For the Love
{{Infobox album
| name = For the Love
| type = studio
| artist = Tracy Lawrence
| cover = Forthelove.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 30, 2007
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 38:42
| label = Rocky Comfort Records
| producer = Flip Anderson
Julian King
Tracy Lawrence
| prev_title = Then & Now: The Hits Collection
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{Singles
| name = For the Love
| type = studio
| single1 = Find Out Who Your Friends Are
| single1date = August 21, 2006
}}
}}
For the Love is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released on January 30, 2007 by Rocky Comfort Records. It debuted at #53 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tracy-lawrence/chart-history/ |title=Tracy Lawrence - For the Love |accessdate=March 29, 2009 |work=Billboard |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121094658/https://www.billboard.com/artist/tracy-lawrence/chart-history/ |url-status=dead }} Three singles were released from the album: "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and became Lawrence's first chart-topping song since "Time Marches On" in mid-1996. The album's second single, "Til I Was a Daddy Too", reached #32 on the same chart, which would be his final Top 40 Hit on that chart, "You Can't Hide Redneck" was released in October 2008 as the third single, peaking at #56 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Track listing
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| title1 = Find Out Who Your Friends Are
| writer1 = Casey Beathard, Ed Hill
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = Just Like Her
| writer2 = Wil Nance, Odie Blackmon
| length2 = 2:36
| title3 = You Can't Hide Redneck
| writer3 = Beathard, Dan DeMay
| length3 = 3:53
| title4 = For the Love
| writer4 = Paul Nelson, Rick Huckaby
| length4 = 3:20
| note4 = duet with Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down
| title5 = As Easy as Our Blessings
| writer5 = Tony Martin, Mark Nesler
| length5 = 3:32
| title6 = Speed of Flight
| writer6 = Tracy Lawrence
| length6 = 4:04
| title7 = Rock and a Soft Place
| writer7 = Mike Brown, Flip Anderson, Huckaby
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Til I Was a Daddy Too
| writer8 = Larry Boone, Lawrence, Nelson
| length8 = 3:59
| title9 = You're Why God Made Me
| writer9 = Billy Yates, Nance
| length9 = 3:09
| title10 = Just Like That
| writer10 = Brown, Anderson
| length10 = 2:49
| title11 = Find Out Who Your Friends Are
| writer11 = Beathard, Hill
| length11 = 3:45
| note11 = alternate recording featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
}}
=Non-album Tracks=
- "I'm Gonna Finish Leaving You" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler, Tom Shapiro)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160120184043/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=7627509&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID] BMI page for this song - 3:25
- *B-side of "Til I Was a Daddy Too"[http://www.rhapsody.com/tracy-lawrence/til-i-was-a-daddy-too] Rhapsody music page for "Til I Was a Daddy Too"
- "What You Want" (Casey Beathard)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160120184042/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=7407926&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID] BMI page for this song - 3:23
- *B-side of "You Can't Hide Redneck"[http://www.rhapsody.com/tracy-lawrence/you-cant-hide-redneck-single]{{dead link|date=October 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Rhapsody music page for "You Can't Hide Redneck"
Personnel
- Brad Arnold - vocals on track 4
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Joe Caverlee - fiddle
- Kenny Chesney - vocals on track 11
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar, Dobro
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar, dobro
- Tony Harrell - piano, keyboards
- Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
- Patrick Lassiter - bass guitar
- Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Tim McGraw - vocals on track 11
- Steve Nathan - piano, keyboards
- Loren Nelson - steel guitar, dobro
- Dennis Parker - acoustic guitar
- Steve Poole - piano, keyboards
- Darryl Preston - electric guitar
- Gregg Stocki - drums
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2007)
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{{album chart|Billboard200|53|artist=Tracy Lawrence|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 26, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|6|artist=Tracy Lawrence|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 26, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|3|artist=Tracy Lawrence|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 26, 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2007)
! scope="col"| Position |
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scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 26, 2020}}
| 39 |
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References
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- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r951555|pure_url=yes}} For the Love] at Allmusic
{{Tracy Lawrence}}
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Category:Tracy Lawrence albums
Category:Albums produced by Julian King (recording engineer)