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Livin' It Up (album)

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Released
  
May 15, 1990

Length
  
30:39

Release date
  
15 May 1990

Genre
  
Country music

Recorded
  
1989–90

Artist
  
George Strait

Label
  
MCA Records

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Studio
  
Emerald Studio, Nashville, TN

Livin' It Up (1990)
  
Chill of an Early Fall (1991)

Producers
  
Jimmy Bowen, George Strait

Similar
  
George Strait albums, Country music albums

Livin' it Up is the tenth studio album by American country singer George Strait, released in 1990 on MCA Records. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The Tracks "Drinking Champagne", "Love Without End, Amen", and "I've Come to Expect It From You" were all released as singles; "Drinking Champagne" was a #4 hit on the Hot Country Songs charts, while the other two singles were both Number One hits. "She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)" was written and originally recorded by Conway Twitty, and was later recorded on Gary Allan's 1998 album It Would Be You.

Contents

"Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy" was first recorded by Strait and The Ace in the Hole Band in the 1970s and was the B-side to "(That Don't Change) The Way I Feel About You", the latter of which is included on Strait Out of the Box.

Track listing

  1. "Someone Had to Teach You" (Harlan Howard) – 2:49
  2. "Heaven Must Be Wondering Where You Are" (David Chamberlain, L. David Lewis) – 3:13
  3. "I've Come to Expect It from You" (Buddy Cannon, Dean Dillon) – 3:45
  4. "Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy" (Clay Blaker) – 4:25
  5. "When You're a Man on Your Own" (Carl Perkins) – 2:12
  6. "Drinking Champagne" (Bill Mack) – 3:35
  7. "We're Supposed to Do that Now and Then" (David Anthony, Dillon, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer) – 2:33
  8. "She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)" (Conway Twitty) – 2:30
  9. "Love Without End, Amen" (Aaron Barker) – 3:07
  10. "Stranger in My Arms" (Curtis Wayne) – 2:54

Personnel

  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Joe Chemay – bass guitar
  • Floyd Domino – piano
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
  • Johnny Gimble – fiddle
  • Jim Horn – saxophone
  • George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Curtis Young – background vocals
  • Liana Young – background vocals
  • Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • The Ace in the Hole Band

    On "Someone Had to Teach You" and "She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)"

  • David Anthony – acoustic guitar
  • Mike Daily – steel guitar
  • Gene Elders – fiddle
  • Phil Fisher – drums
  • Terry Hale – bass
  • Ronnie Huckaby – piano
  • Benny MacArthur – electric guitar
  • Rick McRae – electric guitar
  • Production

  • Jimmy Bowen – producer
  • George Strait – producer
  • Tom Perry – recording, mixing, overdub recording
  • Bob Bullock – recording, mixing
  • Russ Martin – overdub recording
  • Tim Kish – overdub recording
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Milan Bogdan – digital editing
  • Jessie Noble – project coordinator
  • Songs

    1Someone Had To Teach You2:50
    2Heaven Must Be Wondering Where You Are3:13
    3I've Come To Expect it From You3:46

    References

    Livin' It Up (album) Wikipedia