What This Country Needs
| What This Country Needs | ||||
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| Released | October 6, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:59 | |||
| Label | Lyric Street | |||
| Producer | Pat McMakin Aaron Tippin | |||
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| Singles from What This Country Needs | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
What This Country Needs is a 1998 album released by country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was his first full studio album since switching from RCA Nashville to Lyric Street Records. The album includes three singles: "For You I Will", "I'm Leaving", and "Her", which respectively reached #6, #17, and #33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The track "Sweetwater" was originally recorded by McBride & the Ride on their 1993 album Hurry Sundown, and by Greg Holland on his 1994 album Let Me Drive.
Track listing
- "What This Country Needs" (Aaron Tippin, Donny Kees) – 3:09
- "For You I Will" (Mark Nesler, Tony Martin) – 3:32
- "Her" (Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele) – 3:14
- "I Didn't Come This Far (Just to Walk Away)" (Michael P. Heeney, Tippin) – 2:55
- "I'm Leaving" (Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker, L. David Lewis) – 3:21
- "Nothing Compares to Loving You" (Wiseman, Steele) – 4:10
- "Don't Stop (We're Just Gettin' Started)" (Al Anderson, Dean Dillon) – 3:03
- "Somewhere Under the Rainbow" (Scott Blackwell, Jerry Laseter, Kerry Kurt Phillips) – 3:35
- "Back When I Knew Everything" (Tippin, Mel Besher) – 3:02
- "Sweetwater" (Jon Vezner, Allen Shamblin) – 4:09
- "You're the Only Reason for Me" (Heeney, Tippin) – 3:32
Personnel
Amalgamated from liner notes[2]
- Eddie Bayers - drums, percussion
- Dennis Burnside - piano, organ
- Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin
- Wes Hightower - background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7 & 9)
- Steve Hill - background vocals (tracks 2 - 11)
- Mike Johnson - steel guitar
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar (tracks 1, 3 - 5, 7, 9 - 11), acoustic guitar (track 4)
- Brent Mason - electric guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 8)
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar (tracks 1, 3 - 5, 7, 9 - 11)
- Aaron Tippin - lead vocals
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar (tracks 1 - 3, 5 - 11)
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
- Curtis Young - background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4 - 6, 8, 10 & 11)
Strings arranged by Dennis Burnside and performed by the Nashville String Machine. Contracted by Carl Gorodetzky.
Chart performance
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 23 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ What This Country Needs (CD). Aaron Tippin. Lyric Street Records. 1998. 65003.
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- Allmusic (see infobox)