If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' is the eighth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on February 22, 1988, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA and it produced three singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (originally recorded by Faron Young), "Baby Blue", and "Famous Last Words of a Fool" (originally recorded by Dean Dillon), all of which reached Number One.
| If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' | ||||
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| Released | February 22, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | September 1987 | |||
| Studio | Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 28:20 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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| Singles from If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times | [2] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [3] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" | Tommy Collins | 2:21 |
| 2. | "Under These Conditions" | Ronnie McDowell, Joe Meador, Troy Seals | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Baby Blue" | Aaron Barker | 3:35 |
| 4. | "Don't Mind If I Do" | Skip Ewing, Don Sampson | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Bigger Man Than Me" | Curtis Wayne | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Famous Last Words of a Fool" | Dean Dillon, Rex Huston | 3:37 |
| 7. | "It's Too Late Now" | David Chamberlain | 2:30 |
| 8. | "Is It That Time Again" | Buddy Cannon, Dillon, Vern Gosdin | 2:53 |
| 9. | "Let's Get Down to It" | L. David Lewis | 2:04 |
| 10. | "Back to Bein' Me" | Hank Cochran, Dillon | 2:35 |
| Total length: | 28:20[1] | ||
Personnel
edit- George Strait – lead vocals
- Floyd Domino – pianos
- Pat Flynn – acoustic guitars
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
- Reggie Young – electric guitars
- Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
- David Hungate – bass
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
- Liana Young – backing vocals
Production
- Jimmy Bowen – producer
- George Strait – producer
- Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording
- Willie Peaver – overdub recording
- Tim Kish – overdub recording, second engineer
- Russ Martin – second engineer
- Marty Williams – second engineer
- John Guess – mixing
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering
- Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
- Jessie Noble – project coordinator
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Mickey Braithwaite – design
- Rick Henson – photography
- Erv Woolsey – management
Chart positions
edit| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 87 |
References
edit- ^ a b If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' at AllMusic
- ^ Lewis, Randy (1988-05-22). "Strait and Narrow". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (24 March 1988). "Latest from Strait; eclectic jazz; a new reading of Beethoven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com
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