''Loving Every Minute'' is the fourth studio album by American

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artist

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. Released in 2001 on

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, the album produced two singles: the title track and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (a duet with

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), which peaked at #18 and #31, respectively, on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. The album itself reached a peak of #10 on the ''Billboard''

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charts, and #93 on

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Content

The album's title track, written by

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, Michael White and Monty Criswell, was its first single as well. It peaked at #18 on the country charts in 2002. Following this song was the only other single, "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", which was co-written by Randy VanWarmer and

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member Rich Alves. This song was also included on O'Neal's debut album ''

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''. "Somebody" can also be found on Reba McEntire's 2003 album '' Room to Breathe''. McEntire's rendition of the latter song was a Number One hit for her in 2004. Also, John Berry recorded "The Balloon Song" and released it as a single in 2007 from his album ''Those Were the Days''.

Track listing

Personnel

: Lead Vocals *

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: Background Vocals *

: Guest Vocals On "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" *

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, Acoustic Guitar * Paul Franklin: Steel Guitar * Aubrey Haynie, Stuart Duncan: Fiddle *Aubrey Haynie: Mandolin *Brady Barnett,

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, Gary Prim, Keith Stegall:

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*Gary Prim:

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: Drums *Eric Darken:

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*John Kelton, Scott Williamson: Drum Programming

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Mercury Nashville albums Mark Wills albums Albums produced by Carson Chamberlain