Mountains (Lonestar album)

Mountains is the eighth studio album released by American country music group Lonestar. It was the band's last album for BNA Records, it produced two singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Mountains" at No. 10 and "Nothing to Prove" at No. 51. After the single released, the band was dropped from BNA. This was also the last studio to feature Richie McDonald before leaving for a solo career, until he rejoined in 2011.

Mountains
Studio album by Lonestar
Released	October 17, 2006
Genre	Country
Length	42:31
Label	BNA
Producer	Mark Bright
Lonestar chronology
Coming Home (2005) Mountains (2006) Party Heard Around the World (2010)
Singles from Mountains
"Mountains" Released: June 26, 2006 "Nothing to Prove" Released: February 5, 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	(favorable)[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "the group takes fewer risks than ever" on it.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mountains"	Richie McDonald Larry Boone Paul Nelson	3:56
2.	"Nothing to Prove"	Jim Collins Wendell Mobley	3:56
3.	"Long Lost Smile"	Marc Beeson Neil Thrasher	3:55
4.	"Thought It Was You"	Collins Craig Wiseman	3:42
5.	"Hey God"	McDonald Tommy Lee James	3:46
6.	"I Wanna Do It for You"	Dean Sams Regie Hamm Glen Mitchell	4:20
7.	"Cowboy Girl"	Brett James Bill Luther	3:32
8.	"What She Had To"	John Edwards Garrett Parris	3:49
9.	"One of those Nights"	Jason Sellers Tom Shapiro	4:13
10.	"Careful Where You Kiss Me"	Jeff Bates Mobley Thrasher	3:20
11.	"Always in the Band"	McDonald Ron Harbin Jerry Vandiver	4:02

Personnel

Lonestar

• Michael Britt – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Richie McDonald – lead vocals
• Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion
• Dean Sams – keyboards, piano, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Chris McHugh – drums
• Gary Morse – steel guitar
• Jimmy Nichols – keyboards
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin – string arrangements, strings

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	37
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]	10

References

1. Lowe, Jack. "Lonestar - Mountains". About.com. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mountains - Lonestar". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
3. "Lonestar: Mountains". Billboard: 91. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
4. "Lonestar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
5. "Lonestar Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.