If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
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.
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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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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times | [2] |
Track listing
| 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
- George Strait – lead vocals
- Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals
- Liana "Mrs. Harmony" Young – background vocals
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- David Hungate – bass
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar, dobro
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Floyd Domino – piano
Production
- Bob Bullock – engineer
- Willie Peaver – engineer
- Tim Kish – engineer
- John Guess – mixer
- Marty Williams – engineer
- Russ Martin – engineer
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Jessie Noble – project coordinator
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Mickey Braithwaite – design
- Rick Henson – photography
Chart positions
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 87 |
References
- 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.
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