John Michael Montgomery is the third studio album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist John Michael Montgomery

John Michael Montgomery

John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold "...

. 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

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...

 charts; "Sold" was also declared the Number One country song of 1995 by Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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.

The track "Holdin' On to Something" was also recorded by Jeff Carson

Jeff Carson

Jeffrey Lee Herndon , known professionally as Jeff Carson, is an American country music artist. Originally a session musician in Branson, Missouri and later a demo singer, he was signed to Curb Records in 1995, releasing his self-titled debut album that year, followed by Butterfly Kisses in 1998...

 on his 1995 self-titled debut album

Jeff Carson (album)

Jeff Carson is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Jeff Carson. It was released in 1995 on MCG/Curb Records, and features five singles: "Yeah Buddy," "Not on Your Love," "The Car," "Holdin' onto Somethin'" and "That Last Mile"...

, from which it was released as a single in 1996.

Track listing

1. "Cowboy Love
   Cowboy Love
   "Cowboy Love" is a song recorded by country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It was released in November 1995 as the fourth single from his 1995 self-titled album John Michael Montgomery...
   
   " (Bill Douglas, Jeff Wood
   Jeff Wood (singer)
   -Track listing:#"You Call That a Mountain" - 3:26#"Too Late to Turn It Around" - 3:52#"There's No Place Like You" - 4:11...
   
   ) - 3:12
2. "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
   Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
   "Sold " is a the title of a song written by Richard Fagan and Robb Royer and recorded by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It was released in May 1995 as the second single from his 1995 self-titled album. It hit number-one on the country charts in the United States and Canada...
   
   " (Richard Fagan
   Richard Fagan
   Richard Fagan is an American songwriter and musician. He has had six top ten singles and 18 charted singles on the Billboard Country charts...
   
   , Robb Royer
   Robb Royer
   Robert Wilson "Robb" Royer was the bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter with Bread from 1968 to 1971. While he was with the band, they had a #5 UK/#1 US hit single with "Make It With You"...
   
   ) - 2:30
3. "I Can Love You Like That
   I Can Love You Like That
   "I Can Love You Like That" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singer John Michael Montgomery. It was released in February 1995 as the first single from his self-titled CD...
   
   " (Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry, Jennifer Kimball
   Jennifer Kimball
   Jennifer Kimball is a vocalist and songwriter who is notable for being part of the acclaimed folk duo The Story. She is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and has released two albums Veering from the Wave and Oh Hear Us....
   
   ) - 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 Somethin'" (Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...
   
   , Thom McHugh) - 2:58
7. "Long as I Live
   Long as I Live
   "Long as I Live" is the title of a song written by Rick Bowles and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. Released in February 1996, it was the fifth single from the album John Michael Montgomery...
   
   " (Rick Bowles, William Robinson) - 4:16
8. "No Man's Land
   No Man's Land (John Michael Montgomery song)
   "No Man's Land" is the title of a song written by Steve Seskin and John Scott Sherrill, and recorded by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It was released in August 1995, it was the third single from the album John Michael Montgomery...
   
   " (John Scott Sherrill
   John Scott Sherrill
   John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett , Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter...
   
   , Steve Seskin
   Steve Seskin
   Steve Seskin is an American songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Peter Frampton, Waylon Jennings, Brian McComas, Neal McCoy, Tim McGraw, John Michael Montgomery, Colin Raye, Tebey and Mark Wills...
   
   ) - 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

Personnel

• Bill Cuomo – synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  
• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   – steel guitar
  Steel guitar
  Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
  
  
• Barry Green – trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
   on "Just Like a Rodeo"
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  
• Dann Huff
  Dann Huff
  Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
  
   – 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...
  
  
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Brent Mason
  Brent Mason
  Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
  
   – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , cymbal
  Cymbal
  Cymbals are a common percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture. The greater majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a...
  
  s, tambourine
  Tambourine
  The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
  
  
• John Wesley Ryles
  John Wesley Ryles
  John Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,...
  
   – 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...
  
  
• Dennis Solee – tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
  
   on "Just Like a Rodeo"
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• George Tidwell – trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
   on "Just Like a Rodeo"
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
  Steel-string acoustic guitar
  A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...
  
  , electric guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  

Horns

Horn section

In music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...

on "Just Like a Rodeo" arranged by Buddy Skipper.

Chart performance

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