Hardin County Line
| Hardin County Line | ||||
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Studio album by Mark Collie | ||||
| Released | March 29, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 29:46 | |||
| Label | MCA Records | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown Doug Johnson | |||
Mark Collie chronology | ||||
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Hardin County Line is the debut album of American country music singer-songwriter Mark Collie. It featured 3 singles, one of which, "Looks Aren't Everything", hit the top 40. The other two, the title track and "Something With A Ring To It" failed to chart. The album itself reached a peak of number 57.
The track, "Something with a Ring to It" would later be recorded by Garth Brooks and included as a bonus track on The Chase for The Limited Series and would be included on all later pressings of that album. "Where There's Smoke" was later released as a single by Archer/Park in 1994.
Contents
1 Critical reception
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 Chart performance
5 References
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars, John Floyd of AllMusic wrote that the album "evokes the heart of '50s country, with detailed and compassionate songwriting, wildcat vocals, and guitar by James Burton."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Good News and The Bad News" | Mark Collie, Bruce Burch | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Something With a Ring to It" | Collie, Aaron Tippin | 2:30 |
| 3. | "Let Her Go" | Collie | 2:51 |
| 4. | "What I Wouldn't Give" | Burch, Collie, Vip Vipperman | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Where There's Smoke" | Collie, Bobby P. Barker | 2:36 |
| 6. | "Bound to Ramble" | Collie, Michael Gordon, Ronny Scaife | 2:30 |
| 7. | "Looks Aren't Everything" | Collie | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Another Old Soldier" | Collie | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Hardin County Line" | Collie, Scaife | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Deliver Me" | Collie, Bruce Bouton | 3:40 |
Personnel
From Hardin County Line liner notes.[2]
- Musicians
Eddie Bayers - drums
Barry Beckett - piano
James Burton - electric guitar- The Fairfield Five Singers - background vocals on "What I Wouldn't Give"
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Vince Gill - background vocals
Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar- Steve Nathan - organ on "Deliver Me" and "Another Old Soldier"
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
Marty Stuart - acoustic guitar on "Hardin County Line"- Curtis Young - background vocals
- Technical
- Milan Bogdan - digital editing
- David Boyer - engineering
Tony Brown - producer
Doug Johnson - producer, recording, mixing- Brad Jones - engineering
Julian King - engineering- Tim Kish - engineering
- Linell - engineering
- Glenn Meadows - mastering
- Keith Odle - engineering
Chart performance
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 57 |
References
^ ab Hardin County Line at AllMusic
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