Hardin County Line

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Hardin County Line
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 29, 1990
Recorded1989
StudioGroundStar Lab, Sound Emporium Studios, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length29:46
Label MCA Records
Producer Tony Brown
Doug Johnson
Mark Collie chronology
Hardin County Line
(1990)
Born and Raised in Black & White
(1991)
Singles from Hardin County Line
  1. ""Something With a Ring to It""
    Released: January 1990
  2. "Looks Aren't Everything"
    Released: June 9, 1990
  3. "Hardin' County Line"
    Released: October 1990
  4. "Let Her Go"
    Released: February 9, 1991

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.

Contents

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Good News and The Bad News" Mark Collie, Bruce Burch2:53
2."Something With a Ring to It"Collie, Aaron Tippin 2:30
3."Let Her Go"Collie2:51
4."What I Wouldn't Give"Burch, Collie, Vip Vipperman2:59
5."Where There's Smoke"Collie, Bobby Barker2:36
6."Bound to Ramble"Collie, Michael Gordon, Ronny Scaife2:30
7."Looks Aren't Everything"Collie2:54
8."Another Old Soldier"Collie3:27
9."Hardin County Line"Collie, Scaife3:26
10."Deliver Me"Collie, Bruce Bouton 3:40
Total length:29:46

Personnel

From Hardin County Line liner notes. [2]

Musicians
Technical

Chart performance

Chart (1990)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums57

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References

  1. 1 2 Hardin County Line at AllMusic
  2. Hardin County Line (CD booklet). Mark Collie. MCA Records. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)