Steam
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 2, 1999
GenreCountry
Length39:21
LabelEpic
ProducerJoe Scaife
Ty Herndon chronology
Big Hopes
(1998)
Steam
(1999)
This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Steam is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Ty Herndon. It features the singles "Steam", "No Mercy", and "A Love Like That", all of which entered the Billboard country music charts; "You Can Leave Your Hat On" also entered the charts from unsolicited airplay. This album was less successful than its predecessors as far as the peak positions of its chart singles. The highest-peaking, which was the title track, reached number 18, while "No Mercy" peaked at number 26. "A Love Like That" peaked at number 58, becoming the second single of Herndon's career to miss the Top 40.[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lookin' for the Good Life"Mac McAnally4:08
2."Steam"Lewis Anderson, Bob Regan3:37
3."Putting the Brakes on Time"Jon McElroy, Ned McElroy3:49
4."I Can't Do It All"Chuck Jones, Tom Shapiro3:11
5."No Mercy"Todd Cerney, Dennis Morgan, Stephen Allen Davis4:46
6."In a New York Second"Greg Barnhill, Jim Daddario4:42
7."That's What I Call Love"Steve Dean, Danny Orton3:25
8."Pray for Me"Rob Crosby, Allen Shamblin3:24
9."A Love Like That"Marc Beeson, Don Pfrimmer3:35
10."You Can Leave Your Hat On (By the Fans' Request)"Randy Newman4:39

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[2]

Musicians
Backing vocalists
  • Robert Bailey
  • Joe Chemay
  • Lisa Cochran
  • Tabitha Fair
  • Kim Fleming
  • Vicki Hampton
  • Anthony Martin
  • Neil Thrasher
  • Chris Willis
Additional musicians on "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
String section on "Pray for Me"
  • Carl Gorodetzky
  • Jim Grosjean
  • Bob Mason
  • Pamela Sixfin
Technical
  • Tommy Cooper - string arrangements on "Pray for Me"
  • Jim Cotton - engineering
  • Chris Davie - engineering
  • Greg Fogie - engineering
  • Steve Marcantonio - recording, mixing
  • Melissa Mattey - engineering
  • J. C. Monterosa - engineering
  • Joe Scaife - production
  • Hank Williams - mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 14
U.S. Billboard 200 124

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Steam (CD booklet). Ty Herndon. Epic Records. 1999. 69899.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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