John Michael Montgomery (album)

John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery
Studio album by John Michael Montgomery
Released	March 28, 1995
Recorded	1994
Studio	The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee); Recording Arts, OmniSound, Soundshop Recording Studios and Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee);
Genre	Country
Length	33:01
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Scott Hendricks
John Michael Montgomery chronology
Singles from John Michael Montgomery
	"I Can Love You Like That"; Released: February 27, 1995; "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"; Released: May 1, 1995; "No Man's Land"; Released: August 21, 1995; "Cowboy Love"; Released: November 13, 1995; "Long as I Live"; Released: February 26, 1996;

John Michael Montgomery is the third studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. Singles released from this album include "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", "No Man's Land", "Cowboy Love" and "Long as I Live". Respectively, these reached #1, #1, #3, #4, and #4 on the Hot Country Songs charts; "Sold" was also declared the Number One country song of 1995 by Billboard.

The track "Holdin' Onto Something" was also recorded by Jeff Carson on his 1995 self-titled debut album, from which it was released as a single in 1996.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cowboy Love"	Bill Douglas, Jeff Wood	3:12
2.	"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"	Richard Fagan, Robb Royer	2:30
3.	"I Can Love You Like That"	Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry, Jennifer Kimball	3:53
4.	"High School Heart"	Jerry Laseter, Kerry Kurt Phillips	3:14
5.	"Just Like a Rodeo"	Roger Brown, Tommy Conners	3:09
6.	"Holdin' Onto Something"	Tom Shapiro, Thom McHugh	2:58
7.	"Long as I Live"	Rick Bowles, Will Robinson	4:16
8.	"No Man's Land"	John Scott Sherrill, Steve Seskin	3:02
9.	"Heaven Sent Me You"	John E. McCollum, Len Doolin	3:36
10.	"It's What I Am"	John Calvert, Aaron Sain	2:59

John Michael Montgomery – vocals
Bill Cuomo – synthesizers on "I Can Love You Like That", "High School Heart", "Long as I Live", "No Man's Land" and "Heaven Sent Me You"
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Barry Green – trombone on "Just Like a Rodeo"
Rob Hajacos – fiddle on all tracks except "I Can Love You Like That", "Holdin' Onto Something" and "No Man's Land"
Dann Huff – electric guitars on all tracks except "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" and "Just Like a Rodeo"
John Barlow Jarvis – piano
Brent Mason – electric guitars
Terry McMillan – harmonica on "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", cymbals on "I Can Love You Like That" and "Long as I Live", tambourine on "Holdin' Onto Something"
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals on all tracks except "I Can Love You Like That", "High School Heart", "Long as I Live" and "No Man's Land
Buddy Skipper – horn arrangements on "Just Like a Rodeo"
Denis Solee – tenor saxophone on "Just Like a Rodeo"
Harry Stinson – backing vocals on "I Can Love You Like That", "High School Heart", "Long as I Live" and "No Man's Land"
George Tidwell – trumpet on "Just Like a Rodeo"
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitars, electric guitars on "Holdin' Onto Something"
Glenn Worf – bass
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals on all tracks except "Cowboy Love" and "It's What I Am"
Lonnie Wilson – drums

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	5
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	33


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[3]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[4]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.