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Killin' Time (Clint Black album)

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Released
  
May 2, 1989

Label
  
RCA

Release date
  
2 May 1989

Producers
  
James Stroud, Mark Wright

Length
  
30:30

Artist
  
Clint Black

Genre
  
Country music

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Recorded
  
Digital Services, Houston, Texas; House of David, Sound Stage, Woodland Studios, Reflections, Nashville, Tennessee

Killin' Time (1989)
  
Put Yourself in My Shoes (1990)

Awards
  
Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
Clint Black albums, Country music albums

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Killin' Time is the 1989 (see 1989 in music) debut album by swing-country singer-songwriter Clint Black. The album, buoyed by the chart-topping success of its first four singles, was a huge hit upon its release, and established Black as one of the biggest new stars in country music. The album is currently certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

Contents

"A Better Man", "Nothing's News", "Walking Away", "Nobody's Home", and "Killin' Time" were all huge hit songs. All of these except "Nothing's News" reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, while "Nothing's News" reached #3. In addition, "A Better Man" and "Nobody's Home" were declared the Number One songs of 1989 and 1990, respectively, according to Billboard.

Track listing

All songs written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas, except where noted.

  1. "Straight from the Factory" – 2:18
  2. "A Better Man" – 3:04
  3. "Nobody's Home" (Black) – 3:29
  4. "Walkin' Away" (Black, Nicholas, Dick Gay) – 2:47
  5. "You're Gonna Leave Me Again" – 3:43
  6. "I'll Be Gone" – 2:28
  7. "Nothing's News" (Black) – 3:02
  8. "Winding Down" (Black) – 3:38
  9. "Killin' Time" – 2:47
  10. "Live and Learn" (Black) – 3:14

Band

  • Clint Black – acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Dick Gay – Drums
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Jana King – background vocals
  • Randy McCormick – keyboards
  • Craig Morris – background vocals
  • Hayden Nicholas – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Mark O'Connor – fiddle
  • John Permenter – fiddle
  • Jeff Peterson – Dobro, steel guitar
  • Jim Photoglo – background vocals
  • Donna Rhodes – background vocals
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  • Harry Stinson – background vocals
  • Wendy Waldman – background vocals
  • Jake Willemain – bass guitar
  • Reggie Young - electric guitar

    • Production

  • Milan Bogdan – editing
  • Bill Ham – executive producer
  • Steve Lindsey – production coordinator
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Lynn Peterzell – engineer, mixing
  • Scott Poston – production coordinator
  • James Stroud – producer
  • Mark Wright – producer

    • Songs

    1Straight From the Factory2:20
    2A Better Man3:05
    3Nobody's Home3:31

    References

    Killin' Time (Clint Black album) Wikipedia
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