Too Cold at Home is the second album released 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 Mark Chesnutt

Mark Chesnutt

Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...

, released in 1990 on MCA Records

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. Certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies, the album produced five Top Ten singles for Chesnutt on the Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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 charts. Chronologically, these singles were "Too Cold at Home" (#3), "Brother Jukebox" (#1), "Blame It on Texas" (#5), "Your Love Is a Miracle" (#3), and "Broken Promise Land" (#10). Two of these singles were previously recorded by other artists: "Broken Promise Land" by Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

 on his 1985 album Turn the Page

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and "Brother Jukebox" by Keith Whitley

Keith Whitley

Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters...

 on his 1989 album I Wonder Do You Think of Me

I Wonder Do You Think of Me

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, and before that by Don Everly in 1977.

Also featured on this album is the song "Friends in Low Places

Friends in Low Places

"Friends in Low Places" is a song released by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was the first single from his second album, No Fences. The song spent four weeks at #1 on the U.S...

", which was recorded by Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...

 on his 1990 album No Fences

No Fences

No Fences is the second studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990 and reached #3 on the Billboard 200, and #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart...

. Brooks's rendition of the song, released as a single in late 1990, spent four weeks at Number One that year.

Track listing

1. "Too Cold at Home
   Too Cold at Home (song)
   "Too Cold at Home" is the title of a song written by Bobby Harden and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in July 1990 as the lead-off single to his 1990 album of the same name. It peaked at #3 in the United States, while it was a number-one hit in Canada in...
   
   " (Bobby Harden) - 3:42
2. "Brother Jukebox
   Brother Jukebox
   "Brother Jukebox" is the title of a song written by Paul Craft. It was originally recorded by Don Everly, one-half of The Everly Brothers, in 1977 and reached #96 on the country singles charts. It was later covered by Keith Whitley on I Wonder Do You Think of Me and by Mark Chesnutt on his 1990...
   
   " (Paul Craft
   Paul Craft
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   ) - 3:05
3. "Blame It on Texas
   Blame It on Texas
   "Blame It on Texas" is a song co-written by Ronnie Rogers and producer Mark Wright and recorded by country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in March 1991 as his third single for MCA Records and the third from his debut album Too Cold at Home. It peaked at #5 in the United States, and #4...
   
   " (Ronnie Rogers
   Ronnie Rogers
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   , Mark Wright) - 2:51
4. "Your Love Is a Miracle
   Your Love Is a Miracle
   "Your Love Is a Miracle" is a song co-written by Bill Kenner and producer Mark Wright and recorded by country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in July 1991 as his fourth single for MCA Records and the fourth from his debut album Too Cold at Home...
   
   " (Bill Kenner, Wright) - 2:49
5. "Broken Promise Land" (Bill Rice
   Bill Rice
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   , Sharon Rice) - 3:06
6. "Too Good a Memory" (Lewis Anderson, Wright) - 2:41
7. "Friends in Low Places
   Friends in Low Places
   "Friends in Low Places" is a song released by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was the first single from his second album, No Fences. The song spent four weeks at #1 on the U.S...
   
   " (Earl Bud Lee, Dewayne Blackwell) - 3:28
8. "Lucky Man" (Rogers, Wright) - 3:24
9. "Hey You There in the Mirror" (Jim Rushing, Herb McCullough) - 2:51
10. "Danger at My Door" (Wright) - 3:15

Personnel

• Richard Bennett
  Richard Bennett (guitarist)
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   - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• David Briggs
  David Briggs (American musician)
  David Briggs is an American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner....
  
   - piano
  Piano
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• Jerry Carrigan
  Jerry Carrigan
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   - percussion
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• Glen Duncan - fiddle
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• Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
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• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
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   - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Owen Hale - drums
  Drum kit
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• Bill Kenner - reggae guitar
• Jana King – background vocals
• Phil Naish - synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Steve Nathan - piano
• Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor
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   - fiddle
• Lynn Peterzell
  Lynn Peterzell
  Lynn Meyer Peterzell was a country music audio engineer from Nashville, Tennessee.Lynn Peterzell was raised in Pascagoula, Mississippi by Frances and Milton Peterzell. He was the third of five children....
  
   - percussion
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
• Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings
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   - piano
• Brent Rowan - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Milton Sledge - drums
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Bergen White – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Bob Wray - bass guitar
• Mark Wright – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	12
U.S. Billboard 200	132
Canadian RPM Country Albums	23