I Will Stand
{{For|the song|I Will Stand (song)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = I Will Stand
| type = Studio
| artist = Kenny Chesney
| cover = I Will Stand (Kenny Chesney album - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1997|7|15}}
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 40:05
| label = BNA
| producer = Buddy Cannon
Norro Wilson
| prev_title = Me and You
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Everywhere We Go
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = I Will Stand
| type = Studio
| single1 = She's Got It All
| single1date = May 17, 1997[http://music.aol.com/album/artist/kenny-chesney/singles/1049022 AOL Music] single page for Kenny Chesney
| single2 = A Chance
| single2date = September 14, 1997
| single3 = That's Why I'm Here
| single4 = I Will Stand
| single4date = August 25, 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |title=I Will Stand – Kenny Chesney |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r278366|pure_url=yes}} |work=Allmusic |access-date=June 25, 2011}}
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I Will Stand is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on July 15, 1997, on BNA Records. "She's Got It All" was the album's first single, as well as Chesney's first number 1 single on the Billboard country music charts. "A Chance", "That's Why I'm Here" and "I Will Stand" were all released as singles as well, peaking on the country charts at number 11, number 2, and number 27, respectively. Also included is an acoustic rendition of Chesney's 1996 single "When I Close My Eyes".
I Will Stand became Chesney's first certified Gold album. It was his last album to have a neotraditional country sound before he developed a more crossover-friendly country-pop sound.
The track "Lonely, Needin' Lovin'" was previously recorded and released by Woody Lee on his 1995 Atlantic album, Get Over It.
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five on AllMusic, opining that Chesney began to find his musical personality on the album.
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = She's Got It All
| writer1 = Craig Wiseman, Drew Womack
| length1 = 3:23
| title2 = You Win, I Win, We Lose
| writer2 = Buddy Brock, Kenny Chesney, Donny Kees
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = She Gets That Way
| writer3 = Adam Hughes, Roger Brown
| length3 = 3:19
| title4 = I Will Stand
| writer4 = Mark Germino, Casey Beathard
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = That's Why I'm Here
| writer5 = Mark Springer, Shaye Smith
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Steamy Windows
| writer6 = Tony Joe White
| length6 = 4:29
| title7 = From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell
| note7 = {{small|featuring George Jones and Tracy Lawrence}}
| writer7 = Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Michael Huffman
| length7 = 4:21
| title8 = She Always Says It First
| writer8 = Chesney, Dean Dillon
| length8 = 2:51
| title9 = Lonely, Needin' Lovin{{'-}}
| writer9 = Chesney, Brock, Kees
| length9 = 3:33
| title10 = A Chance
| writer10 = Dillon, Royce Porter
| length10 = 3:41
| title11 = When I Close My Eyes
| note11 = acoustic version
| writer11 = Nettie Musick, Springer
| length11 = 3:38
|total_length = 40:05
}}
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
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- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Kenny Bell – acoustic guitar
- Shannon Brown – background vocals
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Melonie Cannon – background vocals
- Kenny Chesney – lead vocals
- Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Sonny Garrish – Dobro, steel guitar
- Steve Gibson – electric guitar
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Randy Howard – fiddle
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- Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
- Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson – harmonica
- George Jones – vocals on track 7
- Tracy Lawrence – vocals on track 7
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Rodger Morris – piano, synthesizer
- Farrell Morris – percussion
- Steve Nathan – synthesizer, vibraphone
- William "Ozzy" Osment – fiddle
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar
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- Matt Rollings – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Pete Wade – gut string guitar
- Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Norro Wilson – percussion
- Curtis Young – background vocals
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|95|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|10|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2021}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}
| 75 |
| scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}
| 27 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=I Will Stand|artist=Kenny Chesney|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}