Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates | ||||
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Studio album by Kenny Chesney | ||||
Released | September 11, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 48:43 | |||
Label | BNA | |||
Producer |
Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney (all tracks) Joe Walsh ("Wild Ride" only) |
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Kenny Chesney chronology | ||||
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Singles from Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates | ||||
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Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on September 11, 2007 via BNA Records. The CD was leaked on the Internet on September 5, 2007. It produced four singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 2007 and 2008, three of which reached number one. The album also includes duets with George Strait and Joe Walsh.
The album's first two singles are "Never Wanted Nothing More" and "Don't Blink", which were officially released to country radio in June and September 2007. Both singles reached number one the Hot Country Songs charts in late 2007, as did "Better as a Memory" (the fourth and final single) in June 2008. "Shiftwork" is a duet with George Strait. It was released as the album's third single in December 2007. It peaked at number 2 in early 2008. Also included is "Wild Ride", a Joe Walsh duet, which is a cover of a song originally recorded by Dwight Yoakam on his 1993 album This Time.
The album represented a move by Chesney to a more gulf and western sound with a number of "breezy, steel-drum island songs."
The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. In its first week, the album had the best weekly sales of any country album since the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way in May 2006 and the album has sold 1.4 million copies in the U.S. up to August 2008.