Life Goes On is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark. It was released on November 1, 2005 by Mercury Nashville. The album was originally supposed to be titled Honky Tonk Songs and was scheduled for an April 2005 release, with its lead being "The World Needs a Drink".[2] The album was later delayed, with the supposed lead single being scrapped from Life Goes On. The album was Clark's final release for Mercury Records after the album underperformed expectations.
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| Released | November 1, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 44:20 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Producer | Byron Gallimore (tracks 2,4,6-12) James Stroud (tracks 1,3,5) | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Receiving mostly favorable reviews, Life Goes On became Clark's last top ten album on the Top Country Albums chart and final entry on the Billboard 200. The album spawned three singles, only one of which ("She Didn't Have Time") entered the Hot Country Songs chart. Two other singles were released, "Damn Right" and "Slow News Day", with the former failing to enter any charts and the latter becoming a top-twenty Canadian country hit.
Original track list edit
Before it was delayed, Honky Tonk Songs had a near similar track list:
- Honky Tonk Song
- I Wish He'd Been Drinkin' Whiskey
- Damn Right (I'm Gonna Miss You)
- The World Needs a Drink
- Cowboy Days
- Travelin' Soul
- Bigger Windows
- Everybody's Gotta Go Sometime
- You Gotta Love That
- Slow News Day
- Tear It All Down
- Last Good Time
"Last Good Time" and "The World Needs a Drink" were both scrapped from the record, with "She Didn't Have Time" and "Not Enough Tequila" replacing the songs.
Singles edit
When the album was originally titled Honky Tonk Songs, the song "The World Needs a Drink" (credited on its chart run as "I Think The World Needs a Drink") was released on October 4, 2004 to country radio.[3] The song was released quickly after Clark's previous single "Girls Lie Too" from her greatest hits album went number one on the Hot Country Songs chart (then known as "Hot Country Singles & Tracks"). The song debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart the week of November 20, 2004 at number 44, the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week.[4] The song later rose to a peak of number 26 on February 19, 2005, spending two weeks at the spot; the song spent 19 weeks in total.
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Life Goes On" | Bob DiPiero, Karyn Rochelle | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Damn Right" | Julian Gallagher, Craig Wiseman | 4:04 |
| 3. | "She Didn't Have Time" | Pat Bunch, Nicole Witt | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Cowboy Days" | Kent Blazy, Leslie Satcher | 3:32 |
| 5. | "Not Enough Tequila" | Jim "Moose" Brown, Erin Enderlin | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Bigger Windows" | Connie Harrington, Kelley Lovelace, Tim Nichols | 3:48 |
| 7. | "I Wish He'd Been Drinkin' Whiskey" | DiPiero, Rochelle | 4:21 |
| 8. | "Honky Tonk Song" | Blazy, Satcher | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Travelin' Soul" | Lisa Brokop, Mark Narmore, Liz Rose | 4:10 |
| 10. | "Everybody's Gotta Go Sometime" | Terri Clark, Gilles Godard, Bobby Tomberlin | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Slow News Day" | Clark | 4:10 |
| 12. | "Tear It All Down" | Clark, Lisa Scott, Stephony Smith | 2:56 |
Personnel edit
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Chart performance edit
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 26 |
References edit
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Life Goes On review". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ "Terri Clark : Better in a Dodge". aCountry. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ Billboard Radio Monitor, October 1, 2004. p.20
- ^ Billboard, November 20, 2004. p.63