My Town (album)
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My Town is the third album by 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...

 duo Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...

. It was released in 2002 (see 2002 in country music
2002 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:* November — Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, Up!. It opened at No...

). Certified platinum in the United States, the album produced three consecutive Top Five hits on the Billboard country charts in the title track, "Speed", and "Hell Yeah". It is Montgomery Gentry's best-selling album to date with over 1.1 million units sold.

Track listing

  1. "My Town (Piano Intro)" - 0:21
  2. "My Town" (Reed Nielsen, Jeffrey Steele
    Jeffrey Steele
    Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...

    ) - 4:25
  3. "Break My Heart Again" (Tim Owens, Kenny Beard, Jeff Bates
    Jeff Bates
    Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates released his debut album Rainbow Man that year. A second album, Leave the Light On, was released in 2005 on RCA. He left RCA in 2006. This album was followed by Jeff Bates in 2008 on the...

    ) - 4:02
  4. "Scarecrow" (Matt Hendrix, Doug Powell) - 3:21
  5. "Bad for Good" (Brett Beavers
    Brett Beavers
    Brett Beavers, born in Waco, Texas, is an American country music songwriter and producer and the co-author of the book Something Worth Leaving Behind.-Background:...

    , Troy VonHoefen, Jim Beavers) - 3:00
  6. "Speed
    Speed (Montgomery Gentry song)
    "Speed" is a single by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was the second single from their 2002 album My Town. The title from the cover of this single borrows its font from Speed Racer."She Couldn't Change Me" was included as a B-side....

    " (Steele, Chris Wallin) - 4:01
  7. "Hell Yeah" (Craig Wiseman
    Craig Wiseman
    Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....

    , Steele) - 4:50
  8. "Lonesome" (Beard, Casey Beathard
    Casey Beathard
    Casey Beathard is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney...

    , Frank Rogers
    Frank Rogers (record producer)
    Frank Mandeville Rogers V is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In 1990, Rogers made the trek to Nashville, attending Belmont University and graduating with a Music Business degree. While at Belmont, he met friend and future collaborator Brad Paisley...

    ) - 4:22
  9. "Why Do I Feel Like Running" (Al Anderson
    Al Anderson (NRBQ)
    Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...

    , Rivers Rutherford
    Rivers Rutherford
    Rivers Rutherford is an American country music songwriter. Active since the mid-1990s as a songwriter, he has penned several Number One country hits, including "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn, which was the Number One country song of 2001 according to Billboard...

    ) - 4:00
  10. "Free Fall" (Chuck Jones, Wes Hightower, Jimmy Ritchey) - 3:54
  11. "Lie Before You Leave" (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...

    , Rutherford) - 4:13
  12. "For the Money" (Rutherford, Annie Tate, Sam Tate) - 4:01
  13. "Good Clean Fun" (Gregg Allman
    Gregg Allman
    Gregory Lenoir Allman , known as Gregg Allman, is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter, and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia...

    , Dickey Betts
    Dickey Betts
    Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his...

    , Johnny Neel
    Johnny Neel
    Johnny Neel is an American vocalist, songwriter, and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is best known for his songwriting, stage, and session work for the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, and Dickey Betts....

    ) - 5:23

Album

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 3
U.S. Billboard 200 26

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...

US
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

2002 "My Town" 5 40
"Speed" 5 47
2003 "Hell Yeah" 4 45
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