What I Do

What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" and "USA Today" both reached #18, making this album the first of Jackson's career not to produce any #1 hits.

The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background vocalists on "If Love Was a River", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track "Strong Enough".

Critical reception
Giving the album all four stars, People magazine said on the album that Jackson "continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection."

Personnel

 * Monty Allen – background vocals
 * Eddie Bayers – drums
 * Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
 * Mark Fain – bass guitar
 * Robbie Flint – steel guitar
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Dave Gaylord – fiddle
 * Lloyd Green – steel guitar
 * Danny Groah – electric guitar
 * Alan Jackson – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
 * Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
 * Dave Kelley – mandolin
 * Patty Loveless – background vocals on "Monday Morning Church"
 * Brent Mason – electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
 * Monty Parkey – piano
 * Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
 * Matt Rollings – piano
 * Bruce Rutherford – drums
 * Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
 * John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
 * Tony Stephens – acoustic guitar
 * Richard Sterban – background vocals on "Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down"
 * Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar, banjo
 * Roger Wills – bass guitar
 * Glenn Worf – bass guitar
 * Adam Wright – background vocals on "If Love Was a River"
 * Shannon Wright – background vocals on "If Love Was a River"

Chart performance
What I Do debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third  #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004.