Put Yourself in My Shoes

Put Yourself in My Shoes
Studio album by Clint Black
Released	November 27, 1990
Recorded	1990
Studio	Digital Services, Houston, Texas; Masterfonics, Nashville, Tennessee; Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Country
Length	30:39
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	James Stroud
Clint Black chronology
Killin' Time (1989) Put Yourself in My Shoes (1990) The Hard Way (1992)
Singles from Put Yourself in My Shoes
"Put Yourself in My Shoes" Released: October 1990 "Loving Blind" Released: January 14, 1991 "One More Payment" Released: April 1991 "Where Are You Now" Released: July 22, 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Chicago Tribune
Entertainment Weekly	A
Los Angeles Times
Rolling Stone

Put Yourself in My Shoes is a 1990 studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Clint Black. As with Black's debut album Killin' Time, the album is currently certified triple platinum by the RIAA. All four singles from the album produced huge hits for Black on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: "Loving Blind" and "Where Are You Now" both at Number One; the title track at #4; and "One More Payment" at #7. "This Nightlife" also charted at #61 from unsolicited airplay.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Put Yourself in My Shoes"	Black, Nicholas, Shake Russell	3:15
2.	"The Gulf of Mexico"		2:42
3.	"One More Payment"	Black, Nicholas, Russell	2:16
4.	"Where Are You Now"		3:09
5.	"The Old Man"		3:02
6.	"This Nightlife"		3:08
7.	"Loving Blind"	Black	3:57
8.	"Muddy Water"		2:30
9.	"A Heart Like Mine"		3:03
10.	"The Goodnight-Loving"		3:37

Personnel

Clint Black's band

• Clint Black – acoustic guitar and electric guitars, harmonica, lead vocals
• Dick Gay – drums and percussion
• Jeff Huskins – fiddle, keyboards, backing vocals
• Hayden Nicholas – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
• Jeff Peterson – pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
• Jake Willemain – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Martin Young – acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Michael Black – backing vocals
• Jana King – backing vocals
• Randy McCormick – backing vocals
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	18

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1990	"Put Yourself in My Shoes"	4	3
1991	"Loving Blind"	1	1
	"One More Payment"	7	7
	"Where Are You Now"	1	1

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country
1991	"This Nightlife"	61

References

• Put Yourself in My Shoes [CD liner notes]. 1990. RCA Records.
• Artist Chart History (Singles). Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007.
• Artist Chart History (Albums). Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007.