The Life of the Party (album) explained

The Life of the Party
Type:	studio
Artist:	Neal McCoy
Cover:	neal_tlotp.jpg
Recorded:	Emerald Sound Studio, Sound Stage & 17 Grand, Nashville, TN – 1999
Genre:	Country
Length:	37:33
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Kyle Lehning
Prev Title:	Be Good at It
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	24-7-365
Next Year:	2000

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.

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