Live Like You Were Dying

Live Like You Were Dying
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 24, 2004 (2004-08-24)
Studio
GenreCountry
Length64:00
LabelCurb Records
Producer
Tim McGraw chronology
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
(2002)
Live Like You Were Dying
(2004)
Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(2006)
Singles from Live Like You Were Dying
  1. "Live Like You Were Dying"
    Released: June 7, 2004
  2. "Back When"
    Released: August 30, 2004
  3. "Drugs or Jesus"
    Released: January 17, 2005
  4. "Do You Want Fries with That"
    Released: May 23, 2005
  5. "My Old Friend"
    Released: September 20, 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(61/100)
Review scores
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About.com
Allmusic
BillboardPositive
Cross Rhythms
Entertainment WeeklyB
Los Angeles Times
Mojo
The New York TimesMixed
USA Today

Live Like You Were Dying is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on August 24, 2004, by Curb Records. It was recorded in a mountaintop studio in upstate New York. It entered the Billboard 200 chart at number one, with sales of 766,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA for shipping four million copies, and was nominated for Best Country Album at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. That same year at the Grammys, the title track from Live Like You Were Dying was nominated for Song of the Year and won in the categories Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Five singles were released from the album, all were top 15 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart, two of which hit #1.