What This Country Needs

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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

1. "What This Country Needs" (Aaron Tippin, Donny Kees) – 3:09
2. "For You I Will" (Mark Nesler, Tony Martin) – 3:32
3. "Her" (Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele) – 3:14
4. "I Didn't Come This Far (Just to Walk Away)" (Michael P. Heeney, Tippin) – 2:55
5. "I'm Leaving" (Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker, L. David Lewis) – 3:21
6. "Nothing Compares to Loving You" (Wiseman, Steele) – 4:10
7. "Don't Stop (We're Just Gettin' Started)" (Al Anderson, Dean Dillon) – 3:03
8. "Somewhere Under the Rainbow" (Scott Blackwell, Jerry Laseter, Kerry Kurt Phillips) – 3:35
9. "Back When I Knew Everything" (Tippin, Mel Besher) – 3:02
10. "Sweetwater" (Jon Vezner, Allen Shamblin) – 4:09
11. "You're the Only Reason for Me" (Heeney, Tippin) – 3:32

Personnel

Amalgamated from liner notes

• 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
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	23

References

• Allmusic (see infobox)