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{{Infobox album
| name = Anything Goes
| type = studio
| artist = [[Randy Houser]]
| cover = RandyHouserAnythingGoes.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 18, 2008
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
* Sound Kitchen and House of Nadia (Franklin, Tennessee)
* East Iris Studios, Starstruck Studios and Little Big Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 41:20
| label = [[Show Dog-Universal Music|Universal South]]
| producer = {{flatlist|
* [[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]]
* Cliff Audretch III
}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[They Call Me Cadillac]]
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Anything Goes
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Anything Goes (Randy Houser song)|Anything Goes]]
| single1date = June 2, 2008
| single2 = [[Boots On]]
| single2date = February 23, 2009
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1450842|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Anything Goes'' review|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = Engine 145
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engine145.com/album-review-randy-houser-anything-goes/ |title=''Anything Goes'' review |last=Vercher |first=Brady |date=November 20, 2008 |work=Engine 145 |accessdate=January 15, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218012643/http://www.the9513.com/album-review-randy-houser-anything-goes/ |archivedate=December 18, 2008 }}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Anything Goes''''' is the debut studio album by American [[country music]] singer [[Randy Houser]]. It was released on November 18, 2008 via [[Show Dog-Universal Music|Universal South Records]]. The album's lead-off single, its [[Anything Goes (Randy Houser song)|title track]], reached number 16 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart. The second single, "[[Boots On]]", peaked at number 2. Houser co-wrote all but three of the songs on the album.

"[[Back to God]]" was later recorded by [[Reba McEntire]] for her 2017 album ''[[Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope]]'', from which it was released as the second single.

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| title1 = [[Boots On]]
| writer1 = [[Randy Houser]], Brandon Kinney
| length1 = 2:51
| title2 = [[Anything Goes (Randy Houser song)|Anything Goes]]
| writer2 = [[Brice Long]], John Wiggins
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = Wild Wild West
| writer3 = [[Angelo Petraglia]], Daryl Burgess, Houser
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = [[Back to God]]
| writer4 = [[Dallas Davidson]], Houser
| length4 = 5:14
| title5 = Something Real
| writer5 = [[David Lee Murphy]], Houser
| length5 = 4:22
| title6 = My Kind of Country
| writer6 = Davidson, Houser
| length6 = 2:55
| title7 = Strange
| writer7 = Chuck Jones, [[Chuck Cannon]]
| length7 = 3:13
| title8 = Lie
| writer8 = Reed Nielsen, [[Shane Minor]], Houser
| length8 = 4:11
| title9 = Paycheck Man
| writer9 = [[Derek George]], Danny Myrick, Houser
| length9 = 3:04
| title10 = How Many Times
| writer10 = [[Jon Randall]], [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]]
| length10 = 4:07
| title11 = I'll Sleep
| writer11 = Minor, Myrick, Houser
| length11 = 4:48
}}

== Personnel ==
Adapted from liner notes.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Anything Goes |others=Randy Houser |year=2008 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Universal Records South |id=B0011699-02}}</ref>

* [[Randy Houser]] – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (6, 8, 9)
* Steve Nathan – [[Hammond B3 organ]] (1, 3-5, 9), acoustic piano (2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11)
* [[Kevin McKendree]] – [[Wurlitzer electric piano]] (6, 7), Hammond B3 organ (6, 7)
* [[J. T. Corenflos]] – electric guitar, [[baritone guitar]] (5)
* B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (1-5), [[gut-string guitar]] (5)
* Rob McNelley – electric guitar (1-7)
* Bruce Wallace – acoustic guitar (6, 7)
* [[Kenny Greenberg]] – electric guitar (8-11)
* [[John Willis (musician)|John Willis]] – acoustic guitar (8-11)
* [[Bryan Sutton]] – acoustic guitar (11)
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] – [[steel guitar]] (1-5, 8-11), [[dobro]] (11)
* [[Michael Rhodes (musician)|Michael Rhodes]] – bass (1-5, 8-11)
* Steve Mackey – bass (6, 7)
* [[Lonnie Wilson]] – drums (1-5, 8-11)
* Nick Buda – drums (6, 7)
* [[Eric Darken]] – percussion (1-6, 8, 9, 11)
* [[Stuart Duncan]] – [[fiddle]] (11)
* David Angell – strings (4, 5)
* John Catchings – strings (4, 5)
* David Davidson – strings (4, 5)
* Kristin Wilkinson – strings (4, 5), string arrangements (4, 5)
* Stephen Lamb – copyist (4, 5)
* Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1-5, 7-9, 11)
* Kim Fleming – backing vocals (2, 4)
* Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (2, 4)
* Aaron Mason – backing vocals (2, 4)
* Cliff Audretch III – backing vocals (3)
* [[Vince Gill]] – backing vocals (10)

=== Production ===
* Cliff Audretch III – A&R, producer
* Mark Wright – producer
* Greg Droman – recording, mixing
* Adam Hull – recording assistant
* Greg Lawrence – recording assistant
* Leslie Richter – recording assistant
* Heather Strum – recording assistant
* Chris Ashburn – additional recording assistant
* Kim Daewoo – additional recording assistant
* Aaron Kasdorf – additional recording assistant
* Todd Tidwell – additional recording assistant
* Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Carie Higdon – production coordinator
* Natalie S. Moore – art direction, additional photography
* Susannah Parrish – art direction, design
* Kristin Barlowe – photography
* Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2008)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|101|artist=Randy Houser|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|21|artist=Randy Houser|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|1|artist=Randy Houser|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2009)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
| 47
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Randy Houser}}

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[[Category:2008 debut albums]]
[[Category:Randy Houser albums]]
[[Category:Show Dog-Universal Music albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)]]

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