Counting Sheep (album)

Counting Sheep
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	January 25, 2000
Studio	The Tracking Room, Emerald Sound Studios and Studio Six (Nashville, Tennessee) Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, California)
Genre	Children's music country
Length	31:10
Label	Sony
Producer	John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
The Walls Came Down (1998) Counting Sheep (2000) Tracks (2000)

Counting Sheep is an album of children's music, released in 2000, by American country music artist Collin Raye. It did not produce any chart singles, and was intended as a side project.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Counting Sheep"	Robert Ellis Orrall [1]	2:58
2.	"I'm Gonna Love You"	Orrall	3:26
3.	"Blackbird"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:30
4.	"A Mother and Father's Prayer" (with Melissa Manchester)	Manchester Karen Taylor-Good	3:35
5.	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Leigh Harline Ned Washington	2:46
6.	"Cool Cat"	John Hobbs Collin Raye	2:28
7.	"Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby)"	James Royce Shannon	2:50
8.	"Hearts Are For When You Want to Love Someone"	K. L. Gordon L. Paxton	2:20
9.	"The Dream Son"	Taylor-Good Jason Blume	3:27
10.	"When You Say Your Prayers"	Taylor-Good Blume	3:12
11.	"Stay Awake"	Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman	1:38
Total length:			31:10

• All track information was taken from the CD liner notes. ^[2]

Personnel

• Collin Raye – vocals
• John Hobbs – acoustic piano, keyboards (3, 4), Hammond B3 organ (3, 4), synthesizers (11)
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano (1, 2, 5, 9, 10), keyboards (1, 2, 5-10), organ (1, 2, 5-10)
• Jim Cox – keyboards (3, 4), organ (3, 4)
• Steve Gibson – electric guitars (1, 2, 5, 9, 10), mandolin (1, 2, 5, 9, 10)
• Tom Hemby – acoustic guitars (1, 2, 5, 9, 10)
• John Jorgenson – electric guitars (3, 4, 6-8), acoustic guitars (6-8), mandolin (6-8), ukulele (6-8), dulcimer (6-8), clarinet (6-8), tin whistle (6-8)
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitars (3, 4)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitars (6-8)
• Joe Chemay – bass (1, 2, 5, 7-10), backing vocals
• Leland Sklar – bass (3, 4)
• Larry Paxton – upright bass (6)
• Paul Leim – drums (1, 2, 5-10), percussion (1, 2, 5-10)
• John Robinson – drums (3, 4)
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
• Melissa Manchester – vocals (4)

Production

• John Hobbs – producer
• Ben Fowler – recording (1-5, 9, 10), mixing (1-5, 9, 10), overdub recording (3, 4)
• Ed Seay – recording (6-8, 11), mixing (6-8, 11), overdub recording (6-8, 11)
• Jason Penske – tracking assistant (1, 2, 5), overdub assistant (1, 2, 5)
• Allen Ditto – mix assistant (1-5, 9, 10), overdub assistant (3, 4)
• Jennifer Knott – recording assistant (3, 4)
• John Saylor – recording assistant (6-8, 11), mix assistant (6-8, 11)
• Eric Conn – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant
• Kimberly Bianco – production coordinator
• Hillary Bratton – A&R manager
• Mary Kramer – art direction

References

1. Collin Raye - A Voice Undefeated 1586178172 2014- Page 132 "A creative new songwriter, Robert Ellis Orrall, wrote two awesome songs for this album, the most notable of which was the title song, “Counting Sheep”, which sounds very much like a McCartney/ Lennon creation, except that it's about kids ..."
2. Raye, Collin. “Counting Sheep”. Sony. 2000.

External links

• LA Times, A Lively Album by a Cool Country Cat Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine