Hardin County Line
Hardin County Line is the debut album of American country music singer-songwriter Mark Collie. It featured 4 singles, two of which, "Looks Aren't Everything" & "Let Her Go", hit the top 40. The other two, the title track and "Something With A Ring To It" failed to chart. The album itself reached a peak of number 57.
| Hardin County Line | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 29, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Studio | GroundStar Lab, Sound Emporium Studios, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 29:46 | |||
| Label | MCA Records | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown Doug Johnson | |||
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| Singles from Hardin County Line | ||||
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The track, "Something with a Ring to It" would later be recorded by Garth Brooks and included as a bonus track on The Chase for The Limited Series and would be included on all later pressings of that album. "Where There's Smoke" was later released as a single by Archer/Park in 1994.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars, John Floyd of AllMusic wrote that the album "evokes the heart of '50s country, with detailed and compassionate songwriting, wildcat vocals, and guitar by James Burton."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Good News and The Bad News" | Mark Collie, Bruce Burch | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Something With a Ring to It" | Collie, Aaron Tippin | 2:30 |
| 3. | "Let Her Go" | Collie | 2:51 |
| 4. | "What I Wouldn't Give" | Burch, Collie, Vip Vipperman | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Where There's Smoke" | Collie, Bobby P. Barker | 2:36 |
| 6. | "Bound to Ramble" | Collie, Michael Gordon, Ronny Scaife | 2:30 |
| 7. | "Looks Aren't Everything" | Collie | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Another Old Soldier" | Collie | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Hardin County Line" | Collie, Scaife | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Deliver Me" | Collie, Bruce Bouton | 3:40 |
| Total length: | 29:46 | ||
Personnel
From Hardin County Line liner notes.[2]
- Musicians
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Barry Beckett - piano
- James Burton - electric guitar
- The Fairfield Five Singers - background vocals on "What I Wouldn't Give"
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Vince Gill - background vocals
- Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar
- Steve Nathan - organ on "Deliver Me" and "Another Old Soldier"
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
- Marty Stuart - acoustic guitar on "Hardin County Line"
- Curtis Young - background vocals
- Technical
- Milan Bogdan - digital editing
- David Boyer - engineering
- Tony Brown - producer
- Doug Johnson - producer, recording, mixing
- Brad Jones - engineering
- Julian King - engineering
- Tim Kish - engineering
- Linell - engineering
- Glenn Meadows - mastering
- Keith Odle - engineering
Chart performance
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 57 |
References
- Hardin County Line at AllMusic
- Hardin County Line (CD booklet). Mark Collie. MCA Records. 1990.
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