Hardin County Line is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Mark Collie. It featured 4 singles, two of which, “Looks Aren’t Everything” & “Let Her Go”, hit the top 40. The other two, the title track and “Something With A Ring To It” failed to chart. The album itself reached a peak of number 57.
The track, “Something with a Ring to It” would later be recorded by Garth Brooks and included as a bonus track on The Chase for The Limited Series and would be included on all later pressings of that album. “Where There’s Smoke” was later released as a single by Archer/Park in 1994.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars, John Floyd of AllMusic wrote that the album “evokes the heart of ’50s country, with detailed and compassionate songwriting, wildcat vocals, and guitar by James Burton.”[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The Good News and The Bad News” | Mark Collie, Bruce Burch | 2:53 |
| 2. | “Something With a Ring to It” | Collie, Aaron Tippin | 2:30 |
| 3. | “Let Her Go“ | Collie | 2:51 |
| 4. | “What I Wouldn’t Give” | Burch, Collie, Vip Vipperman | 2:59 |
| 5. | “Where There’s Smoke” | Collie, Bobby Barker | 2:36 |
| 6. | “Bound to Ramble” | Collie, Michael Gordon, Ronny Scaife | 2:30 |
| 7. | “Looks Aren’t Everything“ | Collie | 2:54 |
| 8. | “Another Old Soldier” | Collie | 3:27 |
| 9. | “Hardin County Line” | Collie, Scaife | 3:26 |
| 10. | “Deliver Me” | Collie, Bruce Bouton | 3:40 |
| Total length: | 29:46 | ||
Personnel
From Hardin County Line liner notes.[2]
- Musicians
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Barry Beckett – piano
- James Burton – electric guitar
- The Fairfield Five Singers – background vocals on “What I Wouldn’t Give”
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Vince Gill – background vocals
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Steve Nathan – organ on “Deliver Me” and “Another Old Soldier”
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Marty Stuart – acoustic guitar on “Hardin County Line”
- Curtis Young – background vocals
- Technical
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- David Boyer – engineering
- Tony Brown – producer
- Doug Johnson – producer, recording, mixing
- Brad Jones – engineering
- Julian King – engineering
- Tim Kish – engineering
- Linell – engineering
- Glenn Meadows – mastering
- Keith Odle – engineering
Chart performance
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 57 |
References
- ^ a b Hardin County Line at AllMusic
- ^ Hardin County Line (CD booklet). Mark Collie. MCA Records. 1990.
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