Brand New Girlfriend

Brand New Girlfriend is the second album from country music artist Steve Holy. It was released in 2006 on Curb Records. Prior to its release, Holy had charted five singles ("I'm Not Breakin'", "Rock-a-Bye Heart", "Put Your Best Dress On", "Go Home", and "It's My Time (Waste It If I Want To)") which were not released on albums, although they all charted.

Brand New Girlfriend
Studio album by
Steve Holy
ReleasedAugust 8, 2006
GenreCountry
Length45:51
LabelCurb
Producer
Steve Holy chronology
Blue Moon
(2000)		 Brand New Girlfriend
(2006)		 Love Don't Run
(2011)
Singles from Brand New Girlfriend
  1. "Brand New Girlfriend"
    Released: January 16, 2006
  2. "Come On Rain"
    Released: October 9, 2006
  3. "Men Buy the Drinks (Girls Call the Shots)"
    Released: May 22, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Country Standard Timemixed[1]

The title track to Brand New Girlfriend became Holy's second Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, a position that it held for one week. At the time, its thirty-six-week climb to Number One was the slowest climb to Number One since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990. This record was broken one year later by Tracy Lawrence's "Find Out Who Your Friends Are", which reached Number One on its forty-first chart week. "Brand New Girlfriend" also reached No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 60 on the Pop 100.

Following the title track, two other singles — "Come On Rain" and "Men Buy the Drinks (Girls Call the Shots)" — were released from this album, both peaking in the lower regions of the top 40 on the country charts. Also included is a cover of "All for the Love of Sunshine", which was previously a Number One country hit for Hank Williams, Jr. (and the Mike Curb Congregation) in 1970, while the song "Wrap Around" was originally recorded by Keith Anderson on his 2005 album Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll.

Critical reception

Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time gave the album a mixed review, saying that he considered Holy's performances strongest on the more traditionally-influenced songs and the title track.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Brand New Girlfriend"Bart Allmand, Shane Minor, Jeffrey Steele3:39
2."Come On Rain"Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson3:27
3."Hurry Up"Bunch, Johnson, Steve Holy3:22
4."Baby Don't Go"Holy, Jimmy Yeary3:18
5."A Cliff in Colorado"Randy Boudreaux, Larry Shell, Kim Williams3:35
6."Men Buy the Drinks (Girls Call the Shots)"Arlos Smith, Ashe Underwood3:19
7."Good Night to Be Lonely"Michael Dulaney, Jason Sellers3:28
8."Lead Me On"Monty Powell, Chuck Wicks, Anna Wilson3:42
9."Only the Lonely Talking"Minor, Sonny LeMaire, Clay Mills3:33
10."Wrap Around"Keith Anderson, John Rich, Williams3:28
11."Memory on the Run"Brice Long, Chris Stapleton3:06
12."All for the Love of Sunshine"Mike Curb, Harley Hatcher, Lalo Schifrin3:55
13."What Could I Do Different Tonight"Madeline Stone, Orrin Hatch, Sam Lorber3:54

Personnel
  • Kelly Back – electric guitar
  • David Biondolillo – background vocals
  • Matt Bissonette – bass guitar
  • Christi Black – background vocals
  • Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
  • Jim "Moose" Brown – keyboards
  • Steve Bryant – bass guitar
  • Joe Chemay – bass guitar
  • Jim Cox – piano
  • Eric Darken – percussion
  • Chip Davis – background vocals
  • Bill Decker – background vocals
  • Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
  • Mike Durham – electric guitar
  • Gary Falcone – background vocals
  • Thom Flora – background vocals
  • Larry Franklin – fiddle
  • Ellis Hall – background vocals
  • Tommy Harden – drums
  • Connie Harrington – background vocals
  • Wes Hightower – background vocals
  • John Hobbs – Hammond organ
  • Steve Holy – lead vocals
  • Joanna Janét – background vocals
  • John Barlow Jarvis – piano
  • John Jorgenson – electric guitar
  • Laurence Juber – acoustic guitar
  • Wayne Killius – drums, percussion
  • Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Greg Leisz – steel guitar
  • Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
  • Michael Lloyd – background vocals
  • Debbie Lytton – background vocals
  • Gordon Mote – Hammond organ, piano
  • Jimmy Nichols – strings
  • Melissa Pierce – background vocals
  • David Pruitt – background vocals
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  • Curt Ryle – acoustic guitar
  • Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
  • John D. Sharp – background vocals
  • John R. Sharp – background vocals
  • Gary Stockdale – background vocals
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
  • Carmen Twillie – background vocals
  • Wanda Vick – mandolin
  • Dennis Wage – keyboards
  • Chris Wann – background vocals
  • Scott Williamson – drums
  • Monalisa Young – background vocals
  • Jonathan Yudkin – banjo
Production

Chart performance

Album
Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 19
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US
Pop
2006 "Brand New Girlfriend" 1 40 60
"Come On Rain" 35 — —
2007 "Men Buy the Drinks (Girls Call the Shots)" 38 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References
  1. Remz, Jeffrey B. "Brand New Girlfriend review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
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