''Can You Hear Me Now'' is the fourteenth studio album by the American

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band

Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band. It was founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by Mark Miller (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (keyboards, vocals), Bobby Randall (lead guitar, vocals), Joe "Curly" Smyth (drums), and ...

. It was released in 2002 on

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. The album's singles all failed to make Top 40 on the

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charts: "Circles" reached #45, the title track peaked at #47, and "I Need a Girlfriend" failed to chart. After the release of this album, the band recorded three new tracks for a religious-themed compilation, then left Curb for Lyric Street Records, where they released the #48-peaking "I'll Be Around" but no album. They would return to Curb in 2005 for the release of their fifteenth album, 2005's '' Mission Temple Fireworks Stand''.

Track listing

#"Can You Hear Me Now" (Mark Miller, Dave Loggins) – 3:41 #"I Need a Girlfriend" (Miller, Loggins) – 3:45 #"Circles" (Loggins,

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) – 3:33 #"Where Was I" (Billy Maddox, Paul Thorn, Anne Graham) – 3:53 #"Hard Hard World" (

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) – 2:54 #"She's an I've Got to Have You Girl" (Miller, Loggins) – 3:53 #"When the Sun Don't Always Shine" (Miller, Gregg Hubbard) – 2:54 #"Someone" (

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, Rick Chudacoff) – 4:01 #"Come Back Baby" (Miller) – 3:35 #"I Got a Plan" (Miller, Loggins) – 5:35

Personnel

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– keyboards, acoustic piano * Blair Masters – keyboards * Brian Tankersley – keyboards * Joe Erkman – acoustic guitar * Dale Oliver – electric guitar * Pete Stewart – electric guitar * Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar *

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– drums, percussion * Jimmy Myers – percussion *

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* Terry McMillan –

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* Dave Loggins – backing vocals

Production

* Mark A. Miller – producer * Brian Tankersley – producer, recording, mixing * Julian King – mixing * Jake Burns – recording assistant, mix assistant * Richard Hanson – recording assistant, mix assistant * Sam Hewitt – recording assistant, mix assistant * Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) * Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design * Russ Harrington – photography * Claudia Fowler – wardrobe * Melissa Schleicher – hair stylist, make-up

Chart performance

References

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