Live Like You Were Dying

Live Like You Were Dying
Studio album by
Tim McGraw
ReleasedAugust 24, 2004 (2004-08-24)
GenreCountry
Length64:00
LabelCurb Records
Producer
Tim McGraw chronology
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
(2002) 		Live Like You Were Dying
(2004) 		Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(2006)
Singles from Live Like You Were Dying
  1. "Live Like You Were Dying"
    Released: June 7, 2004
  2. "Back When"
    Released: August 30, 2004
  3. "Drugs or Jesus"
    Released: January 17, 2005
  4. "Do You Want Fries with That"
    Released: May 23, 2005
  5. "My Old Friend"
    Released: September 20, 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(61/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com [2]
Allmusic [3]
BillboardPositive [4]
Cross Rhythms [5]
Entertainment WeeklyB [6]
Los Angeles Times [1]
Mojo [1]
The New York TimesMixed [7]
USA Today [8]

Live Like You Were Dying is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on August 24, 2004 by Curb Records. It was recorded in a mountaintop studio in upstate New York. It entered the Billboard 200 chart at number one, with sales of 766,000 copies in its first week.[9] The album was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA for shipping four million copies,[10] and was nominated for Best Country Album at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. That same year at the Grammys, the title track from Live Like You Were Dying was nominated for Song of the Year and won in the categories Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Five singles were released from the album, all were top 15 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart, two of which hit #1.

  1. ^ a b c "Critic Reviews for Live Like You Were Dying". Metacritic. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. ^ Rondinella, Penny. "Tim McGraw - 'Live Like You Were Dying'". About.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom (August 24, 2004). "Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw". Allmusic. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  4. ^ "Live Like You Were Dying". Billboard. September 4, 2004. Archived from the original on August 28, 2004. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  5. ^ Rimmer, Mike (March 1, 2005). "Review: Live Like You Were Dying". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  6. ^ Chris Willman (September 3, 2004). "Live Like You Were Dying Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  7. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (September 20, 2004). "CRITIC'S CHOICE/New CD's - Mamas, Trains, Prisons and a Wink". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  8. ^ Mansfield, Brian (August 23, 2004). "Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying". USA Today. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "Tim McGraw Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  10. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2012.