What I Do | ||||
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Studio album by Alan Jackson | ||||
Released | September 7, 2004 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 44:43 | |||
Label | Arista Nashville | |||
Producer | Keith Stegall | |||
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Singles from What I Do | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (80/100) |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
BBC Music | (favorable) |
Blender | |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
Los Angeles Times | |
The New York Times | (favorable) |
People | |
Robert Christgau | |
Rolling Stone | |
The Village Voice | (positiv) |
What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" and "USA Today" both reached #18. Making it the first album of his career not to produce any #1 hits.
The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background vocalists on "If Love Was a River", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track "Strong Enough".
Giving the album all four stars, People magazine said on the album that Jackson "continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection."
What I Do debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004.