Thank God for Believers is the seventh studio album released 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 Mark Chesnutt

Mark Chesnutt

Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...

. His third album for Decca Records

Decca Records

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, it produced four singles on the Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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 charts between 1997 and 1998: the title track (#2), "It's Not Over" (#34), "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" (#18), and "Wherever You Are" (#45). "Wherever You Are" was the first single of Chesnutt's career to miss the Top 40 on the country charts. With this album, Chesnutt is also reunited with producer Mark Wright, who produced Chesnutt's first four MCA Nashville albums.

"It's Not Over" was previously recorded by Chesnutt on his third album, 1992's Longnecks & Short Stories

Longnecks & Short Stories

Longnecks & Short Stories is the third studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in 1992 on MCA Records, and like its predecessor Too Cold at Home, it was certified platinum in the United States for sales of one million copies...

, and before that by Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire

Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...

 on her 1984 album My Kind of Country. The version included on this album is the same as on Longnecks.

Track listing

1. "Goodbye Heartache" (Mark Chesnutt, Steve Leslie, Roger Springer
   Roger Springer
   Roger Springer is an American country music artist. Springer's only single as a solo artist, "The Right One Left," was released in 1992 on MCA Nashville and peaked at #69 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.In 1998, Springer formed the country music trio Springer! with Shara...
   
   ) - 2:52
2. "Thank God for Believers
   Thank God for Believers (song)
   "Thank God for Believers" is a song co-written by Mark Alan Springer, Roger Springer and Tim Johnson and was recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in July 1997 as the title track and lead-off single from his album Thank God for Believers. It peaked at number 2 on...
   
   " (Mark Alan Springer, R. Springer, Tim Johnson) - 3:25
3. "Wherever You Are" (R. Springer, Reese Wilson, Tony Martin
   Tony Martin (songwriter)
   Tony Martin is a country music songwriter who has had twelve Number One hits as a songwriter. Among his compositions are "Third Rock from the Sun" by Joe Diffie and "Just to See You Smile" by Tim McGraw....
   
   ) - 3:25
4. "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" (Chesnutt, R. Springer, Slugger Morrissette) - 3:38
5. "Numbers on the Jukebox" (Chesnutt, R. Springer, Morrissette) - 3:20
6. "That Side of You" (Chesnutt, Leslie, R. Springer) - 3:37
7. "Useless" (Mark Wright, R. Springer, Robert Arthur) - 2:34
8. "Hello Honky Tonk" (Ron Harbin, Kim Williams, L. David Lewis) - 2:46
9. "Any Ole Reason" (Chesnutt, R. Springer, Morrissette) - 3:13
10. "It's Not Over" (Wright, Larry Kingston) - 3:18
    • feat. Vince Gill and Alison Krauss

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   on "Useless"
• Buddy Emmons - steel guitar
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• Jana King Evans - background vocals on "Numbers on the Jukebox" and "Goodbye Heartache"
• Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Larry Franklin - fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
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   - steel guitar on "Useless"
• Owen Hale - drums
  Drum kit
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• B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
• Liana Manis - background vocals
• Steve Nathan - piano
  Piano
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  , B-3 organ
• Louis Nunley -background vocals
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Brent Rowan - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• 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
• Lisa Silver - background vocals on "Numbers on the Jukebox" and "Goodbye Heartache"
• Hank Singer - fiddle on "Hello Honky Tonk"
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar on "Useless"
• Bergen White - background vocals on "Numbers on the Jukebox" and "Goodbye Heartache"
• Curtis Young - background vocals

String arrangements by Bergen White, Carl Gorodetzky conducting the Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

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Personnel on "It's Not Over"

• Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Paul Leim - drums
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Bob Wray - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	25
U.S. Billboard 200	165