''Prayer of a Common Man'' is the fourth studio album by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Phil Vassar
Phillip George Vassar Jr. (born May 28, 1962) is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw ("For a Little While", ...
. It was released on April 22, 2008 on
Universal South Records
Show Dog Nashville is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was founded in 2005 by singer Toby Keith. It was later merged with Universal South Records into Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009 until ...
. The album has produced two singles for Vassar on the ''
Billboard''
Hot Country Songs charts: "This Is My Life" (#35) and "
Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (#2). The latter song was originally a Top 40 country hit for Canadian country singer
Paul Brandt, whose version of the song was entitled "It's a Beautiful Thing". "I Would" was released in July 2008 as the third single and peaked at #26 in the fall of 2008. The title song from the album was released as the fourth single in March 2009, but only peaked at #53, thus becoming his first single to miss the top 40 since 2003's "Ultimate Love", which was a #41 hit.
The album debuted at number ten on the U.S.
''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling about 27,000 copies in its first week.
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"Mariah Carey Remains Atop Billboard 200"
Billboard.com, April 30, 2008.
Track listing
Chart performance
References
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2008 albums
Phil Vassar albums
Show Dog-Universal Music albums
Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)