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| Released | September 25, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 45:54 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown (also exec.) Buddy Cannon Dann Huff Brad Paisley Paul Worley Chely Wright | |||
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Never Love You Enough is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Chely Wright. It was released on September 25, 2001 via MCA Nashville. It was her last album released for the label before she was eventually dropped. The album was Wright's first to be co-produced by her, with the album also being produced by Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon, Dann Huff, fellow country musician and then lover Brad Paisley, and Paul Worley.
Never Love You Enough became Wright's first album to receive mixed reviews from critics, with the main complaint being that the album didn't live up to her previous work. The album was a commercial success however, becoming her first album to peak within the top ten of the Top Country Albums chart, peaking at number four. It is also her highest charting album on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 62.
The album had two singles, both of which underperformed. The lead, the title track, was released in June 2001 and performed moderately well, peaking at number 28. The second and final single, "Jezebel", performed slightly better, peaking at number 23. The song's underperformance was a part of Wright being dropped from MCA Nashville.
Content
Its first two tracks — the title track and "Jezebel" — were both released as singles, both peaking in the mid-20s on the Billboard country charts. The latter was co-written by Jay DeMarcus, bass guitarist for the group Rascal Flatts. Trisha Yearwood sings background vocals on the track "Wouldn't It Be Cool" and Phil Vassar on "For the Long Run". Brad Paisley contributed background vocals for "Not as in Love" and "One Night in Las Vegas."
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Country Standard Time | mixed[2] |
Michael Galluci of Allmusic rated the album 2 stars out of 5, saying that "This more conservative follow-up finds her back on the farm, still tracking the ins and outs of love, but accompanied by a shrugging indifference."[1] Eli Messinger of Country Standard Time gave the album a mixed review, saying that "Folksiness has given way to the chart-friendly crossover material and arena-styled power-ballads that continue to reign on her latest." and "The centrist, traditional messages may connect with listeners, but they won't push anyone's buttons or boundaries… This is a pleasant pop album, but hardly the sort of truly memorable work that Wright is so obviously capable of."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer[3] | Length |
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| 1. | "Never Love You Enough" | Brett James, Angelo Petraglia | Dann Huff | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Jezebel" | Marcus Hummon, Jay DeMarcus | Paul Worley, Wright | 3:10 |
| 3. | "One Night in Las Vegas" | Chely Wright, Brad Paisley | Wright, Paisley | 4:13 |
| 4. | "While I Was Waiting" | Roxie Dean, Gordon Bradberry | Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon | 3:27 |
| 5. | "What If We Fly" | Mark Selby, Tia Sillers | Worley | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Wouldn't It Be Cool" | Wright, Dean | Brown, Cannon | 3:04 |
| 7. | "Her" | Leslie Satcher | Brown, Cannon | 3:43 |
| 8. | "Love Didn't Listen" | Wendell Mobley, Stephany Delray | Brown, Cannon | 3:42 |
| 9. | "For the Long Run" | Pat Alger, Bat McGrath | Brown, Cannon | 4:14 |
| 10. | "Horoscope" | Wright, Paisley | Wright, Paisley | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Not as In Love" | Wright, Paisley, Tim Nichols | Brown, Cannon | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Deep Down Low" | Wright | Brown, Cannon | 4:41 |
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Never Love You Enough at AllMusic
- 1 2 Messinger, Eli. "Never Love You Enough review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- 1 2 Never Love You Enough (CD booklet). Chely Wright. MCA Nashville. 2001. 088 170 210-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "Chely Wright Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Chely Wright Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2020.