All I Can Be
{{Infobox album
| name = All I Can Be
| type = studio
| artist = Collin Raye
| cover = All I Can Be.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 27, 1991
| recorded = 1991 at The Bennett House (Franklin, TN) & Footprint Sound (Sherman Oaks, CA)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 33:28
| label = Epic
| producer = Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = In This Life
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Singles
| name = All I Can Be
| type = studio
| single1 = All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)
| single1date = June 8, 1991
| single2 = Love, Me
| single2date = October 1991
| single3 = Every Second
| single3date = February 25, 1992
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93683|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
| noprose = yes
}}
All I Can Be is the debut studio album by American country music artist Collin Raye. It features the hit singles "All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" (originally recorded by Conway Twitty as "All I Can Be Is a Sweet Memory" on his 1985 album Chasin' Rainbows), "Love, Me" (Raye's first No. 1 on the Billboard country charts), and "Every Second". "Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" was later recorded by Shenandoah as a new track for their 1992
Greatest Hits album.
The song "If I Were You" is not to be confused with another song with the same name which Raye recorded on his 1994 album, Extremes. This song, written by Chris Farren and John Hobbs, was released by Raye as the latter album's fifth single, in 1995.
Track listing
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| title1 = All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)
| writer1 = Harlan Howard
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = Every Second
| writer2 = Gerald Smith, Wayne Perry
| length2 = 2:25
| title3 = Faithful Old Flame
| writer3 = Brent Mason, Lonnie Wilson
| length3 = 3:23
| title4 = 'Scuse Moi, My Heart
| writer4 = Steve Stone, Jerry Fuller
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = Any Old Stretch of Blacktop
| writer5 = Frank J. Myers, Bernie Nelson
| length5 = 3:37
| title6 = Love, Me
| writer6 = Skip Ewing, Max T. Barnes
| length6 = 3:52
| title7 = Blue Magic
| writer7 = Collin Raye, John Hobbs, Fuller
| length7 = 3:02
| title8 = It Could've Been So Good
| writer8 = Chris Waters, Wilson
| length8 = 4:21
| title9 = Sadly Ever After
| writer9 = Mark Collie, Bruce Burch
| length9 = 3:03
| title10 = If I Were You
| writer10 = Richard Fagan, Rick Peoples
| length10 = 2:51
}}
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=All I Can Be |others=Collin Raye |year=1991 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Epic Records |id=EK-47468}}
- Acoustic guitar: Steve Gibson, Dean Parks, Fred Tackett, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
- Background vocals: Beth Anderson, Vince Gill (track 1), Jerry Fuller, Herb Pederson (tracks 5 & 10), Harry Stinson, Dennis Wilson, Bubba Wray
- Bass guitar: Dennis Belfield, Joe Chemay
- Drums: Ron Krasinski, Paul Leim
- Electric guitar: Steve Gibson, Kraig Hutchens, Dean Parks, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Reggie Young
- Fiddle: Rob Hajacos
- Lead vocals: Collin Raye
- Keyboards: John Hobbs
- Steel guitar: Paul Franklin, Jay Dee Maness
Production
- Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs: Producers
- Annette Fuller: Production Assistant
- Gene Eichelberger, Brian Friedman: Engineering
- Wally Traugott: Mastering
Chart performance
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1991) ! Peak |
| U.S. Billboard 200{{cite web |title=Collin Raye |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/collin-raye/ |website=Billboard |access-date=13 July 2024}}
| align="center"| 54 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers
| align="center"| 5 |
References
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{{Collin Raye}}
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