Then Came the Night


Then Came the Night is the only studio album of American country music artist Tommy Shane Steiner, released in 2002 on RCA Records. It features the single "What If She's an Angel", a number 2 hit for Steiner on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 2001-early 2002. Both the second and third singles — "Tell Me Where It Hurts" and "What We're Gonna Do About It", respectively — peaked at number 43 on the same chart.
The track "The Mind of John J. Blanchard" was later recorded by Anthony Smith under the title "John J. Blanchard" on his 2003 debut album If That Ain't Country, from which it was released as a single that year. "I Go Crazy" is a cover of pop singer Paul Davis's hit from 1978.
Jimmy Ritchey produced the album, with Frank Liddell serving as associate producer on tracks 2 and 5.

Critical reception

of Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, calling it "a mainstream pop album with a little bit of country dressing" and saying that Steiner is "a modest, likeable singer." Mark Marymont of Country Weekly praised "What If She's an Angel" as "sweetly sentimental", and saying that he "adds a new emotional dimension" to "I Go Crazy". Ray Waddell of Billboard gave the album a mostly-negative review, criticizing it as "devoid of substance" and calling the title track "pretentious", while calling "The Mind of John J. Blanchard" "well-written and even quite moving".

Track listing

  1. "That Just Wouldn't Be Me" – 3:31
  2. "Tell Me Where It Hurts" – 4:04
  3. "What If She's an Angel" – 3:35
  4. "Let Go" – 3:18
  5. "The Mind of John J. Blanchard" – 3:55
  6. "What We're Gonna Do About It" – 4:06
  7. *duet with Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
  8. "I Don't Need Another Reason" – 4:27
  9. *duet with Randy Travis
  10. "Havin' a Good Time" – 4:03
  11. *background vocals: Richie McDonald
  12. "I Go Crazy" – 3:56
  13. "And Yet" – 4:20
  14. "Then Came the Night" – 5:54

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