I'll Stay Me

I'll Stay Me is the first studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. The album was released on August 14, 2007 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album produced three singles with "All My Friends Say", "We Rode in Trucks", and "Country Man", all of which charted in the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "All My Friends Say" and "Country Man" both made the Top 10 at numbers 5 and 10, respectively. "We Rode In Trucks" reached number 33. This is Bryan's only studio album to have a neotraditional country sound, while all of his subsequent albums have a crossover-friendly country pop sound. Bryan co-wrote 10 of the 11 songs on the album.

I'll Stay Me
Studio album by
Luke Bryan
ReleasedAugust 14, 2007 (2007-08-14)
GenreCountry
Length41:00
LabelCapitol Nashville
ProducerJeff Stevens
Luke Bryan chronology
Luke Bryan EP
(2006)		 I'll Stay Me
(2007)		 Doin' My Thing
(2009)
Singles from I'll Stay Me
  1. "All My Friends Say"
    Released: January 22, 2007
  2. "We Rode in Trucks"
    Released: October 22, 2007
  3. "Country Man"
    Released: March 24, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Country Standard Timefavorable[2]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All My Friends Say"
4:02
2."Baby's on the Way"
  • Bryan
  • Stevens
3:20
3."The Car in Front of Me"
  • Bryan
  • Jim McBride
3:40
4."Pray About Everything"
3:16
5."We Rode in Trucks"
4:30
6."I'll Stay Me"
  • Bryan
  • Stevens
3:02
7."First Love Song"
  • Bryan
  • Stevens
4:36
8."Country Man"
  • Bryan
  • Galen Griffin
  • Patrick Jason Matthews
3:10
9."Over the River"
  • Bryan
  • Jay Knowles
3:53
10."You Make Me Want To"
  • Bryan
  • Amber White
  • Phillip B. White
3:29
11."Tackle Box"
  • Bryan
  • Joe Doyle
4:02
Amazon.com bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Good Directions"
  • Bryan
  • Rachel Thibodeau
3:36

Personnel

Chart performance

Album
Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 24
US Billboard Country Albums 2

Singles
Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country
[3]		 US
[4]
2007 "All My Friends Say" 5 59
"We Rode in Trucks" 33 —
2008 "Country Man" 10 74
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 561,000[6]

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

References
  1. Jurek, Thom. "I'll Stay Me review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  2. Sudhalter, Michael. "Luke Bryan - I'll Stay Me". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  3. "Luke Bryan Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  4. "Luke Bryan Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  5. "American album certifications – Luke Bryan – I%27ll Stay Me". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  6. Caulfield, Keith (May 1, 2015). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Luke Bryan's 'Party' Now His Biggest-Selling Album Ever". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
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