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What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" and "USA Today" both reached #18. What I Do, however, was the first album of his career not to produce any #1 hits.

What I Do
Studio album by Alan Jackson
Released	September 7, 2004
Genre	Country
Length	44:42
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
The Very Best of Alan Jackson (2004) What I Do (2004) Precious Memories (2006)
Singles from What I Do
"Too Much of a Good Thing" Released: June 21, 2004 "Monday Morning Church" Released: October 11, 2004 "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" Released: March 21, 2005 "USA Today" Released: August 22, 2005

The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background vocalists on "If Love Was a River", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track "Strong Enough".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(80/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
BBC Music	(favorable) [3]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
Los Angeles Times	[1]
The New York Times	(favorable) [5]
People	[6]
Robert Christgau	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Village Voice	(positiv) [9]

Giving the album all four stars, People magazine said on the album that Jackson "continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection."[6]

Track listing

Personnel

Chart performance

What I Do debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004.

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]	7
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11]	2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12]	10
US Billboard 200[13]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Billboard 200[15]	157
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[16]	28
Chart (2005)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[17]	35

Sales and Certifications

Region	Provider	Certification	Sales/Shipments
United States	RIAA	Platinum[18]	1,000,000+

References

External links

• What I Do at Metacritic

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What I Do — двенадцатый студийный альбом американского кантри-певца Алана Джексона, вышедший 7 сентября 2004 года на лейбле Arista Nashville. Продюсером был Keith Stegall. С альбома вышло четыре сингла, но впервые в карьере Джексона, его альбом не дал ни одного хита номер один в кантри-чарте. Диск Джексона возглавил кантри-чарт Top Country Albums и общенациональный основной альбомный хит-парад Billboard 200.

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