Craig Morgan is the self-titled debut album of country music singer Craig Morgan

Craig Morgan

Craig Morgan Greer is an American country music artist. A veteran of the United States Army, Morgan began his musical career in 2000 on Atlantic Records, releasing his self-titled debut album for that label before the closure of its Nashville division in 2000...

. Released in 2000 as his only album for the Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 label, it produced the singles "Paradise", "I Want Us Back", and "Something to Write Home About", which peaked at number 39 on the U.S. country charts. "Everything's a Thing" was later recorded by Joe Nichols (who co-wrote the song as well) on his 2003 album Man with a Memory

Man with a Memory

Man with a Memory is the second studio album released by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in 2003 on the Universal South Records label. The album produced four singles on the Billboard country music charts: "The Impossible", "Brokenheartsville" , "She Only Smokes When She...

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Track listing

Personnel

• Melonie Cannon – background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Steve Cropper
  Steve Cropper
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   – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Randy Hardison – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Ted Hewitt – background vocals
• John Hobbs – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Jim Horn
  Jim Horn
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   – baritone saxophone
  Baritone saxophone
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• John Jorgenson
  John Jorgenson
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   – electric guitar
• B. James Lowry – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Charles Rose – trombone
  Trombone
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Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2000	"Something to Write Home About"	38
	"Paradise"	46
2001	"I Want Us Back"	51

External links

• [ Allmusic entry]