My Honky Tonk History

My Honky Tonk History
Studio album by
Travis Tritt
ReleasedAugust 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)
Recorded2003
GenreCountry
Length40:58
LabelColumbia Nashville
ProducerTravis Tritt
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.
Travis Tritt chronology
Strong Enough
(2002) 		My Honky Tonk History
(2004) 		The Very Best of Travis Tritt
(2007)
Singles from My Honky Tonk History
  1. "The Girl's Gone Wild"
    Released: May 8, 2004
  2. "What Say You"
    Released: August 30, 2004
  3. "I See Me"
    Released: March 5, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Allmusic[2]
Billboard(favorable)[3]
People[4]

My Honky Tonk History is the American country music artist Travis Tritt's ninth studio album, released on Columbia Records in 2004. It features the singles "The Girl's Gone Wild", "What Say You" (feat. John Mellencamp), and "I See Me", which peaked at #28, #21 and #32 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. The duet was Mellencamp's first Top 40 entry on the country charts.

The track "Circus Leaving Town" was previously recorded by its writer, Philip Claypool, on his 1995 debut album A Circus Leaving Town. Claypool's version of the song peaked at #70 on the country charts that year.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Duet partner(s)Length
1."Honky-Tonk History"Luke Bryan, Patrick Jason Matthews 3:35
2."Too Far to Turn Around"Cory Mayo, Jon McElroy, Gretchen Wilson 3:25
3."The Girl's Gone Wild"Bob DiPiero, Rivers Rutherford 2:49
4."What Say You"Michael Bradford, Frank J. MyersJohn Mellencamp3:54
5."Circus Leaving Town"Philip Claypool 4:08
6."Monkey Around"Delbert McClinton, Benmont Tench, Gary Nicholson 3:13
7."I See Me"Casey Beathard, Chris Mohr 3:48
8."When Good Ol' Boys Go Bad"Kendell Marvel, Philip O'Donnell 2:58
9."We've Had It All"Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart 3:19
10."It's All About the Money"Jody Harris, Donny Kees 3:28
11."Small Doses"Jerry Salley, Chris Stapleton 5:18
12."When in Rome"Marvel, Rutherford, Boyd Houston Robert 6:23
Total length:46:18

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[5]

Strings on "I See Me" performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by D. Bergen White.

Chart performance

Chart (2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 7
U.S. Billboard 200 50

References

  1. ^ About.com review
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Billboard review
  4. ^ People review
  5. ^ My Honky Tonk History (Media notes). Travis Tritt. Columbia Records Nashville. 2004. CK 92084.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)