I Will Stand is the fourth studio album by Americancountry music singerKenny Chesney. It was released on July 15, 1997, onBNA Records. "She's Got It All" was the album's first single, as well as Chesney's first number 1 single on theBillboard country music charts. "A Chance", "That's Why I'm Here" and "I Will Stand" were all released as singles as well, peaking on the country charts at number 11, number 2, and number 27, respectively. Also included is an acoustic rendition of Chesney's 1996 single "When I Close My Eyes".
I Will Stand became Chesney's first certified Gold album. It was his last album to have aneotraditional country sound before he developed a more crossover-friendlycountry-pop sound.
The track "Lonely, Needin' Lovin'" was previously recorded and released byWoody Lee on his 1995Atlantic album,Get Over It.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five onAllMusic, opining that Chesney began to find his musical personality on the album.[2]