The Life of the Party (album)

The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party
Studio album by Neal McCoy
Released	January 19, 1999
Recorded	Emerald Sound Studio, Sound Stage & 17 Grand, Nashville, TN – 1999
Genre	Country
Length	37:33
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Kyle Lehning
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The Life of the Party is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Neal McCoy. Released in 1999, it contains the singles "I Was" and "The Girls of Summer", which peaked at #37 and #42, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year. "Straighten up and Fly Right" is a cover of a Nat King Cole song.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Was"	Phil Vassar, Charlie Black	3:13
2.	"Lipstick on the Radio"	Bob DiPiero, Gerry House	3:08
3.	"Only You"	Brett Jones	3:27
4.	"The Girls of Summer"	Randy Boudreaux, Bobby Carmichael	3:05
5.	"New Old Songs"	Dave Gibson	3:59
6.	"The Life of the Party"	Allen Shamblin, Billy Kirsch	2:55
7.	"Completely"	Marc Beeson, Jeff Wood	4:13
8.	"That's Not Her"	Jerry Salley, Steve Leslie	3:39
9.	"Ain't Nothin' Like It"	Vassar, Black, Tommy Rocco	3:41
10.	"The Strongest Man in the World"	Ron Harbin, Ed Hill, Kim Tribble	3:40
11.	"Straighten Up and Fly Right"	Nat King Cole, Irving Mills	2:17

Personnel

Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
Thom Flora – background vocals
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
Jim Horn – saxophone
John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
Paul Leim – drums
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Neal McCoy- lead vocals
Gene Miller – background vocals
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Donny Parenteau – fiddle
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Tom Roady – percussion
Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
Harry Stinson – background vocals
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – six string electric bass
Dennis Wilson – background vocals
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24
Canadian RPM Country Albums	21

v t e Neal McCoy
Studio albums	At This Moment Where Forever Begins No Doubt About It You Gotta Love That! Neal McCoy Be Good at It The Life of the Party 24-7-365 The Luckiest Man in the World (unreleased) That's Life XII Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Singles	"This Time I've Hurt Her More (Than She Loves Me)" "No Doubt About It" "Wink" "The City Put the Country Back in Me" "For a Change" "They're Playin' Our Song" "If I Was a Drinkin' Man" "You Gotta Love That" "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" "Going, Going, Gone" "The Shake" "If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It)" "Love Happens Like That" "Every Man for Himself" "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" "Take a Knee, My Ass (I Won't Take a Knee)"
Related articles	Discography