Brian McComas (album)
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| Released | July 22, 2003 | |||
| Studio | Omni Sound Vital Recordings Emerald — Studio 6 Ocean Way Studios Sound Mountain (Nashville, TN) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 42:45 | |||
| Label | Lyric Street | |||
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Brian McComas is the debut studio album by American country music artist Brian McComas. It was released on July 22, 2003 via Lyric Street Records.
Singles
[edit]Four singles in total spawned from the record. Between 2001 and 2002, the album's first two singles, "Night Disappear with You" and its b-side, "I Could Never Love You Enough", were released. Both peaked outside the top forty, peaking at numbers 41 and 46 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[5] Over a year later in 2003, McComas would release the biggest chart success of his career in the form of "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)"; the track peaked at number 10 on the Billboard chart and number eight on the Radio & Records country airplay chart.[6] The fourth and final single, "You're in My Head", became a top forty hit, hitting number 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.[5]
McComas later released a fifth single for Lyric Street Records, "The Middle of Nowhere", sent to country radio on February 21, 2005.[7] The track, written by McComas and produced by Leigh Reynolds,[8] was expected to be part of his second studio album, planned for an early summer 2005 release date.[9] The track stalled at number 43 and McComas would later leave Lyric Street altogether in late 2005.
Critical reception
[edit]Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time gave the album a mostly-negative review. He praised McComas's vocal performances on the up-tempo songs such as "You're in My Head," but thought that most of the songs were "pleasant enough, but no more."[10] Brian Mansfield gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of four in a review for USA Today, referring to McComas as a "likeable fellow" and saying that the sound of "99.9% Sure" "blend[s] agreeably on contemporary country radio."[11]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
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| 1. | "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)" |
| Leigh Reynolds | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Come with Me" |
| Reynolds | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Night Disappear with You" | Brian McComas | Leon Medica | 3:37 |
| 4. | "You'd Have Never Said Goodbye" |
| Medica | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Sixteen Again" |
| Reynolds | 3:18 |
| 6. | "You're in My Head" |
| Reynolds | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Baby Let Me Be Your Man" | McComas | Medica | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Never Meant a Thing" | McComas | Medica | 4:51 |
| 9. | "Straight to You" |
| Medica | 3:29 |
| 10. | "I Could Never Love You Enough" | McComas | Medica | 4:14 |
| 11. | "I'll Always Be There for You" |
| Reynolds | 4:47 |
| Total length: | 42:45 | |||
Personnel
[edit]As listed in liner notes.[12]
- Tim Akers – keyboards
- Steve Brewster – drums, percussion
- Joel Carr – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar, Dobro, slide guitar
- David Grissom – electric guitar
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Brian McComas – vocals
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- Leon Medica – bass guitar
- Gene Miller – background vocals
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Leigh Reynolds – acoustic guitar, banjo
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Strings on "I'll Always Be There for You" performed by the Nashville String Machine; arranged by Bergen White.
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[13] | 149 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] | 21 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15] | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1414. August 10, 2001. p. 70.
- ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1437. January 25, 2002. p. 31.
- ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1494. March 7, 2003. p. 50.
- ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1520. September 5, 2003. p. 24.
- ^ a b Joel Whitburn (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "R&R Top 15 Song Index — Country". Radio & Records. No. 1534. December 12, 2003. p. 42.
- ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1594. February 18, 2005. p. 23.
- ^ The Middle of Nowhere (Promotional single liner notes). Brian McComas. Lyric Street Records. 2005. PRCD-11718-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Helton, Lon (March 25, 2005). "Q2 Music Preview — Country". Radio & Records. No. 1599. p. 44.
- ^ Jeffrey B. Remz. "Brian McComas review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ Brian Mansfield (28 July 2003). "LSG returns; Sarai raps up her debut". USA Today. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ Brian McComas (CD insert). Brian McComas. Lyric Street Records. 2003. 165025.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Brian McComas Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
- ^ "Brian McComas Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
- ^ "Brian McComas Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2025.