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When the Sun Goes Down
When the Sun Goes Down
Studio album by Kenny Chesney
Released	February 3, 2004
Recorded	2003–04
Studio	Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee); Starstruck (Nashville, Tennessee); Westwood;
Genre	Country
Length	45:13
Label	BNA Records
Producer	Buddy Cannon; Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
Singles from When the Sun Goes Down
	"There Goes My Life"; Released: October 20, 2003; "When the Sun Goes Down"; Released: February 2, 2004; "I Go Back"; Released: May 3, 2004; "The Woman with You"; Released: August 31, 2004; "Anything but Mine"; Released: January 3, 2005; "Keg in the Closet"; Released: May 9, 2005;

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(67/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
Allmusic	^[3]
BBC Music	(positive)^[4]
Billboard	(positive)^[5]
Blender	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	(unfavorable)^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[7]
Los Angeles Times	^[1]^[8]
Robert Christgau	^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[10]

When the Sun Goes Down is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on February 3, 2004 by BNA Records. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling over 550,000 copies in its first week.^[11]

The album produced six singles with "There Goes My Life", the title track (a duet with Uncle Kracker), "I Go Back", "The Woman with You", "Anything but Mine", and "Keg in the Closet" all of which charted in the Top 10 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "There Goes My Life", the title track, and "Anything but Mine" all reached number one, "I Go Back" and "The Woman with You" both peaked at number 2, and "Keg in the Closet" went to number 6. The title track is also Uncle Kracker's first country chart entry.

Also included on this album is the song "Some People Change", which was later recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry as the title track to their 2006 album of the same name. Their version was released as a single and became a Top 10 hit for them that year.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There Goes My Life"	Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley	5:02
2.	"I Go Back"	Kenny Chesney	4:03
3.	"When the Sun Goes Down" (duet with Uncle Kracker)	Brett James	4:50
4.	"The Woman with You"	Craig Wiseman, David Frasier	4:31
5.	"Some People Change"	Thrasher, Jason Sellers, Michael Dulaney	3:27
6.	"Anything but Mine"	Scooter Carusoe	5:25
7.	"Keg in the Closet"	Chesney, James	3:32
8.	"When I Think About Leaving"	Tim Johnson, Rory Lee Feek, Paul Overstreet	4:39
9.	"Being Drunk's a Lot Like Loving You"	Skip Ewing, Chesney	3:33
10.	"Outta Here"	Josh Leo	2:47
11.	"Old Blue Chair"	Chesney	3:24
Total length:			45:13

Limited Edition tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Live Those Songs" (live)	4:09
13.	"What I Need to Do" (live)	4:41
14.	"Please Come to Boston" (live)	4:00

Target Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)
15.	"Marina del Rey"	Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus
16.	"Come Monday"	Jimmy Buffett
17.	"I Wonder Do You Think of Me"	Sanger D. Shafer
18.	"I'm On Fire"	Bruce Springsteen
19.	"I Always Get Lucky with You"	Merle Haggard, Freddy Powers, Gary Church, Tex Whitson

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[12]

Eddie Bayers - drums
Wyatt Beard - background vocals
Mat Britain - steel drums, percussion
Pat Buchanan - electric guitar, harmonica
Melonie Cannon - background vocals
Kenny Chesney - lead vocals
J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar
Chad Cromwell - drums
Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Tim Hensley - banjo, background vocals
Wes Hightower - background vocals
John Hobbs - piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Dann Huff - electric guitar
John Jorgenson - electric guitar
Paul Leim - drums, percussion, finger snaps, tambourine
B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar, nylon string guitar, bottleneck guitar
Randy McCormick - piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, synthesizer
Clayton Mitchell - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Sean Paddock - percussion
Larry Paxton - bass guitar
Gary Prim - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer
Tom Roady - steel drums, percussion
Scotty Sanders - steel guitar
Neil Thrasher - background vocals
Uncle Kracker - duet vocals on "When the Sun Goes Down"
John Willis - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, nylon string guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[13]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[14]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Billboard 200^[15]	10
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[16]	2
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)^[17]	20

Chart (2005)	Position
US Billboard 200^[18]	57
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[19]	12

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Certifications (sales threshold)
Year	Single	US Country ^[20]	US ^[21]	Certifications (sales threshold)
2003	"There Goes My Life"	1	29	* US: Gold^[22]
2004	"When the Sun Goes Down" (featuring Uncle Kracker)	1	26	* US: Platinum^[23]
	"I Go Back"	2	32	* US: Gold^[24]
	"The Woman with You"	2	33
2005	"Anything but Mine"	1	48	* US: Gold^[25]
2005	"Keg in the Closet"	6	64