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What If? (Emerson Drive album)

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What If?
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 29, 2004
Recorded2004
GenreCountry
Length56:30
LabelDreamWorks
ProducerRichard Marx
Emerson Drive chronology
Emerson Drive
(2002)
What If?
(2004)
Countrified
(2006)
Singles from What If?
  1. "Last One Standing"
    Released: January 19, 2004
  2. "November"
    Released: August 16, 2004
  3. "If You Were My Girl"
    Released: March 2005 (Canada only)
  4. "Still Got Yesterday"
    Released: October 2005 (Canada only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

What If? is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music band Emerson Drive. It was released on June 29, 2004 via DreamWorks Nashville and was the group's final release with the label. Like their previous album, American musician Richard Marx produced the album. The group co-wrote one song on the album, "If You Were My Girl".

Four singles were released. "Last One Standing" was released in January 2004 as the lead single but did not perform well. A follow-up single, "November", only peaked at number 41 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. Two other singles, "If You Were My Girl" and "Still Got Yesterday", were exclusively released to Canadian country radio and peaked within the top ten of the Canada country charts.

A cover of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's number one country hit, "Fishin' in the Dark" was recorded. The songs "You're Like Comin' Home" and "I'll Die Tryin'" were later recorded by American country band Lonestar for their sixth studio album Coming Home (2005), of which both were released as singles.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Last One Standing"3:30
2."Lemonade"4:22
3."If You Were My Girl"
  • David Cole
  • Marx
  • Brad Mates
  • Danick Dupelle
  • Pat Allingham
  • Mike Melancon
  • Patrick Bourque
3:23
4."What If?"3:49
5."I'll Die Tryin'"
4:22
6."November"4:20
7."Fishin' in the Dark"4:09
8."You're Like Coming Home"
  • Brandon Kinney
  • Brian Dean Maher
  • Stover
3:26
9."Take It from Me"
3:58
10."Waitin' on Me"2:54
11."Running Back to You"Marx3:42
12."Simple Miracles"4:19
13."Still Got Yesterday"
  • Greg Barnhill
  • Mates
3:50
14."Rescued"
  • B. James
  • Thom McHugh
  • Bryan Wayne
6:26
Total length:56:30

Personnel

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All instruments performed by Emerson Drive, except: Paul Franklin (steel guitar on "I'll Die Tryin'") and Cliff Colnot (strings).

Charts

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Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 107
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[3] 2
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 12

References

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