 |
12. | "I Can't Go There" (acoustic version) | Ewing, Chesney | 3:45 |
Total length: | 49:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" (single version) | Beathard | 2:55 |
Total length: | 52:22 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[8]
- Wyatt Beard – piano, background vocals (all tracks except 10 and 12)
- David Briggs – synthesizer
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Melonie Cannon – vocals
- Mark Casstevens – electric guitar, ukulele
- Kenny Chesney – lead vocals
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Tim Hensley – acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals (tracks 1,4,5,6,7,11)
- Wes Hightower – background vocals (tracks 8,10)
- John Hobbs – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
- Nicholas Hoffman – fiddle
- John Jorgenson – electric guitar
- Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar
- Randy McCormick – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
- Tim McGraw – vocals on track 12 (uncredited)
- Liana Manis – background vocals (tracks 2,7,8)
- Steve Marshall – bass guitar
- Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Clayton Mitchell – electric guitar
- Steve Nathan – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
- Dale Oliver – electric guitar
- Sean Paddock – drums
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar
- Gary Prim – piano, synthesizer
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Sunny Russ – background vocals (track 11)
- John Willis – electric guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
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Singles
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[19] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- About.com review
- Allmusic review
- Country Weekly review
- Entertainment Weekly review
- People review
- Plugged In review
- Rolling Stone review
- No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem (Media notes). Kenny Chesney. BNA Records. 2002. BNA07863-67038-2RE.CS1 maint: others (link)
- "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – The Good Stuff". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH.
- "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH.
- "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.