The Life of the Party (album)

The Life of the Party is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Neal McCoy. Released in 1999, it contains the singles "I Was" and "The Girls of Summer", which peaked at #37 and #42, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year. "Straighten up and Fly Right" is a cover of a Nat King Cole song.

The Life of the Party
Studio album by Neal McCoy
Released	January 19, 1999 (1999-01-19)
Recorded	Emerald Sound Studio, Sound Stage & 17 Grand, Nashville, TN – 1999
Genre	Country
Length	37:33
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Kyle Lehning
Neal McCoy chronology
Be Good at It (1997) The Life of the Party (1999) 24-7-365 (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Country Standard Time	negative link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Was"	Phil Vassar, Charlie Black	3:13
2.	"Lipstick on the Radio"	Bob DiPiero, Gerry House	3:08
3.	"Only You"	Brett Jones	3:27
4.	"The Girls of Summer"	Randy Boudreaux, Bobby Carmichael	3:05
5.	"New Old Songs"	Dave Gibson	3:59
6.	"The Life of the Party"	Allen Shamblin, Billy Kirsch	2:55
7.	"Completely"	Marc Beeson, Jeff Wood	4:13
8.	"That's Not Her"	Jerry Salley, Steve Leslie	3:39
9.	"Ain't Nothin' Like It"	Vassar, Black, Tommy Rocco	3:41
10.	"The Strongest Man in the World"	Ron Harbin, Ed Hill, Kim Tribble	3:40
11.	"Straighten Up and Fly Right"	Nat King Cole, Irving Mills	2:17

Personnel

• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Thom Flora – background vocals
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• Paul Leim – drums
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Neal McCoy – lead vocals
• Gene Miller – background vocals
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Donny Parenteau – fiddle
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – six string electric bass
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24
Canadian RPM Country Albums	21