Released July 29, 1997 Length 46:22 Release date 29 July 1997 | Recorded 1996-1997 Label RCA | |
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Nominations Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance Similar Clint Black albums, Country music albums | ||
Nothin' but the Taillights is the seventh studio album by country singer Clint Black. Black co-wrote many of the songs with others and played much of the guitar himself for this album.
Contents
"Something That We Do", "Nothin' but the Taillights", and "The Shoes You're Wearing" were hit singles. The latter two of those three songs reached #1. The album is currently certified platinum by the RIAA.
"Still Holding On" was co-written with Matraca Berg and Marty Stuart and performed as a duet with Martina McBride. This song was also included on McBride's Evolution album, also released in 1997.
"Ode To Chet" is an ode to guitar player Chet Atkins and features Steve Wariner, Larry Carlton, Dann Huff, Hayden Nicholas, Mark Knopfler, and Atkins and Black themselves on guitar.
Track listing
All songs written by Clint Black/Hayden Nicholas except where noted.
- "Nothin' but the Taillights" (Black, Steve Wariner) – 3:50
- "That Something In My Life" (Black, Kostas) – 2:52
- "Our Kind of Love" (Black, Shake Russell) – 4:09
- With Alison Krauss and Union Station
- "Loosen Up My Strings" – 3:30
- "Still Holding On" (Black, Matraca Berg, Marty Stuart) – 4:01
- Duet with Martina McBride
- "Something That We Do" (Black, Skip Ewing) – 3:57
- "The Shoes You're Wearing" – 3:29
- "You Don't Need Me Now" (Black, Russell) – 3:42
- "What I Feel Inside" – 4:30
- "You Know It All" (Black, Wariner) – 4:17
- "Ode To Chet" – 3:13
- With Chet Atkins, Steve Wariner, Larry Carlton, Dann Huff, and Mark Knopfler.
- "Bitter Side of Sweet" – 4:28
Band
Production
Songs
1Nothin' But The Taillights3:54
2That Something In My Life2:52
3Our Kind Of Love (feat Alison Krauss & Union Station)4:07