If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'

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If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
Studio album by
George Strait
ReleasedFebruary 22, 1988 (1988-02-22)
RecordedSeptember 1987
StudioSound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length28:20
LabelMCA
Producer
George Strait chronology
Greatest Hits Volume Two
(1987) 		If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
(1988) 		Beyond the Blue Neon
(1989)
Singles from If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
  1. "Famous Last Words of a Fool"
    Released: January 11, 1988
  2. "Baby Blue"
    Released: April 25, 1988
  3. "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
    Released: August 22, 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[2]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[3]

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.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"Tommy Collins2:21
2."Under These Conditions"Ronnie McDowell, Joe Meador, Troy Seals3:30
3."Baby Blue"Aaron Barker3:35
4."Don't Mind If I Do"Skip Ewing, Don Sampson3:21
5."Bigger Man Than Me"Curtis Wayne2:51
6."Famous Last Words of a Fool"Dean Dillon, Rex Huston3:37
7."It's Too Late Now"David Chamberlain2:30
8."Is It That Time Again"Buddy Cannon, Dillon, Vern Gosdin2:53
9."Let's Get Down to It"L. David Lewis2:04
10."Back to Bein' Me"Hank Cochran, Dillon2:35
Total length:28:20[1]

Personnel[edit]

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
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 87

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' at AllMusic
  2. ^ Lewis, Randy (1988-05-22). "Strait and Narrow". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Tucker, Ken (24 March 1988). "Latest from Strait; eclectic jazz; a new reading of Beethoven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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