Almost Honest (album)
Almost Honest is Josh Kelley's second album, his last album on Hollywood Records. The album peaked at No. 114 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart. "Only You" was released as a single.
The title track appears on the Smallville: The Metropolis Mix soundtrack.
Track listing
"You Are the Woman" is available in the US on the soundtrack to Herbie: Fully Loaded. The hidden track, "Heartache", also appears on the single for "Only You" and is sold separately from "Lydia" on the iTunes version.Personnel
- Josh Kelley – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals, Nashville guitar, all vocals, electric guitar, nylon guitar, harmony vocals
- Spencer Albee – clavinet, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, acoustic piano
- Zac Rae – Wurlitzer electric piano, Ace Tone organ, Chamberlin, organ, keyboards, clavinet
- Dave Yaden – acoustic piano, backing vocals, keyboards, organ, banjo, Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, sampled keyboard strings
- The Matrix – programming
- Clarence Allen – Hammond B3 organ
- Joe Firstman – acoustic piano, backing vocals
- Jacob Luttrell – Wurlitzer electric piano
- Jason "Slim" Gambill – guitars, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Michael Ward – electric guitar
- Ben Peeler – acoustic 12-string guitar, dulcimer, 12-string guitar, lap steel guitar
- Robert Randolph – pedal steel guitar
- Jimmy Harry – slide guitar
- Darwin Johnson – bass, backing vocals
- Michael Bland – drums
- Michael Miley – drums
- Donald Barrett – drums
- David Goodstein – drums
- Matt Wallace – percussion
- Karl Berger – string arrangements
- Charles Kelley – backing vocals
- Amelia Wallace – backing vocals
- Michael Wallace – backing vocals
Production
- Eric Clinger – executive producer, A&R
- Matt Wallace – producer
- The Matrix – producers
- Joe Firstman – producer
- Rick Parker – producer
- Jim Scott – producer
- Lincoln Wheeler – marketing director
- David Snow – creative director
- Tornado Design – package design
- Debbie Wilson – management
- Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Mike Landolt – engineer, mixing
- Brian Reeves – mixing
- The Matrix – engineers, mixing
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Rick Parker – engineer
- Jim Scott – mixing, engineer
- Matt Wallace – mixing
- Tony Phillips – mixing
- Paul Figueroa – assistant engineer
- Posie Muliadi – additional engineer
- Josh Kelley – additional engineer