Tattoos & Scars is the first album by 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...

 duo Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...

, 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 Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 Nashville. Certified platinum in the United States, the album produced five singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

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...

) charts: "Hillbilly Shoes", "Lonely and Gone", "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", "Self Made Man" and "All Night Long." "Lonely and Gone" was the highest, at #5.

Content

Tattoos & Scars produced five singles for the duo upon its 1999 release. Leading off the album's singles was "Hillbilly Shoes", a #13 U.S. country hit. After it came the #5 "Lonely and Gone", co-written by Pirates of the Mississippi

Pirates of the Mississippi

Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson...

 member Bill McCorvey, along with Dave Gibson, formerly of the Gibson/Miller Band

Gibson/Miller Band

The Gibson/Miller Band was an American country music band founded in 1990 by Dave Gibson and Bill "Blue" Miller, the latter of whom was a former guest musician in rock musician Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band...

. "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", co-written by Canadian singer Steve Fox

Steve Fox (musician)

Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. He then moved to Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music...

, was the third single, with a #17 peak. It was followed by "Self Made Man" and finally "All Night Long", both at #31. "Trouble Is" was co-written by Little Texas

Little Texas

Little Texas is an American country music band founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow , Brady Seals , Del Gray , Porter Howell , Dwayne O'Brien , and Duane Propes . Signed to Warner Bros...

 guitarist Porter Howell.

Track listing

1. "Hillbilly Shoes
   Hillbilly Shoes
   "Hillbilly Shoes" is the title of a song recorded by country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in February 1999 as their debut single and the lead-off single to their 1999 debut album Tattoos & Scars. It peaked at #13 in the United States, and #7 in Canada...
   
   " (Bobby Taylor, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis) - 3:13
2. "Trying to Survive" (Stephony Smith, Kevin Brandt) - 3:50
3. "Lonely and Gone
   Lonely and Gone
   "Lonely and Gone" is the title of a song recorded by country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It is the second single released from their debut album Tattoos & Scars. It peaked at #5, thus becoming their first top 5 hit. The song was co-written by Bill McCorvey of Pirates of the Mississippi, Dave...
   
   " (Bill McCorvey, Dave Gibson, Greg Crowe) - 3:19
4. "Self Made Man" (Wynn Varble, Jay Knowles) - 3:35
5. "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm
   Daddy Won't Sell the Farm
   "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm" is the title of a song written by Robin Branda and Steve Fox, and recorded recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in November 1999 as the third single from their debut album Tattoos & Scars...
   
   " (Robin Branda, Steve Fox
   Steve Fox (musician)
   Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. He then moved to Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music...
   
   ) - 4:18
6. "If a Broken Heart Could Kill" (Rick Ferrell, Steve Clark) - 3:19
7. "I've Loved a Lot More Than I've Hurt" (Max D. Barnes
   Max D. Barnes
   Max D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...
   
   ) - 3:14
8. "Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya" (Stewart Harris, Clay Davidson
   Clay Davidson
   Clay Davidson is an American country music artist. He signed to Virgin Records' Nashville division in late 1999, Davidson released his debut album Unconditional on April 11, 2000. Its title track was a top 5 hit for him on the Billboard country charts, and the album produced two more Top 30 hits...
   
   ) - 3:26
9. "Trouble Is" (Porter Howell, Sam Gay) - 3:09
10. "Tattoos & Scars" (Tony Lane) - 3:59
11. "All Night Long" (Charlie Daniels, Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, Jack Gavin, Charlie Hayward, Bruce Ray Brown) - 3:33
    • guest vocals: Charlie Daniels
      Charlie Daniels
      Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...
      
      

Album

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	131
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2
Canadian RPM Country Albums	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart 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...	US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1999	"Hillbilly Shoes"	13	62	7
	"Lonely and Gone"	5	46	11
	"Daddy Won't Sell the Farm"	17	79	19
2000	"Self Made Man"	31	—	50
	"All Night Long" (with Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer... )	31	—	*