Delicious Surprise

This page is about the album by Jo Dee Messina. For the Beth Hart song, which was also covered by Messina, see Delicious Surprise (song).
Delicious Surprise
Studio album by
Jo Dee Messina
ReleasedApril 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)
Recorded2001–2005[1]
GenreCountry
Length43:58
LabelCurb
Producer
Jo Dee Messina chronology
Greatest Hits
(2003) 		Delicious Surprise
(2005) 		Unmistakable: Love
(2010)
Singles from Delicious Surprise
  1. "My Give a Damn's Busted"
    Released: January 3, 2005
  2. "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)"
    Released: June 20, 2005
  3. "Not Going Down"
    Released: December 5, 2005
  4. "It's Too Late to Worry"
    Released: July 10, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Delicious Surprise is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina, released on April 26, 2005 via Curb Records. Her first non-Christmas album since Burn (2000), the album was recorded following the release of her first greatest hits collection in 2003. Delicious Surprise is Messina's first album in which she is credited as a producer. Messina also had a bigger hand in the writing of the album, co-writing three songs and solely writing another song.

The album became her third number one on the Top Country Albums chart and her first top ten album on the all-genre Billboard 200, peaking at number seven. The lead single, "My Give a Damn's Busted", became one of her most successful singles to date, topping the Hot Country Songs chart for two weeks. Follow-up singles "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)", "Not Going Down", and "It's Too Late to Worry", although less successful, all peaked within the top-forty. The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Following this album, Messina wouldn't release another commercially released album until 2014, with her sixth studio album Me. The singer had attempted a follow up to Delicious Surprise titled Unmistakable. Although a few singles were released from the recording sessions, Messina's label constantly delayed the album and it would end up being scrapped and divided into three EPs, with Unmistakable: Love charting on Billboard charts. This would be the last project Messina released for Curb Records before leaving the label in early 2012 to go independent.

Commercial performance

Delicious Surprise debuted on the Top Country Albums on May 14, 2005 at number one, selling 99,000 copies in its first week.[4] Coincidentally, Delicious Surprise went number one on the country charts the same week "My Give a Damn's Busted" rose to the top of the Hot Country Songs chart. The album gave Messina the best first-sales week of her career. The album also managed to debut at number seven on the Billboard 200, surpassing the number-14 peak set by her 2003 Greatest Hits collection to becoming her highest-charting album on that chart. However, the album quickly fell from its peak positions on both charts due to the poor success of the following singles. Delicious Surprise only spent 40 weeks on Top Country Albums and 16 weeks on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Not Going Down"
3:16
2."Someone Else's Life"
3:27
3."Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)"
3:48
4."It Gets Better"Jo Dee Messina4:32
5."Who's Crying Now"
  • Patrick Jason Matthews
  • George Teren
3:29
6."My Give a Damn's Busted"
3:18
7."It's Too Late to Worry"
  • Wells
  • Ron Harbin
  • Anthony L. Smith
3:55
8."Life Is Good"
3:12
9."Love Is Not Enough"
3:55
10."Where Were You"
3:31
11."I Wear My Life"
4:08
12."You Were Just Here"
3:27
Total length:43:58

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[5]

Musicians

Production

  • Tracks 1, 3, 9: Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw
  • Tracks 4-6, 8, 11: Byron Gallimore and Jo Dee Messina
  • Track 2, 7, 10, 12: Mark Bright and Jo Dee Messina

Chart performance

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
2005 "My Give a Damn's Busted" 1 63 1
"Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" 23 – 24
"Not Going Down" 28 – –
2006 "It's Too Late to Worry" 34 – –

References

  1. ^ "This Time It's Personal: Jo Dee Messina's new record reflects on rocky times". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 15, 2005. p. W-27. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  2. ^ Delicious Surprise at AllMusic
  3. ^ Rollingstone
  4. ^ "Over the Counter" (PDF). Billboard. May 14, 2005. p. 49.
  5. ^ Delicious Surprise (CD liner notes). Jo Dee Messina. Curb Records. 2005. 78770.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Jo Dee Messina Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Jo Dee Messina Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.