''Too Cold at Home'' is the second studio album by American
country music artist
Mark Chesnutt, released in 1990 on
MCA Records. Certified
platinum by the
RIAA
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for sales of one million copies, the album produced five Top Ten singles for Chesnutt on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs
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charts. Chronologically, these singles were "Too Cold at Home" (#3), "Brother Jukebox" (#1), "Blame It on Texas" (#5), "Your Love Is a Miracle" (#3), and "Broken Promise Land" (#10). Two of these singles were previously recorded by other artists: "Broken Promise Land" by
Waylon Jennings on his 1985 album ''
Turn the Page'' and "Brother Jukebox" by
Keith Whitley
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on his 1989 album ''
I Wonder Do You Think of Me'', and before that by
Don Everly in 1977.
Also featured on this album is the song "
Friends in Low Places", which was recorded by
Garth Brooks
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on his 1990 album ''
No Fences''. Brooks's rendition of the song, released as a single in late 1990, spent four weeks at Number One that year, and has since become a country classic.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Richard Bennett - electric guitar
*
David Briggs - piano
*
Jerry Carrigan - percussion
*
Mark Chesnutt - lead vocals
* Glen Duncan - fiddle
*
Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
*
Paul Franklin -
steel guitar
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* Owen Hale - drums
* Bill Kenner - reggae guitar
* Jana King - background vocals
* Phil Naish -
synthesizer
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*
Steve Nathan - piano
*
Mark O'Connor - fiddle
*
Lynn Peterzell - percussion
*
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
*
Matt Rollings - piano
*
Brent Rowan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Lisa Silver - background vocals
* Milton Sledge - drums
*
Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
* Bergen White - background vocals
* Dennis Wilson - background vocals
*
Glenn Worf - bass guitar
* Bob Wray - bass guitar
* Mark Wright - background vocals
* Curtis Young - background vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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1990 albums
Mark Chesnutt albums
MCA Records albums
Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)