''Easy Does It'' is the second studio album by American

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singer

Jake Owen Joshua Ryan Owen (born August 28, 1981), known professionally as Jake Owen, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2006, he released his debut studio album, '' Startin' with Me'', that year. Thi ...

. It was released on February 24, 2009, by

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. It includes the Top 10 hits " Don't Think I Can't Love You" and "

Eight Second Ride "Eight Second Ride" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Jake Owen. It was released in June 2009 as the fifth single of Owen's career, and the second single from his sophomore album ''Easy Does It (Jake Owen album), Ea ...

." As with his first album, ''Easy Does It'' is produced by Jimmy Ritchey, with whom Owen co-wrote several of the songs. It has sold 120,000 copies as of November 2009.

Content

Owen co-wrote eight of the ten songs on the album. Among the co-writes are the lead-off single "Don't Think I Can't Love You", which became his highest-charting single with a peak of number 2 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart on April 21, 2009. "Eight Second Ride", the album's second single, is a re-recording of a song from Owen's 2006 debut album '' Startin' with Me''. "Tell Me" was the album's third single.

Track listing

Personnel

*Kenny Aronoff - drums *Skip Cleavinger - bagpipes on "Nothin' Grows in Shadows" *Eric Darken -

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* Paul Franklin - steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro *David Grissom -

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*Tania Hancheroff - background vocals *Wes Hightower - background vocals *Mark Hill -

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*Tim Lauer -

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*B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar *

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- electric guitar *

Gordon Mote Gordon James Mote (born October 25, 1970) is an American Christian country/ southern gospel singer, piano virtuoso, and worship leader. He was born blind. He has released eight studio albums. His album ''Don't Let Me Miss the Glory'' (2007) was ...

- keyboards *

- lead vocals *Jimmy Ritchey - acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Mad ...

- bass guitar

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2009 albums RCA Records albums Jake Owen albums Albums produced by Jimmy Ritchey