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Released | March 12, 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1989-1990 | |||
Studio | Pyramid Recording Studio, Lookout Mountain, GA Southern Tracks Recording Studio, Atlanta GA Mastermix, NY Bennett House, Franklin, TN Nightingale Recording Studio, The Reflections, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 31:45 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Doug Johnson | |||
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Doug Stone is the debut album of the American country music singer of the same name, released in 1990. It features the singles "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)", "Fourteen Minutes Old", "In a Different Light", and "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye", all of which charted in the Top Ten on the Billboard country charts. "In a Different Light" was Stone's first Number One on that chart.
The track "High Weeds and Rust" was later recorded by David Lee Murphy on his debut album Out with a Bang . "We Always Agree on Love" was originally recorded by Atlanta in 1987.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)" | Johnny MacRae, Steve Clark | 3:20 |
2. | "Fourteen Minutes Old" | A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dennis Knutson | 2:55 |
3. | "In a Different Light" | Bucky Jones, Dickey Lee, Bob McDill | 3:28 |
4. | "Turn This Thing Around" | Gary Harrison, Gene Nelson | 2:31 |
5. | "Crying on Your Shoulder Again" | Larry Boone, Paul Nelson | 3:28 |
6. | "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" | Harlan Howard | 3:30 |
7. | "We Always Agree on Love" | Doug Johnson | 2:35 |
8. | "My Hat's Off to Him" | Randy Boudreaux | 3:47 |
9. | "It's a Good Thing I Don't Love You Anymore" | Keith Palmer | 3:06 |
10. | "High Weeds and Rust" | David Lee Murphy | 2:57 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [6] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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