Old Enough to Know Better
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{{Infobox album
| name = Old Enough to Know Better
| type = studio
| artist = Wade Hayes
| cover = wadehayes1.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 3, 1995
| recorded = 1994
| venue =
| studio = Soundshop A & B, Nashville, TN
| genre = Country
| length = 33:36
| label = Columbia Nashville
| producer = Don Cook
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = On a Good Night
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name =
| type = studio
| single1 = Old Enough to Know Better
| single1date = November 14, 1994
| single2 = I'm Still Dancin' with You
| single2date = March 6, 1995
| single3 = Don't Stop
| single3date = July 4, 1995
| single4 = What I Meant to Say
| single4date = October 31, 1995
}}
}}
{{music ratings|noprose=yes
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r209273|tab=review|first=Charlotte|last=Dillon|accessdate=February 9, 2012}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev2Score = B{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295945,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005062515/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295945,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2012|title=Old Enough to Know Better Review|first=Alanna|last=Nash|date=February 3, 1995|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=February 9, 2012}}
}}
Old Enough to Know Better is the debut studio album by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in early 1995 on Columbia Records, it produced a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in its title track. The singles "I'm Still Dancin' with You," "Don't Stop," and "What I Meant to Say" were also Top Ten hits on the same chart. The album itself was certified gold by the RIAA for US shipments of 500,000 copies. The track "Steady as She Goes" was co-written by both members of Brooks & Dunn.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total length =
| title1 = Don't Make Me Come to Tulsa
| writer1 = Don Cook
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = I'm Still Dancin' with You
| writer2 = Wade Hayes, Chick Rains
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = Old Enough to Know Better
| writer3 = Hayes, Rains
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = Kentucky Bluebird
| writer4 = Cook, Wally Wilson
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = Don't Stop
| writer5 = Rains, Tom Shapiro
| length5 = 2:44
| title6 = What I Meant to Say
| writer6 = Cook, Sam Hogin, Jim McBride
| length6 = 3:19
| title7 = Steady as She Goes
| writer7 = Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Cook
| length7 = 3:22
| title8 = Family Reunion
| writer8 = Rains, Harlan Howard
| length8 = 4:07
| title9 = Someone Had to Teach You
| writer9 = Howard, Bill Hervey
| length9 = 2:48
| title10 = It's Gonna Take a Miracle
| writer10 = Hayes, Rains
| length10 = 3:21
}}
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Old Enough to Know Better |others=Wade Hayes |year=1995 |type=CD |publisher=Columbia Records |id=CK 66412}}
- Bruce Bouton – slide guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle, "electric hoedown tools"
- Wade Hayes – lead vocals, background vocals
- Mitch Humphries – piano (5)
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano (1-4, 6-10), Hammond organ (5)
- Patty Loveless – background vocals (4)
- Brent Mason – electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals (1-3, 5-10)
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals (1-3, 5-10)
- Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|99|artist=Wade Hayes|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 25, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|19|artist=Wade Hayes|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 25, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|1|artist=Wade Hayes|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 25, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}
| 33 |
| scope="col"| Chart (1996)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 25, 2021}}
| 64 |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Wade Hayes|title=Old Enough to Know|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1995|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Wade Hayes|title=Old Enough to Know|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1995|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}
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References
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Sources
- Liner notes to Old Enough to Know Better. Columbia Records, 1995.
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