''Anything Goes'' is the debut studio album by American
country music singer
Randy Houser. It was released on November 18, 2008 via
Universal South Records. The album's lead-off single, its
title track, reached number 16 on the US ''
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Hot Country Songs
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chart. The second single, "
Boots On
"Boots On" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Randy Houser. It was released in February 2009 as the second single from his debut album ''Anything Goes''. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot C ...
", peaked at number 2. Houser co-wrote all but three of the songs on the album.
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Back to God
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" was later recorded by
Reba McEntire
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for her 2017 album ''
Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope'', from which it was released as the second single.
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.
*Cliff Audretch III – background vocals (track 3)
*David Angell –
strings
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(tracks 4, 5)
*Nick Buda –
drums
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(tracks 6, 7)
*John Catchings – strings (tracks 4, 5)
*
J. T. Corenflos
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electric guitar (all tracks),
baritone guitar
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(track 5)
*Eric Darken – percussion (all tracks except 7 & 10)
*David Davidson – strings (tracks 4, 5)
*
Stuart Duncan
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Life
Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...
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fiddle
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(track 11)
*Kim Fleming –
background vocals (tracks 2, 4)
*
Paul Franklin –
steel guitar
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(all tracks except 6 & 7),
dobro
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(track 11)
*
Vince Gill – background vocals (track 10)
*Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (tracks 8-11)
*Vicki Hampton – background vocals (tracks 2, 4)
*Wes Hightower – background vocals (all tracks except 6 & 10)
*
Randy Houser –
lead vocals
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(all tracks),
acoustic guitar
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(tracks 6, 8, 9)
*Stephen Lamb – copyist (tracks 4, 5)
*B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (tracks 1-5),
gut string guitar (track 5)
*Steve Mackey –
bass guitar (tracks 6, 7)
*Aaron Mason – background vocals (tracks 2, 4)
*
Kevin McKendree
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Life and ...
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Wurlitzer electric piano (tracks 6, 7),
Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 6, 7)
*Rob McNelley – electric guitar (tracks 1-7)
*Steve Nathan –
piano (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11), Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 1, 3-5, 9)
*Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (all tracks except 6 & 7)
*
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (track 11)
*Bruce Wallace – acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 7)
*Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (tracks 4, 5), strings (tracks 4, 5)
*John Willis – acoustic guitar (tracks 8-11)
*
Lonnie Wilson – drums (all tracks except 6 & 7)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2008 debut albums
Randy Houser albums
Show Dog-Universal Music albums
Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)