If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' | ||||
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Released | February 22, 1988 | |||
Recorded | September 1987 | |||
Studio | Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 28:20 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
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George Strait chronology | ||||
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Singles from If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Los Angeles Times | [2] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer | [3] |
If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' is the eighth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on February 22, 1988, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA and it produced three singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (originally recorded by Faron Young), "Baby Blue", and "Famous Last Words of a Fool" (originally recorded by Dean Dillon), all of which reached Number One.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" | Tommy Collins | 2:21 |
2. | "Under These Conditions" | Ronnie McDowell, Joe Meador, Troy Seals | 3:30 |
3. | "Baby Blue" | Aaron Barker | 3:35 |
4. | "Don't Mind If I Do" | Skip Ewing, Don Sampson | 3:21 |
5. | "Bigger Man Than Me" | Curtis Wayne | 2:51 |
6. | "Famous Last Words of a Fool" | Dean Dillon, Rex Huston | 3:37 |
7. | "It's Too Late Now" | David Chamberlain | 2:30 |
8. | "Is It That Time Again" | Buddy Cannon, Dillon, Vern Gosdin | 2:53 |
9. | "Let's Get Down to It" | L. David Lewis | 2:04 |
10. | "Back to Bein' Me" | Hank Cochran, Dillon | 2:35 |
Total length: | 28:20 [1] |
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Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 87 |
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