Nothin' but the Taillights
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{{Infobox album
| name = Nothin' but the Taillights
| type = Studio album
| artist = Clint Black
| cover = Clint Black, Nothin' But the Taillights.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 29, 1997
| recorded = 1996–1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 46:22
| label = RCA Nashville
| producer = James Stroud, Clint Black
| prev_title = Looking for Christmas
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = D'lectrified
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Nothin' but the Taillights
| type = Studio
| single1 = Still Holding On
| single1date = June 2, 1997
| single2 = Something That We Do
| single2date = August 25, 1997
| single3 = Nothin' but the Taillights
| single3date = January 27, 1998
| single4 = The Shoes You're Wearing
| single4date = April 13, 1998
| single5 = Loosen Up My Strings
| single5date = August 24, 1998
| single6 = You Don't Need Me Now
| single6date = January 30, 1999
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r307586|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094412/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-10-10/entertainment/9710100413_1_martina-mcbride-clint-black-marty-stuart link]
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = C+ [https://web.archive.org/web/20090421161049/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,289069,00.html link]
| rev4 = Los Angeles Times
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}} [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-08-ca-20391-story.html link]
}}
Nothin' but the Taillights is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Clint Black. Black co-wrote many of the songs with others and played much of the guitar himself for this album.
"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
{{Track listing
| headline =
| title1 = Nothin' but the Taillights
| writer1 = Black, Steve Wariner
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = That Something in My Life
| writer2 = Black, Kostas
| length2 = 2:52
| title3 = Our Kind of Love
| note3 = Alison Krauss and Union Station
| writer3 = Black, Shake Russell
| length3 = 4:09
| title4 = Loosen Up My Strings
| writer4 = Black, Hayden Nicholas
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = Still Holding On
| writer5 = Black, Matraca Berg, Marty Stuart
| note5 = Duet with Martina McBride
| length5 = 4:37
| title6 = Something That We Do
| writer6 = Black, Skip Ewing
| length6 = 3:57
| title7 = The Shoes You're Wearing
| writer7 = Black, Nicholas
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = You Don't Need Me Now
| writer8 = Black, Russell
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = What I Feel Inside
| writer9 = Black, Nicholas
| length9 = 4:30
| title10 = You Know It All
| writer10 = Black, Wariner
| length10 = 4:17
| title11 = Ode to Chet
| writer11 = Black, Nicholas
| note11 = With Chet Atkins, Steve Wariner, Larry Carlton, Dann Huff, and Mark Knopfler
| length11 = 3:13
| title12 = Bitter Side of Sweet
| writer12 = Black, Nicholas
| length12 = 4:28
}}
Personnel
= Band =
- Clint Black — acoustic guitar, harmonica, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
- Chet Atkins — electric guitar on "Ode To Chet"
- Barry Bales — acoustic bass on "Our Kind of Love"
- Eddie Bayers — drums
- Ron Block – acoustic guitar on "Our Kind of Love"
- Mike Brignardello — bass guitar
- Robbie Buchanan — piano, keyboards
- Larry Byrom — acoustic guitar
- Larry Carlton — electric guitar on "Ode To Chet"
- Stuart Duncan — fiddle, mandolin
- Skip Ewing — acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin — steel guitar
- Dann Huff — electric guitar on "Ode To Chet"
- Mark Knopfler — electric guitar on "Ode To Chet"
- Alison Krauss — fiddle, viola, and background vocals on "Our Kind of Love"
- The London Session Orchestra — strings
- Martina McBride — duet vocals on "Still Holding On"
- Hayden Nicholas — electric guitar
- Dean Parks — acoustic guitar
- Steve Real — background vocals
- Michael Rhodes — bass guitar
- John Robinson — drums
- Matt Rollings — piano
- Leland Sklar — bass guitar
- Adam Steffey — mandolin on "Our Kind of Love"
- Fred Tackett — acoustic guitar
- Dan Tyminski — acoustic guitar and background vocals on "Our Kind of Love"
- Julianna Waller — fiddle
- Steve Wariner — electric guitar on "Ode To Chet"
= Production =
- Clint Black — producer
- James Stroud — producer
- Kevin Beamish — engineer
- Ricky Cobble — assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Mark Hagen — assistant engineer
- Richard Hanson — assistant engineer
- Ronn Huff — arranger, conductor
- Julian King — engineer, mixing
- Pete Martinez — assistant engineer
- Glenn Meadows — mastering
- Patrick Murphy — assistant engineer
- John Nelson — assistant engineer
- Gary Paczosa — engineer
- Ray Rogers — assistant engineer
- Craig White — mixing assistant
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (RPM)
| 5 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|43|artist=Clint Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 13, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|4|artist=Clint Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 13, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}
| 40 |
| scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}
| 25 |
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| US Country ! width="40"| US ! width="40"| CAN Country ! width="40"| CAN AC |
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| align="left"| "Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride) | 11 | — | 1 | 50 |
| align="left"| "Something That We Do"
| 2 | 67 | 4 | — |
| rowspan="3"| 1998
| align="left"| "Nothin' but the Taillights" | 1 | 116 | 1 | — |
| align="left"| "The Shoes You're Wearing"
| 1 | 118 | 1 | — |
| align="left"| "Loosen Up My Strings"
| 12 | — | 6 | — |
| 1999
| align="left"| "You Don't Need Me Now" | 29 | — | 31 | — |
References
{{Reflist}}
- Nothin' but the Taillights [CD liner notes]. 1997. RCA Records.
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r307586|pure_url=yes}} Nothin' but the Taillights Credits]. Allmusic. Retrieved on January 5, 2007.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=clint black|chart=all}} Artist Chart History (Singles)]. Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=clint black|chart=all}} Artist Chart History (Albums)]. Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007.
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