No Time to Kill

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No Time to Kill
No Time To Kill cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1993
Recorded
  • Westlake (Los Angeles, California)
  • Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Mesa Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length32:25
Label RCA Nashville
Producer James Stroud, Clint Black
Clint Black chronology
The Hard Way
(1992)
No Time to Kill
(1993)
One Emotion
(1994)
Singles from No Time to Kill
  1. "A Bad Goodbye"
    Released: May 3, 1993
  2. "No Time to Kill"
    Released: August 2, 1993
  3. "State of Mind"
    Released: November 15, 1993
  4. "A Good Run of Bad Luck"
    Released: February 28, 1994
  5. "Half the Man"
    Released: May 30, 1994

No Time to Kill is the fourth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Clint Black. The title is a play on the title of his debut album, Killin' Time .

Contents

All Five singles from the album were top ten hits for Black on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: the title track hit #3; "A Bad Goodbye" (a duet with Wynonna Judd recorded after they toured together for 1993's "Black and Wy" concert tour), hit #2; "State of Mind" also hit #2; "A Good Run of Bad Luck" was a #1 single that was featured in the 1994 film Maverick ; and "Half the Man" hit #4. "Tuckered Out" also reached #74 based on unsolicited airplay. No Time to Kill was also Black's fourth consecutive album to be certified at least platinum by the RIAA.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No Time to Kill" 3:59
2."Thinkin' Again" 3:03
3."A Good Run of Bad Luck" 2:42
4."State of Mind"Black3:53
5."A Bad Goodbye" (Duet with Wynonna)Black3:39
6."Back to Back" 2:44
7."Half the Man" 3:00
8."I'll Take Texas" 2:40
9."Happiness Alone" (Omitted from cassette version.)Black, Jimmy Buffett 3:11
10."Tuckered Out" 3:37

Personnel

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1993"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd)2431
"No Time to Kill"3-2
"State of Mind"21022
1994"A Good Run of Bad Luck"1-1
"Half the Man"4-5

Other charted songs

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country
1994"Tuckered Out"74

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