| What I Do the Best | ||||
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| Released | September 24, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 at Masterfonics, the Tracking Room (Nashville, TN) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 35:04 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Csaba Petocz | |||
| John Michael Montgomery chronology | ||||
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What I Do the Best is the fourth studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The tracks "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us", "Friends", "How Was I to Know" and "I Miss You a Little" were all released as singles, peaking at #15, #2, #2 and #6, respectively on the Hot Country Songs charts, making this the first album of his career not to produce a #1 hit. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for one million shipments in the US.
"Cloud 8" was later recorded by Canadian country artist Gil Grand on his 1998 debut album Famous First Words.
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| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) link |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" | Jim Robinson, Wendell Mobley | 2:48 |
| 2. | "A Few Cents Short" | John Michael Montgomery | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Friends" | Jerry Holland | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Lucky Arms" | J. B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman | 2:40 |
| 5. | "What I Do the Best" | Michael Huffman, Donny Kees, Monty Holmes | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Cloud 8" | Byron Hill, Tony Martin | 3:49 |
| 7. | "I Can Prove You Wrong" | Greg McDougal, Monty Criswell, Billy Spencer | 3:59 |
| 8. | "How Was I to Know" | Will Rambeaux, Blair Daly | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Paint the Town Redneck" | Richard Fagan, Steve O'Brien | 2:36 |
| 10. | "I Miss You a Little" | Montgomery, Fagan, Mike Anthony | 4:12 |
As listed in liner notes.[1]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[5] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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