Jeff Carson (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Jeff Carson | type = studio | artist = [[Jeff Carson]] | cover = Jeffcarsonalbum.jpg | alt = | released = May 2, 1995 | recorded = | venue = | studio = * K.D. Studios and Sound Stage Studios ([[Nashville, Tennessee]]) | genre = [[country music|Country]] | length = 32:50 | label = MCG/[[Curb Records|Curb]] | producer = Chuck Howard | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Butterfly Kisses (Jeff Carson album)|Butterfly Kisses]] | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Singles | name = Jeff Carson | type = Studio | single1 = Yeah Buddy | single1date = March 28, 1995 | single2 = [[Not on Your Love]] | single2date = June 6, 1995 | single3 = [[The Car (song)|The Car]] | single3date = October 17, 1995 | single4 = [[Holdin' Onto Something]] | single4date = March 2, 1996 | single5 = That Last Mile | single5date = May 14, 1996 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Carson Jeff Carson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jeff-carson-mw0000171932 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''Jeff Carson''''' is the debut studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Jeff Carson]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Carson Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-carson-mn0000815831 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Carson (MCB/Curb, 1995) |url=https://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=1354 |website=Country Standard Time |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> It was released in 1995 on MCG/[[Curb Records]], and features five singles: "Yeah Buddy," "Not on Your Love", "The Car", "Holdin' onto Somethin'", and "That Last Mile". "Not on Your Love" was a Number One hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) charts in mid-1995, while "The Car" and "Holdin' on to Something" were both Top Ten hits in 1996.

"Holdin' Onto Somethin'" was also recorded by [[John Michael Montgomery]] on his [[John Michael Montgomery (album)|self-titled album]], while "If I Ain't Got You" was also recorded by [[Marty Stuart]] on his 1995 album ''[[The Marty Party Hit Pack]]''.

==Track listing==

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| title1 = Yeah Buddy | writer1 = [[Mark D. Sanders]], [[Bob Regan]] | length1 = 2:26

| title2 = [[Not on Your Love]] | writer2 = [[Tony Martin (songwriter)|Tony Martin]], Troy Martin, Reese Wilson | length2 = 3:21

| title3 = Get a Guitar | writer3 = Sanders, [[Jeff Carson]] | length3 = 2:46

| title4 = Definite Possibilities | writer4 = [[Ed Hill]], [[Richard Fagan]] | length4 = 2:47

| title6 = Betty's Takin' Judo | writer6 = Carson | length6 = 2:59

| title7 = Preachin' to the Choir | writer7 = Sanders, [[Bob DiPiero]], [[John Jarrard]] | length7 = 2:43

| title8 = Me Too | writer8 = Carson | length8 = 3:11

| title9 = If I Ain't Got You | writer9 = [[Craig Wiseman]], [[Trey Bruce]] | length9 = 2:51

| title10 = That Last Mile | writer10 = [[Larry Boone]], Will Robinson | length10 = 3:15

| title11 = [[Holdin' Onto Something]] | writer11 = [[Tom Shapiro]], Thom McHugh | length11 = 2:51 }}

== Personnel == {{div col}} * Jeff Carson – lead vocals, backing vocals, [[harmonica]] * Tony Harrell – acoustic piano, keyboards * [[J. T. Corenflos]] – electric guitars * [[Brent Mason]] – electric guitars * [[Bob Regan]] – acoustic guitars * [[Brent Rowan]] – electric guitars * Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitars * [[John Willis (musician)|John Willis]] – electric guitars * [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] – [[steel guitar]] * [[Glenn Worf]] – bass * [[Chad Cromwell]] – drums * [[Lonnie Wilson]] – drums * [[Terry McMillan (musician)|Terry McMillan]] – harmonica * [[Larry Franklin (musician)|Larry Franklin]] – fiddle * Rob Hajacos – fiddle * [[Jonathan Yudkin]] – fiddle * John Catchings – cello * Conni Ellisor – violin * Michael Black – backing vocals * [[John Wesley Ryles]] – backing vocals * Cindy Richardson Walker – backing vocals * Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals * Dennis Wilson – backing vocals * [[The Jordanaires|Curtis Young]] – backing vocals {{div col end}}

=== Production === * Chuck Howard – producer * Gary Heyde – associate producer * Bob Campbell-Smith – associate producer, recording, overdub recording, mixing * Mark Ralston – recording assistant, mix assistant * Jeff Watkins – recording assistant, overdub assistant * Craig White – recording assistant, mix assistant * Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) * Sandra Rankin – production coordinator * Neuman, Walker & Associates – art direction, design * Sue Austin – album design coordinator * Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography

==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1995) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums | align="center"| 22 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 | align="center"| 152 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers | align="center"| 7 |- | Canadian ''RPM'' Country Albums | align="center"| 4 |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:45px;"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]] ! style="width:45px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]] ! style="width:45px;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]] |- | rowspan="3"| 1995 | style="text-align:left;"| "Yeah Buddy" | 69 | — | — |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Not on Your Love" | 1 | 97 | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "The Car" | 3 | 113 | 3 |- | rowspan="2"| 1996 | style="text-align:left;"| "Holdin' Onto Somethin'" | 6 | — | 20 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "That Last Mile'" | 62 | — | — |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:1995 debut albums]] [[Category:Jeff Carson albums]] [[Category:Curb Records albums]]