My Kind of Livin' is the third studio album by American country music artist Craig Morgan. It was released on March 8, 2005 by Broken Bow Records. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified Gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album produced three chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The first of these, "That's What I Love About Sunday", became Morgan's only number one hit, and it was the top country music single of 2005 according to Billboard Year-End. "Redneck Yacht Club" peaked at number 2 on the country charts, while "I Got You" (which Morgan had originally intended for Keith Urban to record) was a number 12 hit.
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Reception
Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B rating and wrote, "Morgan's is an idealized Kind of Americana, to be sure. But at least he provides enough writerly detail to avoid setting off smarm alarms." Ralph Novak of People Magazine gave the album three and a half stars calling it "one terrific, old-fashioned country CD."
Personnel
Craig Morgan – lead vocals, harmony vocals
Jim "Moose" Brown – acoustic piano, keyboards
J. T. Corenflos – electric guitars
Jeff King – electric guitars
Phil O'Donnell – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, harmony vocals
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin
Brad Paisley – electric guitar (10), vocals (10)
Mike Johnson – steel guitar, dobro, pedabro
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
Eddie Bayers – drums
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Lona Heins – harmony vocals
Russell Terrell – harmony vocals
John Conlee – vocals (10)
Production
Craig Morgan – producer
Phil O'Donnell – producer
Billy Sherrill – tracking engineer
Derek Bason – mixing
Allen Ditto – additional tracking, assistant engineer
Jesse Amend – assistant engineer
Scott Kidd – assistant engineer
Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Nicole Cochran – production coordinator
Summer Harman – art direction
Latocki Team Creative – design
Glen Rose – photography
Tina Crawford – label copy
Curiosita Entertainment – management
Chart performance
The album sold 22,000 units during its first week.