Me and My Gang

Me and My Gang
Studio album by Rascal Flatts
Released April 4, 2006
Recorded 2005
Genre Country
Country pop
Length 51:31
Label Lyric Street
Producer Dann Huff
Rascal Flatts chronology
Feels Like Today
(2004)Feels Like Today2004		 Me and My Gang
(2006)		 Still Feels Good
(2007)Still Feels Good2007
Singles from Me and My Gang
  1. "What Hurts the Most"
    Released: January 9, 2006
  2. "Me and My Gang"
    Released: April 17, 2006
  3. "Life Is a Highway"
    Released: June 6, 2006
  4. "My Wish"
    Released: August 28, 2006
  5. "Stand"
    Released: January 22, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC[2]

Me and My Gang is the fourth studio album by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on April 4, 2006 via Lyric Street Records. The album became the highest US debut of 2006, with 721,747 units[3] and went double platinum in the first month of release.[4][5] The album logged three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the second-best selling album (behind High School Musical) and the best selling country album of 2006. It has sold 4.918 million copies in the United States as of the chart dated March 24, 2012[6] and was certified 5× Platinum.[4] This is the group's first album to be produced by Dann Huff.

On April 25, 2007, Rascal Flatts performed "My Wish" on American Idol as part of the special Idol Gives Back.[7]

The singles released from this album included "What Hurts the Most", which peaked at number one on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. This was followed by the title track (which reached a peak of number 6), and then two number one hits with "My Wish" and "Stand". Later presses of the album also included a cover of Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway" (a cover previously included in the soundtrack to the 2006 film Cars) as a bonus track. This cover, though not released to country radio, charted at number 18 on the country charts, overlapping with "My Wish". A video was made for "He Ain't the Leavin' Kind" though it was never released as a single.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stand"Blair Daly, Danny Orton3:28
2."What Hurts the Most"Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele3:34
3."Backwards"Marcel, Tony Mullins3:48
4."I Feel Bad"Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley, Jason Sellers3:18
5."My Wish"Steele, Steve Robson4:08
6."Pieces"Monty Powell, Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox4:07
7."Yes I Do"Wally Wilson, Jimmy Yeary4:16
8."To Make Her Love Me"Thrasher, Mobley, DeMarcus4:08
9."Words I Couldn't Say"Steve Robson, Tammi Kidd, Gregory Becker4:35
10."Me and My Gang"Steele, Mullins, Jon Stone3:37
11."Cool Thing"Thrasher, Mobley, Rooney3:51
12."Ellsworth"Thrasher, Mobley, Michael Dulaney4:01
13."He Ain't the Leavin' Kind"Thrasher, Dulaney4:33
Total length:51:31

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[8]

Rascal Flatts

Additional musicians

String section

"My Wish" and "Words I Couldn't Say"

  • Charlie Bisharat, Roberto Cani, Mario deLeon, Armen Garabedian, Peter Kent, Alyssa Park, Tereza Stanislav, Josefina Vergara, John Wittenberg – violins
  • Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Daniel Smith – cellos

"To Make Her Love Me"

  • Carl Gorodetzky, Pam Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Dave Davidson – violins
  • Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale – violas
  • Carole Rabinowitz – cello

Strings on "My Wish" and "Words I Couldn't Say" arranged and conducted by David Campbell. Strings on "To Make Her Love Me" arranged and conducted by Charlie Judge.

Charts

Album

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart 4
Japan (Oricon) 37
U.S. Billboard 200[9] 1
U.S. Top Country Albums[9] 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US
Pop		 US
AC		 CAN
2006 "What Hurts the Most" 1 6 11 1 —
"Me and My Gang" 6 50 71 — —
"Life Is a Highway" 18 7 9 — —
"My Wish" 1 28 49 13 —
2007 "Stand" 1 46 80 — 54
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Platinum
United States (RIAA)[11] 5× Platinum

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Me and My Gang review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ Willman, Chris (April 17, 2006). "Me & My Gang review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ Rascal Flatts' 'Gang' Takes Over No. 1
  4. 1 2 Rascal Flatts' Me and My Gang Quadruple Platinum
  5. ↑ Rascal Flatts "Me and My Gang" goes double platinum
  6. ↑ "Chart Watch Extra: Top Albums Of Last 10 Years". Chart Watch. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  7. ↑ Rascal Flatts to perform on American Idol
  8. ↑ Me and My Gang (CD liner notes). Rascal Flatts. Lyric Street Records. 2006. 165058.
  9. 1 2 Rascal Flatts Chart History
  10. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang". Music Canada.
  11. ↑ "American album certifications – Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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