Life's a Dance is the debut album of 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...

 singer 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 "...

. It features the singles "Life's a Dance", "Beer and Bones" and "I Love the Way You Love Me", which peaked at #4, #21, and #1, respectively, on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country charts between 1992 and 1993. The album has been certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of three million copies in the United States.

"Takin' Off the Edge" was later recorded by Kevin Denney

Kevin Denney

Kevin Denney is an American country music artist. Signed to Lyric Street Records in 2001, he made his debut on the country music scene with the release of his self-titled album , which produced three chart singles, including "That's Just Jessie", a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &...

 on his 2002 self-titled debut album

Kevin Denney (album)

Kevin Denney is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Kevin Denney, released in 2002 on Lyric Street Records. It features the singles "That's Just Jessie", "Cadillac Tears" and "It'll Go Away", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts between...

.

Track listing

1. "Beer and Bones" (Sanger D. Shafer
   Sanger D. Shafer
   Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer is an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait.-Life:...
   
   , Lonnie Williams) - 3:38
2. "Life's a Dance
   Life's a Dance (song)
   "Life's a Dance" is the title of a song written by Allen Shamblin and Steve Seskin, and recorded by American country music singer John Michael Montgomery. It was released in September 1992 as lead-off single from his debut album, Life's a Dance. It peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Hot Country Singles...
   
   " (Allen Shamblin
   Allen Shamblin
   Allen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...
   
   , 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...
   
   ) - 3:09
3. "When Your Baby Ain't Around" (Stan Munsey, Bob Alan) - 3:15
4. "Line on Love" (David Wills
   David Wills (singer)
   David Wills is an American country music singer-songwriter. Wills released three studio albums and charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart between 1975 and 1988...
   
   , Rick West, James Dean Hicks) - 2:37
5. "I Love the Way You Love Me
   I Love the Way You Love Me
   "I Love the Way You Love Me" is a single by American country music singer John Michael Montgomery that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Released as the second single released from his debut CD, Life's a Dance, it became Montgomery's first Number One single...
   
   " (Victoria Shaw
   Victoria Shaw (singer)
   Victoria Lynn Shaw is an American country music artist. She has recorded four studio albums, and has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
   
   , Chuck Cannon
   Chuck Cannon
   Charles Marion "Chuck" Cannon, Jr. is an American country music songwriter. His compositions include hit singles for Toby Keith and John Michael Montgomery. Cannon has also received awards for Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year...
   
   ) - 4:01
6. "Taking Off the Edge" (Larry Cordle
   Larry Cordle
   Larry Cordle was born in eastern Kentucky and is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2000.-Career:Cordle has written...
   
   , Larry Shell) - 3:15
7. "Everytime I Fall (It Breaks Her Heart)" (Johnny MacRae, Steve Clark) - 3:03
8. "Dream On Texas Ladies" (Steve Dan Mills) - 3:08
9. "A Great Memory" (Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
   
   , Trey Bruce
   Trey Bruce
   Trey Bruce is an American country music songwriter. Bruce has co-written three songs that became Number One singles on the Billboard country charts: "Look Heart, No Hands", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis, and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Diamond Rio...
   
   ) - 3:22
10. "Nickels and Dimes and Love" (MacRae, Clark) - 2:54

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4
U.S. Billboard 200	27
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2
Canadian RPM Country Albums	6