Steers & Stripes

Steers & Stripes
Studio album by
Brooks & Dunn
ReleasedApril 17, 2001
Genre
Length52:12
LabelArista Nashville
ProducerKix Brooks
Ronnie Dunn
Mark Wright
Brooks & Dunn chronology
Tight Rope
(1999) 		Steers & Stripes
(2001) 		It Won't Be Christmas Without You
(2002)
Singles from Steers & Stripes
  1. "Ain't Nothing 'bout You"
    Released: February 12, 2001
  2. "Only in America"
    Released: June 18, 2001
  3. "The Long Goodbye"
    Released: October 22, 2001
  4. "My Heart Is Lost to You"
    Released: April 8, 2002
  5. "Every River"
    Released: September 2, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only in America"Kix Brooks, Don Cook, Ronnie Rogers4:29
2."The Last Thing I Do"David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble4:02
3."The Long Goodbye"Paul Brady, Ronan Keating3:51
4."Go West"Brooks, Bob DiPiero3:56
5."My Heart Is Lost to You"Brett Beavers, Connie Harrington2:59
6."Good Girls Go to Heaven"Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride, Shawn Camp2:50
7."When She's Gone, She's Gone"Tom Douglas, Wayland Holyfield4:25
8."Ain't Nothing 'bout You"Tom Shapiro, Rivers Rutherford3:22
9."Unloved"Steve Diamond, Keith Follesé4:30
10."Deny, Deny, Deny"Brooks, DiPiero3:20
11."Lucky Me, Lonely You"Dunn, McBride, Camp3:24
12."I Fall"Brooks, Don Cook3:15
13."Every River"Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia, Tom Littlefield3:29
14."See Jane Dance"Charlie Crowe4:12

Chart performance

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c https://www.allmusic.com/album/r528300
  2. ^ link
  3. ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  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.
  11. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Brooks and Dunn – Steers & Stripes". Music Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – Brooks & Dunn – Steers". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 14, 2024.