Holding My Own

Holding My Own
Studio album by George Strait
Released	April 21, 1992
Recorded	September – October 1991
Studio	Emerald Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Neotraditional country [1] [2]
Length	30:14
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
George Strait chronology
Ten Strait Hits (1991) Holding My Own (1992) Pure Country (1992)
Singles from Holding My Own
"Gone as a Girl Can Get" Released: April 6, 1992 "So Much Like My Dad" Released: June 29, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A− link

Holding My Own is the twelfth studio album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records and features the singles "Gone as a Girl Can Get" and "So Much Like My Dad", both of which charted in the Top 5 on the country charts, but it became his first album since 1981's Strait Country not to produce a number one hit. "Trains Make Me Lonesome" was previously recorded by the trio Schuyler, Knobloch, & Overstreet on their 1986 self-titled debut album, and then in 1988 by Marty Haggard.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're Right, I'm Wrong"	Marty Stuart, Wayne Perry	2:34
2.	"Holding My Own"	Dean Dillon, Pam Belford	3:20
3.	"Gone as a Girl Can Get"	Jerry Max Lane	3:15
4.	"So Much Like My Dad"	Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons	3:26
5.	"Trains Make Me Lonesome"	Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler	3:46
6.	"All of Me (Loves All of You)"	Kim Williams, L. David Lewis, Monty Holmes	2:44
7.	"Wonderland of Love"	Curtis Wayne	2:58
8.	"Faults and All"	Carl Perkins	2:41
9.	"It's Alright with Me"	Jackson Leap	2:50
10.	"Here We Go Again"	Don Lanier, Red Steagall	2:53

Personnel

The following musicians performed on this album: ^[3]

Ace in the Hole Band (Tracks 3 and 9)

• George Strait – vocals
• Ronnie Huckaby – acoustic piano
• David Anthony – acoustic guitars
• Benny MacArthur – electric guitars
• Rick McRae – electric guitars
• Mike Daily – steel guitar
• Terry Hale – bass
• Mike Kennedy – drums
• Gene Elders – fiddle

All other tracks

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Floyd Domino – acoustic piano
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars
• Reggie Young – electric guitars
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Joe Chemay – bass
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Jim Horn – saxophone, alto flute
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording
• Tim Kish – overdub recording
• Steve Tillisch – mixing
• Jeff Coppage – second engineer
• Russ Martin – second engineer
• Craig White – second engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Jim Kemp – art direction
• Katherine DeVault – art direction, design
• Mike Rutherford – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [4]	33
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5]	5
Canadian RPM Country Albums	17

References

1. "George StraitHolding My Own (MCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)With more". 21 May 1992. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014.
2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r123551
3. Holding My Own (booklet). George Strait. Universal City, CA: MCA Records. 1992. pp. 3–4. MCAD 10532.
4. "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
5. "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2021.