In This Life (Collin Raye album)

In This Life
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	August 25, 1992
Recorded	1992
Studio	Sound Emporium Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	32:20
Label	Epic
Producer	Garth Fundis John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
All I Can Be (1991) In This Life (1992) Extremes (1994)
Singles from In This Life
"In This Life" Released: July 27, 1992 "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" Released: November 30, 1992 "Somebody Else's Moon" Released: March 29, 1993 "That Was a River" Released: July 27, 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B [2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Orlando Sentinel	[4]

In This Life is the second studio album by American country music artist Collin Raye. Its title track was Raye's second song to reach Number One. "That Was a River", "Somebody Else's Moon" and "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" were also released as singles. "Big River" is a cover of a Johnny Cash song, while "Let It Be Me" is a cover of a song popularized by the Everly Brothers.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What They Don't Know"	Stan Munsey, Tony Haselden	3:27
2.	"In This Life"	Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin	3:13
3.	"Big River"	Johnny Cash	3:13
4.	"Somebody Else's Moon"	Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro	3:06
5.	"You Can't Take It with You"	Kix Brooks, Don Cook, Chick Rains	3:07
6.	"That Was a River"	Rick Giles, Susan Longacre	3:13
7.	"I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)"	Jackson Leap	2:32
8.	"Latter Day Cowboy"	Hugh Prestwood	3:59
9.	"Many a Mile"	Mark D. Sanders, Bob Regan	3:10
10.	"Let It Be Me"	Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë	3:12

Personnel

• Collin Raye – lead vocals, harmony vocals
• John Hobbs – acoustic piano, string arrangements
• Kraig Hutchens – electric guitars
• Brent Mason – electric guitars
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars
• Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• Dave Pomeroy – bass
• Steve Turner – drums
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Joe Chemay – harmony vocals
• Garth Fundis – harmony vocals
• Gene Le Sage – harmony vocals
• Harry Stinson – harmony vocals
• Sammy Wray – harmony vocals

Production

• John Hobbs – producer
• Garth Fundis – producer, mixing
• Gary Laney – recording engineer, mixing
• Dave Sinko – mixing, recording assistant
• Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Scott Paschall – production assistant
• Bill Johnson – art direction
• Rollow Welch – design
• Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography
• Steve Cox and Ted Files for Scott Dean Management – management

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	42
Canadian RPM Country Albums	12

References

1. Mansfield, Brian. "In This Life - Collin Raye". AllMusic . Retrieved October 23, 2018.
2. Nash, Alanna (September 25, 1992). "In This Life". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 23, 2018.
3. Lewis, Randy (October 4, 1992). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times . ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved October 23, 2018.
4. Abbott, Jim (December 4, 1992). "Mike Reid, Paul Overstreet, Collin Raye". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved October 23, 2018.