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Keith Gattis (album)

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Keith Gattis
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 30, 1996 (1996-04-30)
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerNorro Wilson
Keith Gattis chronology
Keith Gattis
(1996)
Big City Blues
(2005)

Keith Gattis is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Keith Gattis. It was released in 1996 via RCA Records. The album includes the singles "Little Drops of My Heart", which peaked at number 53 on Hot Country Songs,[1] and "Real Deal".

Critical reception

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Chuck Hamilton of Country Standard Time gave the album a positive review, saying that Gattis "covers a variety of hard country styles and has the vocal equipment to handle it all convincingly."[2] It received 4.5 stars out of 5 from Michael McCall of Allmusic, who compared Gattis' voice favorably to Johnny Paycheck and George Jones.[3]

Track listing

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All songs written by Keith Gattis except as noted.

  1. "Real Deal" (Gattis, Jim Dowell) — 3:08
  2. "Everywhere I See You There" — 3:25
  3. "The Puppet" — 3:32
  4. "Back in Your Arms" — 3:12
  5. "Whoop-De-Do" (Jeff Carson, Buddy Blackmon, Vip Vipperman) — 2:50
  6. "Little Drops of My Heart" — 3:51
  7. "Scrapin' Off the Pain" — 3:23
  8. "Heartache Hero" (Kim Williams, Ron Harbin, Kim Tribble) — 2:46
  9. "Only Lonely Fool" — 3:32
  10. "Look Out Below" (Gattis, James T. Heffernan) — 2:42

Personnel

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Compiled from liner notes.[4]

Musicians

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Technical

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  • Don Cobb — digital editing
  • Carlos Greer — digital editing
  • Joe Hayden — assistant engineer
  • Amy Hughes — assistant engineer
  • Ken Hutton — assistant engineer
  • Sandy Jenkins — assistant engineer
  • Tom King — assistant engineer
  • John Kunz — assistant engineer
  • Warren Peterson — overdubs
  • Denny Purcell — mastering
  • Chris Rowe — digital editing
  • Steve Sexton — assistant engineer
  • Dave Sinco — overdubs
  • Brian Tankersley — mixing
  • Rhett Travis — assistant engineer
  • King Williams — assistant engineer
  • Norro Wilson — producer

Chart performance

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Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country CAN Country
1996 "Little Drops of My Heart" 53 63
"Real Deal" 83
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Chuck. "Keith Gattis review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  3. ^ McCall, Michael. "Keith Gattis review". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. ^ Keith Gattis (CD insert). Keith Gattis. RCA Records. 1996. 66834.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)