Brave (Jamie O'Neal album) explained
Brave is the second studio album by Australian country music singer Jamie O'Neal. It was her first release on the Capitol Nashville label, being issued on 1 March 2005 (see 2005 in country music). It followed an unreleased second album for Mercury Records, titled On My Way to You, the title track of which carried over to Brave. The album reached a peak of number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 40 on the Billboard 200.
Content
Three singles were released from the album. All three charted in the Top 30 of the charts. "Trying to Find Atlantis" reached number 18, "Somebody's Hero" reached number 3, and "I Love My Life" reached number 26. After this album, O'Neal released a single titled "God Don't Make Mistakes" in 2007. This single failed to reach Top 40, however, and O'Neal exited Capitol as well.
All but two tracks on this album were produced by Keith Stegall, who also produced O'Neal's debut album. "Devil on the Left" and "Girlfriends" were co-produced by O'Neal and Rivers Rutherford.
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
- Kenny Aronoff – drums (6)
- Kelly Back – electric guitar (2)
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (2, 4, 9)
- Beth Nielsen Chapman – acoustic guitar (9)
- Eric Darken – percussion (2, 4, 6, 7, 9)
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle (1, 11), mandolin (1, 3, 10)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 6)
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (5, 8)
- Owen Hale – drums (2, 4, 7, 9)
- Tony Harrell – accordion (2, 7)
- John Hobbs – organ (6)
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (2)
- Chris McHugh – drums (1, 3, 10, 11)
- Brent Mason – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 9–11)
- Greg Morrow – drums (5, 8)
- Jamie O'Neal – lead vocals
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar (5, 8)
- Billy Panda – acoustic guitar (4, 6, 7)
- Gary Prim – keyboards (4, 10)
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (5, 8)
- Matt Rollings – organ (1–3, 9), piano (3, 4, 7, 10, 11)
- Rivers Rutherford – acoustic guitar (5, 8)
- Scotty Sanders – Dobro (1, 11), steel guitar (3, 10)
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (5, 8)
- Michael Thompson – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6), drum loops (6)
- Travis Toy – Dobro (5)
- Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar (10), banjo (1, 3, 11)
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 10, 11)
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 9–11)
- Reese Wynans – organ (5, 8)
- Jonathan Yudkin – cello (4, 6, 7), bouzouki (7), fiddle (2, 6, 7), National guitar (7), mandolin (2)
- Background vocals
- Hillary Lindsey – track 6
- Melissa Murphy – track 8
- Minnie Murphy – track 8
- Jamie O'Neal – track 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
- CiCi Rutherford – track 5
- Maggie Rutherford – track 5
- Rivers Rutherford – track 5
- Tori Vance – track 8
- "Na-Na"s and hand claps on "Naïve"Tracy Broussard, Jeremy Deloach, Robby Emerson, Dana Good, Rodney Good, Tania Smith-Van Hoy, Timothy Moore.
- Special guests on "I Love My Life" Aliyah Good, Griffin Good
Chart performance
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart
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| US Country | US |
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| 2004 | "Trying to Find Atlantis" | 18 | 86 |
| 2005 | "Somebody's Hero" | 3 | 51 |
| "I Love My Life" | 26 | — |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005. Billboard. 10 November 2020.
- Singles chart history at Billboard.com
