Slide On Over Here is the fourth studio album by American 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 Steve Azar

Steve Azar

Stephen Thomas "Steve" Azar is an American country music artist. Azar was signed to River North Nashville in 1995, and he released his debut album on February 27, 1996. After leaving River North, Azar took time away from his music...

. It was released on August 4, 2009 via Ride Records. The album includes the singles "Moo La Moo", which charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart and "Sunshine," which peaked at #27.

The album debuted and peaked at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, becoming Azar's first charted on album on that chart since Waitin' on Joe

Waitin' on Joe

Waitin' on Joe is the title of a studio album by country music artist Steve Azar. It was released in 2002 on Mercury Nashville Records as the second album of his career, six years after his debut album Heartbreak Town. Waitin' on Joe features the singles "I Don't Have to be Me " and "Waitin' on Joe"...

charted to #29 in 2002.

Critical reception

Giving the album four stars out of five, Country Weekly

Country Weekly

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critic Chris Neal called it a "pitch-perfect progression" from Azar's last album (2008's Indianola

Indianola (album)

Indianola is the third studio album by American country music artist Steve Azar. His first studio album since Waitin' on Joe from six years previous, it was initially to have been released in April 2006 on Midas Records Nashville, the same year that its lead-off single "You Don't Know a Thing"...

), saying that it retained Azar's Mississippi-based musical influences "while expanding its musical scope."

Track listing

1. "I'll Find Me" (Steve Azar, A.J. Masters, Tony Colton) – 3:10
2. "Sunshine" (Azar, Jason Young) – 4:45
3. "All I Need" (Azar, Masters, Phillip Moore) – 4:25
4. "Moo La Moo" (Azar, Masters, Jim Femino) – 2:55
5. "Hard Road" (Azar, James House
   James House (singer)
   James Andrew House is an American country music artist. Originally a member of a group called the House Band, James began his country music career in 1990 on MCA Records, recording two albums for that label. He later penned singles for Diamond Rio and Dwight Yoakam, before finding another record...
   
   ) – 4:09
6. "Back to Memphis" (Azar, House) – 3:20
7. "Apart at the Seams" (Azar, House, Jeff Mitchell) – 3:58
8. "Sinkin' or Swimmin' (With You)" (Azar, Josh Kelley
   Josh Kelley
   Joshua Bishop "Josh" Kelley is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Kelley has recorded for Hollywood Records, Threshold Records and DNK Records as a pop rock artist, and has had four hit singles on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart...
   
   ) – 3:25
9. "Take Your Time (Ryan's Song)" (Azar, House) – 4:15
10. "Let Go of the Rope" (Azar, House) – 3:19
11. "Sweet Delta Dreams" (Azar, Masters, Colton) – 3:20
12. "Startin' Today" (Azar, House) – 3:13
13. "Beautiful Regret" (Azar) – 7:17

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Steve Azar – vocals, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , shaker
  Shaker (percussion)
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  , hand claps
  Clapping
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• Gary Burnett – electric guitar
• Tony Colton – piano, organ
• Tom D'Angelo – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Eric Darken – drums
  Drum kit
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• Mark Easterling – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jim Femino – background vocals
• Trez Gregory – background vocals
• John Henshey – horns
  Horn section
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• James House
  James House (singer)
  James Andrew House is an American country music artist. Originally a member of a group called the House Band, James began his country music career in 1990 on MCA Records, recording two albums for that label. He later penned singles for Diamond Rio and Dwight Yoakam, before finding another record...
  
   – acoustic guitar, shaker, background vocals
• Josh Kelley
  Josh Kelley
  Joshua Bishop "Josh" Kelley is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Kelley has recorded for Hollywood Records, Threshold Records and DNK Records as a pop rock artist, and has had four hit singles on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart...
  
   – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• A.J. Masters – bass guitar
• Chris McHugh – drums
• Gary Morse – pedal steel guitar
  Pedal steel guitar
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  , Weissenborn
  Weissenborn
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• Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
  Lap steel guitar
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• Rich Redmond – drums
• Dana Robbins – horns
• Chris Tuttle – piano, organ
• Quentin Ware – horns
• Jason Young – harmonica
  Harmonica
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  , percussion, congas, background vocals

Tracks 1-4, 8, 9, 12, 13 produced

Record producer

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 by Steve Azar and Justin Niebank; all other tracks produced by Steve Azar.

Album

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	57

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2009	"Moo La Moo"	39
2010	"Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)"	27
2011	"Hard Road"A	27

• ^A Current single.