Waitin' on Joe is the title of a studio album by country music

Country music

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 artist Steve Azar

Steve Azar

Stephen Thomas "Steve" Azar is an American country music artist. Azar was signed to River North Nashville in 1995, and he released his debut album on February 27, 1996. After leaving River North, Azar took time away from his music...

. It was released in 2002 on Mercury Nashville Records as the second album of his career, six years after his debut album Heartbreak Town

Heartbreak Town

Heartbreak Town is the debut album of American country music artist Steve Azar. Released on River North Records in 1996, it features the singles "Someday" and "I Never Stopped Loving You", which peaked at #51 and #50, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts that year...

. Waitin' on Joe features the singles "I Don't Have to be Me ('Til Monday)" and "Waitin' on Joe". The former was Azar's biggest hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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 charts and #35 on the Billboard Hot 100

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, while the title track peaked at #28 on the country charts. A third single, "One Good Reason Why", failed to chart.

Brian O'Neill of Allmusic gave the album two stars out of five, saying that while Azar "even bucked industry trends by writing, alone or in collaborations, everything" on the album, but called the songs "a paint-by-numbers pandering to the prevalent country radio contingency." Country Standard Time

Country Standard Time

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 reviewer Jeffrey B. Remz was more favorable, saying, "This is not a perfect album — a bit too contemporary sounding musically, but there's enough here to alleviate waitin' on Azar."

Azar released another single for Mercury in 2005, entitled "Doin' It Right", and after this single failed to reach Top 40 on the country charts, he exited the label in favor of Midas Records Nashville

Midas Records Nashville

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, charting one single for that label but not releasing an album for that label. A third album, Indianola, was finally released in May 2008 on his own label.

Track listing

1. "I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday)
   I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday)
   "I Don't Have To Be Me " is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Steve Azar. It was released in October 2001 as the lead-off single from his second studio album, Waitin' on Joe, it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming Azar's...
   
   " (Steve Azar, Jason Young, R.C. Bannon
   R.C. Bannon
   Daniel Shipley is an American country music singer, known professionally as R.C. Bannon. Active since 1977, Bannon has recorded for the Columbia and RCA labels. He was also married to singer Louise Mandrell from 1979 to 1991, and charted six duets with her in addition to twelve singles of his own...
   
   ) - 3:16
2. "How Long Is This Time Gonna Be" (Azar, Rafe VanHoy) - 4:05
3. "Damn the Money" (Azar, VanHoy, Stacy Beyer) - 3:26
4. "Waitin' on Joe" (Azar) - 4:19
5. "My Heart Wants to Run" (Azar) - 4:03
6. "The Underdog" (Azar, VanHoy) - 3:51
7. "One Good Reason Why" (Azar, VanHoy) - 3:17
8. "Lay Your Heart Next to Mine" (Azar, VanHoy) - 3:56
9. "Goin' to Beat the Devil (To See My Angel Tonight)" (Azar, A. J. Masters, Johnny Douglas) - 2:56
10. "You Don't Know How It Feels" (Azar, VanHoy) - 4:20
11. "River's on the Rise" (Roger Murrah
    Roger Murrah
    Roger Murrah is a songwriter and music publisher who has written hits for artists including Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Al Jarreau, and Alabama....
    
    , Mark Paul, Azar) - 5:48

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	29
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	31