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The Best Kenny Chesney Albums of All Time

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Kenny Chesney is one of the most popular country singers and a bro country icon. Since he''s such an influential artist, let’s rank the best Kenny Chesney albums, with the help of your votes. While it took Chesney up until his sixth album, No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002), to hit his commercial stride, his earlier work like In My Wildest Dreams (1994) and All I Need to Know (1995) are still critically acclaimed.

This Kenny Chesney discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Kenny Chesney albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Kenny Chesney singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Kenny Chesney album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Kenny Chesney album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

The list you're viewing contains Chesney albums like All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan (2003) and When the Sun Goes Down (2004). This list of popular Kenny Chesney CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order of this list isn't just one person's opinion.

  • When the Sun Goes Down
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    When the Sun Goes Down

    1. There Goes My Life
    2. I Go Back
    3. When the Sun Goes Down (duet with Uncle Kracker) 
    4. The Woman with You
    5. Some People Change
    6. Anything But Mine
    7. Keg in the Closet
    8. When I Think About Leaving
    9. Being Drunk's a Lot Like Loving You
    10. Outta Here
    11. Old Blue Chair

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2004
    • Tracks: Please Come to Boston (live), Some People Change, Outta Here
    106 votes
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  • No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
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    No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

    1. Young
    2. I Remember
    3. A Lot of Things Different
    4. The Good Stuff
    5. Big Star
    6. On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful
    7. Never Gonna Feel Like That Again
    8. Dreams
    9. No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
    10. Live Those Songs
    11. One Step Up
    12. I Can't Go There (acoustic version)

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2002
    • Tracks: Young, I Can't Go There (acoustic), Dreams
    98 votes
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  • The Road and the Radio
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    The Road and the Radio

    1. The Road and the Radio
    2. Living in Fast Forward
    3. Who You'd Be Today
    4. You Save Me
    5. Summertime
    6. In a Small Town
    7. Beer in Mexico
    8. Freedom
    9. Tequila Loves Me
    10. Somebody Take Me Home
    11. Like Me

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2005
    • Tracks: Old Bird Dog, Living in Fast Forward, Freedom
    79 votes
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  • The Big Revival
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    The Big Revival

    1. The Big Revival
    2. Drink It Up
    3. Til It's Gone
    4. American Kids
    5. Wild Child (duet with Grace Potter)  
    6. Beer Can Chicken
    7. Rock Bottom
    8. Don't It
    9. Save It for a Rainy Day
    10. Flora-Bama
    11. If This Bus Could Talk

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2014
    54 votes
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  • Hemingway's Whiskey
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    Hemingway's Whiskey

    1. The Boys of Fall
    2. Live a Little
    3. Coastal
    4. You and Tequila (feat. Grace Potter)  
    5. Seven Days
    6. Small Y'all (feat. George Jones)   
    7. Where I Grew Up
    8. Reality
    9. Round and Round
    10. Somewhere with You
    11. Hemingway's Whiskey

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2010
    • Tracks: Seven Days, Live a Little, Round and Round
    67 votes
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  • Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
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    Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates

    1. Never Wanted Nothing More
    2. Don't Blink
    3. Shiftwork (duet with George Strait) 
    4. Just Not Today
    5. Wife and Kids
    6. Got a Little Crazy
    7. Better as a Memory
    8. Dancin' for the Groceries
    9. Wild Ride (feat. Joe Walsh)  
    10. Scare Me
    11. Demons

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2007
    • Tracks: Wild Ride, Wife and Kids, Don't Blink
    63 votes
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  • Songs for the Saints
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    Songs for the Saints

    1. Songs for the Saints
    2. Every Heart
    3. Get Along
    4. Pirate Song
    5. Love for Love City (feat. Ziggy Marley)
    6. Ends of the Earth
    7. Gulf Moon
    8. Island Rain
    9. Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season (feat. Jimmy Buffett)    Buffett    4:09
    10. We're All Here
    11. Better Boat (feat. Mindy Smith)

    • Release Date: 2018
    38 votes
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  • Be as You Are
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    Be as You Are

    1. Old Blue Chair
    2. Be as You Are
    3. Guitars and Tiki Bars
    4. Island Boy
    5. Somewhere in the Sun
    6. Boston
    7. Something Sexy About the Rain
    8. French Kissing Life
    9. Key Lime Pie
    10. Sherry's Living in Paradise
    11. Magic
    12. Soul of a Sailor
    13. Old Blue Chair (ocean mix)

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2004
    • Tracks: French Kissing Life, Old Blue Chair (Ocean mix), Be as You Are
    68 votes
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  • Welcome to the Fishbowl
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    Welcome to the Fishbowl

    1. Come Over
    2. Feel Like a Rock Star (with Tim McGraw) 
    3. Sing 'Em Good My Friend
    4. Welcome to the Fishbowl
    5. I'm a Small Town
    6. El Cerrito Place
    7. Makes Me Wonder
    8. While He Still Knows Who I Am
    9. Time Flie
    10. To Get to You (55th and 3rd)
    11. Always Gonna Be You
    12. You and Tequila (live with Grace Potter)

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2012
    • Tracks: Time Flies, Come Over, Welcome to the Fishbowl
    55 votes
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  • Here and Now
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    Here and Now

    1. We Do
    2. Here and Now
    3. Everyone She Knows
    4. Wasted
    5. Knowing You
    6. Heartbreakers
    7. Someone to Fix
    8. Happy Does
    9. Tip of My Tongue
    10. You Don’t Get To
    11. Beautiful World
    12. Guys Named Captain

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2020
    32 votes
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  • Everywhere We Go
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    Everywhere We Go

    1. What I Need to Do
    2. How Forever Feels
    3. You Had Me from Hello
    4. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
    5. Life Is Good
    6. Everywhere We Go
    7. She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
    8. California
    9. Baptism (feat. Randy Travis)
    10. A Woman Knows
    11. I Might Get Over You

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 1999
    46 votes
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  • Lucky Old Sun
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    Lucky Old Sun

    1. I'm Alive (duet with Dave Matthews) 
    2. Way Down Here
    3. Boats
    4. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (feat. The Wailers)  
    5. Down the Road (duet with Mac McAnally) 
    6. Spirit of a Storm
    7. Ten with a Two
    8. The Life
    9. Key's in the Conch Shell
    10. Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be
    11. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) (duet with Willie Nelson)

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2008
    • Tracks: Spirit of a Storm, Got a Little Crazy (live), Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
    58 votes
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  • Cosmic Hallelujah
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    Cosmic Hallelujah

    1. Trip Around the Sun
    2. All the Pretty Girls
    3. Setting the World on Fire (feat. Pink) 
    4. Noise
    5. Bucket
    6. Bar at the End of the World
    7. Some Town Somewhere
    8. Rich and Miserable
    9. Jesus and Elvis
    10. Winnebago
    11. Coach
    12. I Want to Know What Love Is

    • Release Date: 2016
    48 votes
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  • Life on a Rock
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    Life on a Rock

    1. Pirate Flag
    2. When I See This Bar
    3. Spread the Love (with The Wailers and Elán) 
    4. Lindy
    5. Coconut Tree (with Willie Nelson) 
    6. It's That Time of Day
    7. Life on a Rock
    8. Marley
    9. Must Be Something I Missed
    10. Happy on the Hey Now (A Song for Kristi)

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2013
    • Tracks: Lindy, When I See This Bar, Life on a Rock
    55 votes
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  • I Will Stand
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    I Will Stand

    1. She's Got It All
    2. You Win, I Win, We Lose
    3. She Gets That Way
    4. I Will Stand
    5. That's Why I'm Here
    6. Steamy Windows
    7. From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell (feat. George Jones and Tracy Lawrence)    
    8. She Always Says It First
    9. Lonely, Needin' Lovin'
    10. A Chance
    11. When I Close My Eyes (acoustic version)

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 1997
    • Tracks: When I Close My Eyes (acoustic version), She's Got It All, That's Why I'm Here
    44 votes
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  • All I Need to Know
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    All I Need to Know

    1. Fall in Love
    2. Grandpa Told Me So
    3. The Bigger the Fool (The Harder the Fall)
    4. All I Need to Know
    5. Honey, Would You Stand by Me
    6. Someone Else's Hog
    7. Me and You
    8. Between Midnight and Daylight
    9. Paris, Tennessee
    10. The Tin Man

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 1995
    • Tracks: Between Midnight and Daylight, Fall in Love, All I Need to Know
    31 votes
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  • Me and You
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    Me and You

    1. Back in My Arms Again
    2. Ain't That Love
    3. When I Close My Eyes
    4. Back Where I Come From
    5. Turn for the Worse
    6. Me and You
    7. (Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight
    8. Another Friday Night
    9. No Small Miracle
    10. My Poor Old Heart
    11. It's Never Easy to Say Goodbye

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 1996
    • Tracks: It's Never Easy to Say Goodbye, (Turn Out the Light) Love Me Tonight, Another Friday Night
    36 votes
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  • In My Wildest Dreams
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    In My Wildest Dreams

    1. Whatever It Takes
    2. Somebody's Callin'
    3. The Tin Man
    4. High and Dry
    5. I Finally Found Somebody
    6. When She Calls Me Baby
    7. In My Wildest Dreams
    8. I Want My Rib Back
    9. Angel Loved the Devil
    10. I'd Love to Change Your Name

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 1994
    • Tracks: I Want My Rib Back, I Finally Found Somebody, When She Calls Me Baby
    28 votes
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  • All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
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    All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan

    1. All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
    2. Jingle Bells
    3. I'll Be Home for Christmas
    4. Christmas in Dixie (feat. Randy Owen)   
    5. Thank God for Kids
    6. Silver Bells
    7. Just a Kid
    8. The Angel at the Top of My Tree
    9. Pretty Paper (feat. Willie Nelson)
    10. Silent Night (feat. the Grigsby Twins)
    11. O Little Town of Bethlehem

    • Artist: Kenny Chesney
    • Release Date: 2003
    • Tracks: Pretty Paper, Silver Bells, Thank God for Kids
    37 votes
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