What I Do the Best

What I Do the Best
Studio album by John Michael Montgomery
Released	September 24, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Masterfonics, the Tracking Room (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country
Length	35:04
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Csaba Petocz
John Michael Montgomery chronology
John Michael Montgomery (1995) What I Do the Best (1996) Greatest Hits (1997)
Singles from What I Do the Best
"Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" Released: August 26, 1996 "Friends" Released: September 23, 1996 "I Miss You a Little" Released: February 17, 1997 "How Was I to Know" Released: June 9, 1997

What I Do the Best is the fourth studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The tracks "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us", "Friends", "How Was I to Know" and "I Miss You a Little" were all released as singles, peaking at #15, #2, #2 and #6, respectively on the Hot Country Songs charts, making this the first album of his career not to produce a #1 hit. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for one million shipments in the US.

"Cloud 8" was later recorded by Canadian country artist Gil Grand on his 1998 debut album Famous First Words.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	(B+) link

Track listing

1. "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" (Jim Robinson, Wendell Mobley) - 2:48
2. "A Few Cents Short" (John Michael Montgomery) - 3:24
3. "Friends" (Jerry Holland) - 3:52
4. "Lucky Arms" (J. B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman) - 2:40
5. "What I Do the Best" (Michael Huffman, Donny Kees, Monty Holmes) - 3:18
6. "Cloud 8" (Byron Hill, Tony Martin) - 3:49
7. "I Can Prove You Wrong" (Greg McDougal, Monty Criswell, Billy Spencer) - 3:59
8. "How Was I to Know" (Will Rambeaux, Blair Daly) - 4:16
9. "Paint the Town Redneck" (Richard Fagan, Steve O'Brien) - 2:36
10. "I Miss You a Little" (Montgomery, Fagan, Mike Anthony) - 4:12

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Barry Beckett - keyboards
• Stephen Brewster - drums
• Larry Byrom - electric guitar
• Glen Duncan - fiddle
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar, dobro
• Dann Huff - electric guitar
• John McFee - electric guitar
• Terry McMillan - percussion, harmonica
• Carl Marsh - keyboards
• John Michael Montgomery - lead vocals
• Steve Nathan - keyboards
• Louis Dean Nunley - background vocals
• Don Potter - acoustic guitar
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	39
Canadian RPM Country Albums	14

References

1. What I Do the Best (CD). John Michael Montgomery. Atlantic Records. 1996. 82947.

• Allmusic (see infobox)