Untamed (Yankee Grey album)
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Untamed is the debut album of the 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...

 band Yankee Grey
Yankee Grey
Yankee Grey was an American country music group originally composed of six members: David Buchanan , Matthew Basford , Joe Caverlee , Kevin Griffin , Jerry Hughes , and Tim Hunt , all of whom met in Cincinnati, Ohio.Founded in 1986, the band toured throughout the state of Ohio before being signed...

. It was released in 1999 (see 1999 in country music
1999 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1999.-Events:*March 6 — Legendary performer George Jones, in the midst of a comeback this year, is seriously injured when he crashed his Lexus into a bridge...

) on Monument Records
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 Nashville. The album produced three chart singles on the Billboard
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country charts. In order of release, these were "All Things Considered" at #8, "Another Nine Minutes" at #15, and "This Time Around" at #43. The fourth and final single, which was the title track, failed to chart. By 2000, Yankee Grey were dropped from Monument's roster, and frontman Tim Hunt left due to vocal complications.

Track listing

  1. "All Things Considered
    All Things Considered (song)
    "All Things Considered" is the title of a song written by lead vocalist Tim Hunt and recorded by the American country music group Yankee Grey. It was released in June 1999 as the leadoff single from the group's first album, Untamed...

    " (Tim Hunt) – 2:40
  2. "Another Nine Minutes" (Tom Douglas
    Tom Douglas (songwriter)
    Thomas Stevenson "Tom" Douglas is an American country music songwriter. Active since the early 1990s, he has written Top Ten hits for John Michael Montgomery, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Collin Raye and others....

    , Billy Crain, Tim Buppert) – 3:10
  3. "This Time Around" (Hunt) – 3:57
  4. "Should've Listened to Me" (Hunt, Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) – 3:30
  5. "Untamed" (Hunt, Chris Gantry) – 3:06
  6. "This Ain't It" (Wally Wilson
    Wally Wilson
    Wally Wilson , is an American record producer and songwriter based in Nashville.-Career:Wally Wilson has worked with artists as diverse as Leon Russell, Bo Diddley, the Neville Brothers, Junior Wells, Amy Grant, Trisha Yearwood, Lone Star, Lorrie Morgan, Sammy Kershaw, Rick Trevino, Rascal Flatts...

    , Paul Nelson, Larry Boone
    Larry Boone
    Larry Eugene Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached #10 in 1988...

    ) – 2:47
  7. "That Would Be Me" (Hunt, Rick Bowles, David Malloy
    David Malloy
    David Ernest Malloy is an American Country Music and Pop songwriter, record producer and A&R executive with 41 Number One Billboard Hits. He has received multiple Grammy nominations, as writer and/or producer, and has worked with many artists and projects including USA for Africa, superstars Tim...

    ) – 3:18
  8. "There's Only One" (Joe Caverlee, Jerry Hughes, Kelly Shiver) – 4:32
  9. "I Know How You Feel" (Hunt, Josh Leo
    Josh Leo
    Josh Leo is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer active in Nashville, Tennessee.Leo was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1973, he moved to Chicago, Illinois and subsequently became a guitarist of the short-lived Eddie Boy Band...

    , Robert Ellis Orrall
    Robert Ellis Orrall
    Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter...

    ) – 2:59
  10. "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" (Hunt, Crain) – 3:05

Personnel

  • Matthew Basford – lead guitar
    Lead guitar
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    , background vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

  • David Buchanan – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , background vocals
  • Joe Caverlee – fiddle
    Fiddle
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    , background vocals
  • Kevin Griffin – drums
    Drum kit
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    , background vocals
  • Jerry Hughes – 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...

    , background vocals
  • Tim Hunt – rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

    , lead vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...


Chart performance

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 41
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 31
Canadian RPM Country Albums 19
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