Dusty Drake is the self-titled debut album of 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 Dusty Drake

Dusty Drake

Dean Buffalini is an American country music artist, known professionally as Dusty Drake. Drake played various venues in his native Pennsylvania for several years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, co-writing a 1996 single for Joe Diffie. By 2003, Drake was signed to Warner Bros. Records as a...

. Released in 2003 (see 2003 in country music

2003 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2003.-Events:*March 10 — During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas"...

), it is also his only studio album to be released. The tracks "And Then", "One Last Time", and "Smaller Pieces" were all released as singles, peaking at #57, #26, and #50, respectively, on the Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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 charts that year. The album itself reached #30 on the Top Country Albums charts, and #22 on Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers

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. "The Hard Way" was covered by John Waite

John Waite

John Charles Waite is an English rock singer and musician. He was lead vocalist for The Babys and Bad English. As a solo artist, he scored several international hits, including 1984's "Missing You", a top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, reaching #1 in the...

 on his 2006 album Downtown: Journey of a Heart.

After the release of this album, Drake issued a fourth single for Warner Bros., entitled "I Am the Working Man". This single failed to reach Top 40, however, and Drake was dropped from Warner Bros. in 2004. Although he recorded a second album for Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records is an Independent American record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta. The label was part of a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his...

 in 2007, it was never released (although its lead-off single "Say Yes" charted in the Top 40).

Track listing

1. "Too Wet to Plow" (Ron Harbin, Dusty Drake, Jerry Vandiver) - 3:26
2. "Not Bad for a Good Ole Boy" (Wayne Womack, Drake, Kerry Kurt Phillips) - 3:42
3. "Smaller Pieces" (Harbin, Drake, Kerry Kurt Phillips) - 3:24
4. "One Last Time" (Phillips, Patrick Jason Matthews) - 3:47
5. "Going on Eighteen" (Michael P. Heeney
   Michael P. Heeney
   Michael P. Heeney is an American country music songwriter. He has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including hit singles for Brooks & Dunn , Eric Church , George Jones , Tracy Byrd, and Reba McEntire -Biography:Heeney grew up in an Irish neighborhood in...
   
   , Casey Beathard
   Casey Beathard
   Casey Beathard is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney...
   
   ) - 4:31
6. "The Hard Way" (Al Anderson
   Al Anderson (NRBQ)
   Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
   
   , 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...
   
   , Jeffrey Steele
   Jeffrey Steele
   Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...
   
   ) - 4:31
7. "Just Can't Take a Train" (Trey Bruce
   Trey Bruce
   Trey Bruce is an American country music songwriter. Bruce has co-written three songs that became Number One singles on the Billboard country charts: "Look Heart, No Hands", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis, and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Diamond Rio...
   
   ) - 5:14
8. "The Wish" (Frank Highland, Aaron Sain, Drake) - 4:08
9. "And Then" (Bob Feldman, Robert Vega, Ray Vega
   Ray Vega (singer)
   Ray Vega is an American country and adult contemporary artist.In the 1980s, Vega performed with his brother, Robert, as The Vega Brothers...
   
   ) - 3:40
10. "Ain't Nobody's Business" (Billy Crain, Drake) - 3:55
11. "Radio" (Greg Johnson, Drake) - 3:08

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	30
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	22