Let's Be Us Again Explained

Let's Be Us Again
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lonestar
Cover:	Beusagain.jpg
Length:	50:21
Label:	BNA
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Coming Home
Next Year:	2005

Let's Be Us Again is the fifth studio album by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in 2004 on BNA Records, and has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. The album produced three singles for the group on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (number 4), "Mr. Mom" (number 1), and "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" (number 16). Additionally, "Somebody's Someone" charted at number 53 from unsolicited airplay.

The song "Let Them Be Little" was also recorded in late 2004 by its co-writer Billy Dean on his 2004 album Let Them Be Little, from which it was released as a single. Dean's rendition of the song reached number 8 on the country charts in early 2005.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Dann Huff except "Somebody's Someone" produced by Lonestar.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[1]

Lonestar

• Richie McDonald – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
• Dean Sams – acoustic piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
• Michael Britt – electric lead guitar, acoustic lead guitar, backing vocals
• Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Tim Akers – keyboards
• Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, acoustic piano, strings
• Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
• Dann Huff – electric guitars
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• John Willis – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Keith Horne – bass guitar (13)
• Paul Leim – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
• Dan Hochhalter – fiddle (13)
• Russell Terrell – backing vocals
• Randy Owen – lead vocals (12)

Technical

• Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)

Tracks 1-12

• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
• Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
• Brady Barnett – recording
• Jed Hackett – recording, recording assistant
• Mark Hagen – recording
• Justin Niebank – recording
• David Bryant – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Jesse Amend – recording assistant
• Scott Kidd – mix assistant
• Christopher Rowe – digital editing
• Recorded at Emerald Entertainment and Jane's Place (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mixed at Emerald Entertainment

Track 13

• Pat McMakin – recording, mixing
• Paul Hart – recording assistant
• Lowell Reynolds – mix assistant
• Recorded at Sony/Tree Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mixed at Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).

Design

• Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design
• Russ Harrington – photography
• Melissa Schleicher – grooming
• Trish Townsend – stylist

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	41
Chart (2005)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	53

References

1. Let's Be Us Again . Lonestar . 2004 . CD booklet . BNA Records . 59751.
2. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004. Billboard. November 7, 2020.
3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005. Billboard. November 7, 2020.