The Love Songs (Clint Black album)
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| Compilation album by Clint Black | ||||
| Released | January 30, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Equity | |||
| Producer | Clint Black | |||
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| Allmusic |    link |
The Love Songs is a 2007 (see 2007 in music) album by country singer Clint Black. It consists of newly recorded versions of many of his love songs along with a cover version of Jim Croce's "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song".
According to Black, many of the songs remain true to the original version while a few get a slight update. "I wanted to do a record that's not just a reissue of hits," Black said. "Sometimes when I go back and revisit my older recordings, I find little things that, in hindsight, I feel I could improve on just a bit—some new twist that might make it just a little bit better. It might be a slight change in the arrangement, or the way vocals are layered. And there were also times when I listened to a particular recording and felt there really wasn't a change that would make it better."
The album cover was designed by Peter Max and depicts Black with wife Lisa Hartman Black.
Track listing
- "When I Said I Do" (Black) – 4:33
- Duet with Lisa Hartman Black.
- "You Made Me Feel" (Black, Michael McDonald) – 4:33
- "Something That We Do" (Black, Skip Ewing) – 4:38
- "Our Kind of Love" (Black, Shake Russell) – 4:06
- duet with Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- "My Imagination" (Black, Matt Rollings) – 3:53
- "Like the Rain" (Black, Hayden Nicholas) – 4:15
- "You Know It All" (Black, Steve Wariner) – 4:24
- "That Something in My Life" (Black, Kostas) – 2:55
- "One Emotion" (Black, Nicholas) – 2:51
- "Half the Man" (Black, Nicholas) – 3:04
- "Easy for Me to Say" (Black, Nicholas) – 5:33
- duet with Lisa Hartman Black
- "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" (Jim Croce) – 2:34
Personnel
Band
- Bryan Austin — acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Clint Black — acoustic guitar, harmonica, percussion, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals, bass harmonica
- Dane Bryant — piano, keyboards, background vocals
- Lenny Castro — percussion
- Perry Coleman — background vocals
- Steve Dorff — conductor, orchestral arrangements
- Stuart Duncan — fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin — steel guitar
- Dick Gay — drums
- Carl Gorodetzky — concert master
- Lisa Hartman Black — duet vocals on "When I Said I Do" and "Easy for Me to Say"
- Wes Hightower — background vocals
- Carolyn Dawn Johnson — duet vocals on "Our Kind of Love"
- Abraham Laboriel — bass guitar
- Nashville String Machine — orchestra
- Hayden Nicholas — electric guitar
- Dean Parks — acoustic guitar
- Jeff Peterson — steel guitar
- John "J.R." Robinson — drums
- Matt Rollings — grand piano
- Steve Wariner — electric guitar, background vocals
- Jake Willemain — bass guitar
- Martin Young — acoustic guitar
Production
- Zack Berry — production coordinator, assistant engineer
- Clint Black — producer
- Zeke Clark — assistant engineer
- Ricky Cobble — engineer, mixing
- Steve Lockhart — technical support
- Ray Rogers — engineering support
- Hank Williams — mastering
Chart positions
From Billboard.
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Top Country Albums | 37 |
| 2007 | Top Independent Albums | 24 |
References
- Black Tracks: The Love Songs. ClintBlack.com. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- The Love Songs Overview. Allmusic. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- The Love Songs Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- Artist Chart History (Albums). Billboard. Retrieved on September 16, 2007.