Tight Rope (album)
| Tight Rope | ||||
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| Released | September 21, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 47:06 | |||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Producer | Kix Brooks Don Cook Ronnie Dunn Byron Gallimore | |||
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| Alternative Cover | ||||
 Re-release with title printed on cover | ||||
| Singles from Tight Rope | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Tight Rope is the sixth studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 1999 on Arista Nashville. Their least successful album commercially, it was the first album of their career not to receive platinum certification from the RIAA; furthermore, only one of its three singles reached Top Ten on the country charts. The album's lead-off single was a cover of John Waite's 1984 single "Missing You". This cover peaked at #15 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Following it were the #19 "Beer Thirty" and the #5 "You'll Always Be Loved by Me". "Goin' Under Gettin' Over You" also reached #60 from unsolicited play as an album cut.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Goin' Under Gettin' Over You" | Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride | 2:56 |
| 2. | "Missing You" | John Waite, Mark Leonard, Charles Sandford | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Temptation #9" | Kix Brooks, Bob DiPiero | 3:32 |
| 4. | "Hurt Train" | Dunn, McBride | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Can't Stop My Heart" | Brooks, Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro | 4:19 |
| 6. | "Too Far This Time" | Dunn | 3:30 |
| 7. | "You'll Always Be Loved by Me" | Dunn, McBride | 3:02 |
| 8. | "I Love You More" | Brooks, DiPiero | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Beer Thirty" | Dunn, McBride | 2:37 |
| 10. | "Don't Look Back Now" | Brooks, Don Cook | 3:52 |
| 11. | "All Out of Love" | Dunn, McBride | 4:09 |
| 12. | "The Trouble with Angels" | Brooks, DiPiero | 4:12 |
| 13. | "Texas and Norma Jean" | Brooks, Lewis Anderson | 3:51 |
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Country Albums (RPM) | 6 |
| US Billboard 200[2] | 31 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] | 6 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 56 |
| Chart (2000) | Position |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 41 |
Personnel
Brooks & Dunn
- Kix Brooks - lead vocals, background vocals
- Ronnie Dunn - lead vocals, background vocals
Musicians
- Robert Bailey - background vocals
- Bruce Bouton - lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Kim Fleming - background vocals
- Larry Franklin - fiddle
- Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle, "assorted hoedown tools"
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals
- Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
- John Barlow Jarvis - piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
- B. James Lowry - electric guitar
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Steve Nathan - keyboards
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Curtis Young - background vocals
Production
- Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Don Cook (tracks 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13)
- Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Byron Gallimore (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11)
- Doug Sax - Mastering
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r428783
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-64. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "2000 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-62. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
