Steers & Stripes

Steers & Stripes
Steers & Stripes
Studio album by Brooks & Dunn
Released	April 17, 2001
Genre	Neotraditional country; rock;
Length	52:12
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Kix Brooks; Ronnie Dunn; Mark Wright
Brooks & Dunn chronology
Singles from Steers & Stripes
	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You"; Released: February 12, 2001; "Only in America"; Released: June 18, 2001; "The Long Goodbye"; Released: October 22, 2001; "My Heart Is Lost to You"; Released: April 8, 2002; "Every River"; Released: September 2, 2002;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)^[2]

Steers & Stripes is the seventh studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in April 2001 via Arista Nashville. The album produced five singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, of which the first three reached number one. "Ain't Nothing 'bout You", the first single, became the duo's biggest hit, not only spending six weeks at the top of the country chart, but also reaching No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also declared by Billboard as the number-one country song of 2001. Following it were "Only in America" and "The Long Goodbye" (the latter of which was later a pop hit for Ronan Keating, co-written with Paul Brady). The last two singles were the No. 5 "My Heart Is Lost to You" and the No. 12 "Every River".

The track "The Last Thing I Do" was also recorded by James Otto for his debut album Days of Our Lives, and by Montgomery Gentry for their 2004 album You Do Your Thing (as "If It's the Last Thing I Do").

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Only in America"	Kix Brooks, Don Cook, Ronnie Rogers	4:29
2.	"The Last Thing I Do"	David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble	4:02
3.	"The Long Goodbye"	Paul Brady, Ronan Keating	3:51
4.	"Go West"	Brooks, Bob DiPiero	3:56
5.	"My Heart Is Lost to You"	Brett Beavers, Connie Harrington	2:59
6.	"Good Girls Go to Heaven"	Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride, Shawn Camp	2:50
7.	"When She's Gone, She's Gone"	Tom Douglas, Wayland Holyfield	4:25
8.	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You"	Tom Shapiro, Rivers Rutherford	3:22
9.	"Unloved"	Steve Diamond, Keith Follesé	4:30
10.	"Deny, Deny, Deny"	Brooks, DiPiero	3:20
11.	"Lucky Me, Lonely You"	Dunn, McBride, Camp	3:24
12.	"I Fall"	Brooks, Don Cook	3:15
13.	"Every River"	Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia, Tom Littlefield	3:29
14.	"See Jane Dance"	Charlie Crowe	4:12

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[5]	14
US Billboard 200^[6]	145
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	16

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[8]	29
US Billboard 200^[9]	146
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	15

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[11]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Bob Bailey – background vocals
Kix Brooks – lead vocals, background vocals
J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
Eric Darken – percussion
Greg Davis – banjo
Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, steel guitar
Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals, background vocals
Kim Fleming – background vocals
Shannon Forrest – drums
Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
Mindi Abair – saxophone
Gene Miller – background vocals
Steve Nathan – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Kim Richey – background vocals
Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Harry Stinson – background vocals
Trisha Yearwood – background vocals

Strings by The Nashville String Machine arranged and conducted by David Campbell.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c https://www.allmusic.com/album/r528300
^ link
^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Brooks and Dunn – Steers & Stripes". Music Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
^ "American album certifications – Brooks & Dunn – Steers". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 14, 2024.

External links

Allmusic.com: Album review

[amg-1] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r528300

[2] ^ link

[ac_Billboard200_Brooks_&_Dunn-3] "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Brooks_&_Dunn-4] "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[5] "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

[6] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2021.

[7] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2021.

[8] "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

[9] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[10] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[CanadaBrooks_and_DunnSteers_&_StripesalbumCertRef-11] "Canadian album certifications – Brooks and Dunn – Steers & Stripes". Music Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2024.

[United_StatesBrooks_&_DunnSteersalbumCertRef-12] "American album certifications – Brooks & Dunn – Steers". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 14, 2024.

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