No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
Studio album by Kenny Chesney
Released	April 23, 2002 (2002-04-23)
Recorded	2001–2002
Studio	Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) Seventeen Grand (Nashville, Tennessee) Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee) Sound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	49:27
Label	BNA
Producer	Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney Norro Wilson
Kenny Chesney chronology
Greatest Hits (2000) No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002) All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan (2003)
Singles from No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
"Young" Released: December 31, 2001 "The Good Stuff" Released: May 6, 2002 "A Lot of Things Different" Released: September 2, 2002 "Big Star" Released: January 20, 2003 "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" Released: May 26, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Country Weekly	(favorable)[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]
People	(average)[5]
Plugged In (publication)	(mixed)[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in April 2002 via BNA Records. It became Chesney's first album to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 2001 and 2003 with "Young" (number 2), "The Good Stuff" (number one), "A Lot of Things Different" (number 6), "Big Star" (number 2), and the title track (number 2). A live performance music video was made for "Live Those Songs", which charted at number 60 without being released as a single; the song also became a concert tour opener for Chesney for several years. "On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful" was also made into a music video, without being released as a single. "The Good Stuff" was the biggest hit of Chesney's career at the time, not only spending seven weeks at the top of the country charts, but also becoming Billboard's Number One country single of 2002 according to Billboard Year-End. In 2004, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States.

"A Lot of Things Different" was previously recorded by Bill Anderson on his 2001 album of the same name.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Young"	Craig Wiseman, Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan	3:56
2.	"I Remember"	Brad Crisler, James LeBlanc	4:52
3.	"A Lot of Things Different"	Bill Anderson, Dean Dillon	4:43
4.	"The Good Stuff"	Wiseman, Jim Collins	3:20
5.	"Big Star"	Stephony Smith	3:59
6.	"On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful"	LuAnn Reid, Bill Luther, Danny Simpson	3:34
7.	"Never Gonna Feel Like That Again"	Paul Overstreet, Phillip Coleman	3:53
8.	"Dreams"	Skip Ewing, Kenny Chesney	4:11
9.	"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"	Casey Beathard	3:31
10.	"Live Those Songs"	Chris Bain, Cole Deggs, David Lowe	3:50
11.	"One Step Up"	Bruce Springsteen	5:53
12.	"I Can't Go There" (acoustic version)	Ewing, Chesney	3:45
Total length:			49:27

Deluxe edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" (single version)	Beathard	2:55
Total length:			52:22

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[8]

• Wyatt Beard – piano, background vocals (all tracks except 10 and 12)
• David Briggs – synthesizer
• Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Melonie Cannon – vocals
• Mark Casstevens – electric guitar, ukulele
• Kenny Chesney – lead vocals
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Tim Hensley – acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals (tracks 1,4,5,6,7,11)
• Wes Hightower – background vocals (tracks 8,10)
• John Hobbs – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
• Nicholas Hoffman – fiddle
• John Jorgenson – electric guitar
• Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar
• Randy McCormick – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
• Tim McGraw – vocals on track 12 (uncredited)
• Liana Manis – background vocals (tracks 2,7,8)
• Steve Marshall – bass guitar
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Clayton Mitchell – electric guitar
• Steve Nathan – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
• Dale Oliver – electric guitar
• Sean Paddock – drums
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Gary Prim – piano, synthesizer
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Sunny Russ – background vocals (track 11)
• John Willis – electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Chart (2002) Peak position US Billboard 200[9] 1 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 1 Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Chart (2002) Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[11] 169 Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[12] 11 US Billboard 200[13] 32 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 5 Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[15] 42 Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200[16] 47 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[17] 8 Chart (2004) Position US Billboard 200[18] 162 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[19] 29

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications (sales threshold) US Country [20] US [21] 2001 "Young" 2 35 2002 "The Good Stuff" 1 22 * US: Gold[22] "A Lot of Things Different" 6 55 2003 "Big Star" 2 28 "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" 2 28 * US: Gold[23]

Certifications

Certifications for No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[24]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. About.com review
2. Allmusic review
3. Country Weekly review
4. Entertainment Weekly review
5. People review
6. Plugged In review
7. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems". Rolling Stone. 2002-06-20. Archived from the original on 2017-12-09.
8. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem (Media notes). Kenny Chesney. BNA Records. 2002. BNA07863-67038-2RE.
9. "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
10. "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
11. "Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
12. "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
13. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
14. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
15. "Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
16. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
17. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
18. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
19. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
20. "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
21. "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
22. "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – The Good Stuff". Recording Industry Association of America.
23. "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems". Recording Industry Association of America.
24. "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems". Recording Industry Association of America.