Nothin' Like the Summer is the debut album of country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Carmen Rasmusen

Carmen Rasmusen

Carmen Rasmusen is a Canadian-American country music artist who ranked sixth on the second season of American Idol in 2003. Rasmusen also plays piano and guitar.-Early life:...

 . It was released on iTunes

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 on August 14, 2007, and was physically released on August 28, 2007 on Lofton Creek Records

Lofton Creek Records

Lofton Creek Records is an United States country music record label launched in 2002 by Harold and Vicky Shafer, along with Mike and Martha Borchetta. The label is based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2003, they also distributed the Big Al label, which was founded by country singer J...

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The first single, "Nothin' Like the Summer", was released on April 24, 2007 and failed to chart. "Stranded" was co-written by Kristyn Osborn, one third of the trio SHeDAISY

SHeDAISY

SHeDAISY is an American country music group founded in the late 1980s by sisters Kristyn Robyn Osborn , Kelsi Marie Osborn , and Kassidy Lorraine Osborn from Magna, Utah...

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Track listing

1. "Happy" (Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...
   
   , Karyn Rochelle) - 3:02
2. "Love Will Wait" (Wendell Mobley, Rachel Thibodeau) - 3:51
3. "Stranded" (Jason Deere, Kristyn Osborn) - 3:46
4. "Nothin' Like the Summer" (Carmen Rasmusen, Deere, Victoria Shaw
   Victoria Shaw (singer)
   Victoria Lynn Shaw is an American country music artist. She has recorded four studio albums, and has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
   
   ) - 3:51
5. "Keep Me Forever Falling" (Deere, Katrina Elam
   Katrina Elam
   Katrina Ruth Elam is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Universal South Records in 2004, she released her self-titled debut album that year, charting in the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks with the #29 "No End in Sight" and the #59 "I Want a Cowboy"...
   
   ) - 3:20
6. "Shine" (Deere, César Lemos) - 3:17
7. "Spend That Money" (Deere, Luke Dick, Matt Lopez) - 3:09
8. "Silly Me" (Sarah Buxton
   Sarah Buxton (Singer)
   Sarah Buxton is an American country music artist, formerly signed to the independent Lyric Street Records...
   
   , Deere) - 3:44
9. "Your Love" (Jodi Marr, Shaw, James Slater) - 3:19
10. "You Scare Me to Death" (Rasmusen, Deere) - 3:18
11. "Gather Me Up" (Rasmusen, Deere) - 3:03

Personnel

• Tim Akers – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Gary Burnette – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Joey Canaday – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Penny Coleman – background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Tommy Hardin – drums
  Drum kit
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• Mark Hill – bass guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Kim Parent – background vocals
• Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, banjo
  Banjo
  In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
  
  , mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  
• Lonnie Wilson – drums