Anything Goes is the debut studio album by American country music singer Randy Houser. It was released on November 18, 2008, via Universal South Records. The album's lead-off single, its title track, reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The second single, "Boots On", peaked at number 2. Houser co-wrote all but three of the songs on the album.
"Back to God" was later recorded by Reba McEntire for her 2017 album Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope, from which it was released as the second single.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from liner notes.
Randy Houser – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (6, 8, 9) Steve Nathan – Hammond B3 organ (1, 3–5, 9), acoustic piano (2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11) Kevin McKendree – Wurlitzer electric piano (6, 7), Hammond B3 organ (6, 7) J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar, baritone guitar (5) B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (1–5), gut-string guitar (5) Rob McNelley – electric guitar (1–7) Bruce Wallace – acoustic guitar (6, 7) Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (8–11) John Willis – acoustic guitar (8–11) Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (11) Paul Franklin – steel guitar (1–5, 8–11), dobro (11) Michael Rhodes – bass (1–5, 8–11) Steve Mackey – bass (6, 7) Lonnie Wilson – drums (1–5, 8–11) Nick Buda – drums (6, 7) Eric Darken – percussion (1–6, 8, 9, 11) Stuart Duncan – fiddle (11) David Angell – strings (4, 5) John Catchings – strings (4, 5) David Davidson – strings (4, 5) Kristin Wilkinson – strings (4, 5), string arrangements (4, 5) Stephen Lamb – copyist (4, 5) Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1–5, 7–9, 11) Kim Fleming – backing vocals (2, 4) Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (2, 4) Aaron Mason – backing vocals (2, 4) Cliff Audretch III – backing vocals (3) Vince Gill – backing vocals (10)
Production Cliff Audretch III – A&R, producer Mark Wright – producer Greg Droman – recording, mixing Adam Hull – recording assistant Greg Lawrence – recording assistant Leslie Richter – recording assistant Heather Strum – recording assistant Chris Ashburn – additional recording assistant Kim Daewoo – additional recording assistant Aaron Kasdorf – additional recording assistant Todd Tidwell – additional recording assistant Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) Carie Higdon – production coordinator Natalie S. Moore – art direction, additional photography Susannah Parrish – art direction, design Kristin Barlowe – photography Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 47
References