Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)

Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) is the ninth studio album by country music singer Kenny Chesney, released on January 25, 2005. The album debuted at number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart.

Be as You Are
(Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
Studio album by
Kenny Chesney
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
RecordedJune 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
GenreCountry, Gulf and Western
Length55:07
LabelBNA
ProducerBuddy Cannon
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
When the Sun Goes Down
(2004)		 Be as You Are
(Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
(2005)		 The Road and the Radio
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(63/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
BBC Music(average)[4]
Blender[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC[5]
Los Angeles Times[1]
People[6]
Plugged In(unfavorable)[7]
Robert Christgau[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Stylus MagazineB−[10]

The album's opening track was originally recorded by Chesney on his When the Sun Goes Down album. This album was intended by Chesney to be a side project, and it produced no singles, although "Guitars and Tiki Bars" reached number 53 on the Hot Country Songs charts based on unsolicited airplay.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Blue Chair"Kenny Chesney3:24
2."Be as You Are"Chesney, Dean Dillon4:19
3."Guitars and Tiki Bars"Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino4:36
4."Island Boy"Chesney, Phil Vassar, Tamburino3:56
5."Somewhere in the Sun"Daryl Hobb, Tim Holly, Danny Tucker, Chesney4:45
6."Boston"Chesney, Tamburino4:16
7."Something Sexy About the Rain"Chesney, Skip Ewing5:24
8."French Kissing Life"Chesney4:02
9."Key Lime Pie"Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Chesney4:40
10."Sherry's Living in Paradise"Chesney, Clayton Mitchell3:20
11."Magic"Chesney4:40
12."Soul of a Sailor"Chesney, Dillon, Scotty Emerick4:14
13."Old Blue Chair" (ocean mix)Chesney3:31
Total length:55:07

Personnel

As listed in liner notes[11]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 1

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. About.com review
  3. Allmusic review
  4. BBC Music review
  5. Marino, Nick (2005-01-28). "Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair Review". Entertainment Weekly: 85. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  6. People review
  7. Plugged In review Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  9. Rolling Stone review
  10. Stylus Magazine review Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair) (Media notes). Kenny Chesney. BNA Records. 2004. BNA82876-61530-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Be as You Are". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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