Country 'til I Die
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{{Infobox album|
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| name = Country 'Til I Die
| type = Studio album
| artist = John Anderson
| cover = Country til I die.jpg
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| released = October 11, 1994
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Loud Recording Studios, The Music Mill, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
| genre = Country
| length =
| label = BNA
| producer = Flip Anderson (track 10)
John Anderson (all tracks except 10)
Tracy Lawrence (track 10)
James Stroud (all tracks)
| prev_title = "Christmas Time"
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Paradise
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Country 'Til I Die
| type = studio
| single1 = Country 'Til I Die
| single1date = August 1994
| single2 = Bend It Until It Breaks
| single2date = November 28, 1994
| single3 = Mississippi Moon
| single3date = April 10, 1995
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{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r204659|first=|last=}}
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Country 'Til I Die is the fifteenth studio album by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in 1994 under the BNA Records label. The album produced the singles "Bend It Until It Breaks", "Mississippi Moon", and the title track, which respectively peaked at #3, #15, and #35 on the country singles charts. Also included were a new recording of Anderson's signature hit "Swingin'" and a cover of the Georgia Satellites hit "Keep Your Hands to Yourself".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column =
| title1 = Country ’Til I Die
| writer1 = John Anderson, Troy Seals, Eddie Setzer
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = Bend It Until It Breaks
|writer2 = Anderson, Lionel Delmore
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = The Good
| writer3 = Bobby Braddock
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = The Real Deal
|writer4 = Robert Ellis Orrall, Billy Spencer, Curtis Wright
| length4 = 2:32
|title5 = Keep Your Hands to Yourself
|writer5 = Dan Baird
|length5 = 3:44
|title6 = Mississippi Moon
|writer6 = Tony Joe White, Carson Whitsett
|length6 = 4:15
|title7 = It Ain’t Pneumonia, It’s the Blues
|writer7 = Anderson, Delmore, Larry Emmons
|length7 = 2:53
|title8 = Where the Children Have Gone
|writer8 = Anderson, Delmore
|length8 = 3:11
|title9 = Swingin' (new version)
|writer9 = Anderson, Delmore
|length9 = 2:59
|title10=Hillbilly With a Heartache" (featuring Tracy Lawrence)
|writer10=Bobby Alexander, Richard E. Carpenter, Cris Moore
|length10=3:41
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Personnel
As listed in the liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Country 'til I Die |others=John Anderson |year=1994 |type=CD |publisher=BNA Entertainment |id=BNA 07863 66417-2}}
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- John Anderson - lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (all tracks)
- Eddie Bayers - drums (all tracks)
- Dennis Burnside - piano (10)
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar (1-9)
- Darel DeCounter - organ (9)
- Quitman Dennis - trombone (9)
- Kim Fleming - background vocals (9)
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar (1-4, 6, 8), Dobro (5, 7, 9)
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar (10)
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals (9)
- Mike Haynes - trumpet (9)
- Jim Horn - saxophone (9)
- Dann Huff - electric guitar (1-9)
- Tracy Lawrence - duet vocals (10)
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar (10)
- Donna McElroy - background vocals (9)
- Terry McMillan - harmonica (5-7, 9), percussion (10)
- Michael Mellett - background vocals (9)
- Steve Nathan - organ (1-8, 10), piano (6, 9)
- Robert Ellis Orrall - background vocals (4)
- Don Sheffield - saxophone (9)
- Gary Smith - piano (1-5, 7, 8)
- Denis Solee - saxophone (9)
- Joe Spivey - fiddle (1-4, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (10)
- Bergen White - horn arrangements (9)
- Chris Willis - background vocals (9)
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals (1-3, 6–8, 10)
- Willie Weeks - bass guitar (10)
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar (1-9)
- Curtis Wright - background vocals (4)
- Curtis Young - background vocals (1-3, 6–8, 10)
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Chart performance
=Album=
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! Chart (1994) ! Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 43 |
=Singles=
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak positions |
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! width="50"| US Country ! width="50"| CAN Country |
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| align="left"| "Country 'til I Die" | 35 | 31 |
| align="left"| "Bend It Until It Breaks"
| 3 | 28 |
| 1995
| align="left"| "Mississippi Moon" | 15 | 11 |
References
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- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r204659|pure_url=yes}} Country 'Til I Die], Allmusic.
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