What Do I Do with Me
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{{Infobox album
| name = What Do I Do with Me
| type = studio
| artist = Tanya Tucker
| cover = TanyaTuckerWhatDoIDowithMe.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 2, 1991
| recorded = 1990–91
| venue =
| studio = Emerald Sound Studios, House of David, Javelina Studios, The Music Mill, Nightingale Recording Studios, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
| genre = Country
| length = 34:45
| label = Capitol
| producer = Jerry Crutchfield
| prev_title = Greatest Hits Encore
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Can't Run from Yourself
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Singles
| name = What Do I Do with Me
| type = studio
| single1 = Down to My Last Teardrop
| single1date = June 4, 1991
| single2 = (Without You) What Do I Do with Me
| single2date = September 24, 1991
| single3 = Some Kind of Trouble
| single3date = February 11, 1992
| single4 = If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight
| single4date = May 1992
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/what-do-i-do-with-me-mw0000268216 AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Chicago Tribune
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[https://archive.today/20130628211424/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-07-11/features/9103180529_1_star-tanya-tucker-teardrop Chicago Tribune review]
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20030725044913/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/recordings.asp?oid=3125&cf=3125 Rolling Stone list]
}}
What Do I Do with Me is the 19th studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker, released on July 2, 1991 as her final album for Capitol Records, after that album's release, Tucker exited Capitol's roster in favor of Liberty Records in 1992. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Five hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" and "Down to My Last Teardrop" both at number two, "Some Kind of Trouble" at number three, and "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" at number four. The track "Everything That You Want" was later covered by Reba McEntire for her 1994 album, Read My Mind.
Track listing
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| title1 = If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight
| writer1 = Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = Some Kind of Trouble
| writer2 = Mike Reid, Brent Maher, Don Potter
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = (Without You) What Do I Do with Me
| writer3 = Royce Porter, L. David Lewis, David Chamberlain
| length3 = 2:55
| title4 = Down to My Last Teardrop
| writer4 = Paul Davis
| length4 = 3:28
| title5 = Everything That You Want
| writer5 = Randy Sharp, Jack Wesley Routh
| length5 = 3:42
| title6 = Trail of Tears
| writer6 = Paul Kennerley
| length6 = 3:02
| title7 = Bidding America Goodbye (The Auction)
| writer7 = Jamie O'Hara
| length7 = 3:21
| title8 = Time and Distance
| writer8 = Donny Lowery, Sharp
| length8 = 3:48
| title9 = He Was Just Leaving
| writer9 = Lisa Angelle, Walt Aldridge
| length9 = 3:40
| title10 = Right About Now
| writer10 = Rick Bowles, Jeff Silbar
| length10 = 3:38
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Personnel
As listed in liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=What Do I Do with Me |others=Tanya Tucker |year=1991 |type=CD |publisher=Liberty Records |id=125536}}
- Tanya Tucker - vocals
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Beth Nielsen Chapman - backing vocals
- Paul Davis - backing vocals
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
- Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Greg Gordon - backing vocals
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Jim Horn - saxophone
- Mitch Humphries - keyboards
- David Innis - synthesizer
- Mike Lawler - synthesizer
- Paul Leim - drums
- Liana Manis - backing vocals
- Donna McElroy - backing vocals
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Wayland Patton - backing vocals
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- Bob Wray - bass guitar
- Curtis Young - backing vocals
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (RPM)
| 10 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|48|artist=Tanya Tucker|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 29, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|6|artist=Tanya Tucker|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 29, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 29, 2021}}
| 44 |
| scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}
| 15 |
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References
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- [http://www.cmaawards.com/2007/database/ArtistDetail.aspx?artistId=37 Tanya Tucker on CMA awards database]
- The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits by Joel Whitburn [2006] {{ISBN|978-0-8230-8291-9}}
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