One Step at a Time (album)

One Step at a Time
Studio album by George Strait
Released	April 21, 1998
Recorded	September 1997
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Neotraditional country
Length	38:18
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony Brown George Strait
George Strait chronology
Carrying Your Love with Me (1997) One Step at a Time (1998) Always Never the Same (1999)
Singles from One Step at a Time
"I Just Want to Dance with You" Released: April 13, 1998 "True" Released: June 22, 1998 "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" Released: September 8, 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable) [2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [3]

One Step at a Time is the eighteenth studio album by the American country music singer George Strait, released in 1998 on MCA Nashville Records. The album produced the singles "I Just Want to Dance with You", "True", and "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This", which respectively reached No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1998.

Musical style and composition

One Step at a Time has been described as a neotraditional country album, with elements of pop. ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Just Want to Dance with You"	Roger Cook, John Prine	3:30
2.	"One Step at a Time"	Earl Clark, Luke Reed	4:06
3.	"True"	Marv Green, Jeff Stevens	3:34
4.	"Remember the Alamo"	Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick	4:31
5.	"Maria"	Robert Earl Keen	4:39
6.	"We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This"	Jim Lauderdale	2:31
7.	"Why Not Now"	Steve Bogard, Stevens	3:21
8.	"That's the Breaks"	Dean Dillon, Royce Porter	3:39
9.	"Neon Row"	Jimmy Jay, Donny Kees	4:41
10.	"You Haven't Left Me Yet"	Dana Hunt Black, Kent Robbins	3:46

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizers, accordion
• Steve Gibson – electric guitars, acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, high-third guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, pedabro
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Tony Brown – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
• Mark Ralston – second engineer
• Russ Martin – additional engineer
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Katie Gillon – art direction
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Mark Tucker – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998) Peak position Canadian Albums ( RPM ) 23 Canadian Country Albums ( RPM ) 3 US Billboard 200 [5] 2 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position US Billboard 200 [7] 70 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 12 Chart (1999) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 43

References

1. One Step at a Time at AllMusic
2. Chicago Tribune Review
3. Entertainment Weekly Review
4. "One Step at a Time - George Strait". Apple Music.
5. "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
6. "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
7. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
8. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
9. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.