''Nothin' Like the Summer'' is the debut album of

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

artist

Carmen Rasmusen Carmen Rasmusen Herbert (born March 25, 1985) is a Canadian-American country music artist who ranked sixth on the American Idol (season 2), second season of ''American Idol'' in 2003. Rasmusen also plays piano and guitar. Early life Rasmusen was ...

. It was released on

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on August 14, 2007, and was physically released on August 28, 2007 on

Lofton Creek Records Lofton Creek Records was an American independent country music record label. The label is notable for releasing " I Loved Her First", a number-one single for the band Heartland. History Harold Shafer and his wife Vicky founded Lofton Creek Recor ...

. The first single, "Nothin' Like the Summer", was released on April 24, 2007 and failed to chart. "Stranded" was co-written by Kristyn Osborn, one third of the trio SHeDAISY.

Track listing

#"Happy" ( Bob DiPiero, Karyn Rochelle) - 3:02 #"Love Will Wait" (

Wendell Mobley Wendell Lee Mobley (born in Celina, Ohio) is an American country music songwriter. He has written No. 1 hits for Rascal Flatts and Kenny Chesney. He began playing in local bands before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, where he found a job playing ...

, Rachel Thibodeau) - 3:51 #"Stranded" ( Jason Deere, Kristyn Osborn) - 3:46 #"Nothin' Like the Summer" (Carmen Rasmusen, Deere, Victoria Shaw) - 3:51 #"Keep Me Forever Falling" (Deere, Katrina Elam) - 3:20 #"Shine" (Deere, César Lemos) - 3:17 #"Spend That Money" (Deere, Luke Dick, Matt Lopez) - 3:09 #"Silly Me" (

Sarah Buxton Sarah Jane Buxton (born July 3, 1980) is an American country music singer formerly signed to the independent Lyric Street Records. Between 2006 and 2008, she issued three singles from an extended play titled '' Almost My Record'', in addition t ...

, Deere) - 3:44 #"Your Love" (Jodi Marr, Shaw, James T. Slater) - 3:19 #"You Scare Me to Death" (Rasmusen, Deere) - 3:18 #"Gather Me Up" (Rasmusen, Deere) - 3:03

Personnel

*Tim Akers – keyboards *

Tom Bukovac Tom Bukovac (born December 20, 1968) is an American session guitarist and producer. He is also a popular YouTube personality with over 100,000 subscribers. He is a five-time winner of Music Row's Top Ten Album All-Stars award in the guitar categ ...

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*Gary Burnette –

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

*Joey Canaday –

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

*Penny Coleman –

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* J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar *Glen Duncan –

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

*Larry Franklin – fiddle *Tommy Hardin –

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*Mark Hill – bass guitar * John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards *B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar *Kim Parent – background vocals *Scotty Sanders –

steel guitar A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...

*Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar,

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

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Lonnie Wilson Lonnie Wilson is an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. Life and career Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Wilson was originally the lead singer of the band Bandana, which charted ten single ...

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References

{{Reflist 2007 debut albums Lofton Creek Records albums Carmen Rasmusen albums