Spend My Time

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Spend My Time
Clint Black, Spend My Time.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 2004
RecordedOceanway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length52:51
Label Equity
Producer Clint Black
Clint Black chronology
Greatest Hits II
(2001)
Spend My Time
(2004)
Christmas with You
(2004)
Singles from Spend My Time
  1. "Spend My Time"
    Released: October 20, 2003
  2. "The Boogie Man"
    Released: April 12, 2004
  3. "My Imagination"
    Released: June 28, 2004
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Spend My Time is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Clint Black, released on March 2, 2004. It is his first since leaving RCA Nashville and creating his own record label, Equity Music Group. It includes the singles "Spend My Time", "The Boogie Man" and "My Imagination".

Contents

He worked on it intermittently for over four years, during which time he moved to Nashville and built a home recording studio. "I ended up with an abundance of material, which in a way made it more difficult. I had to determine which of these songs would make the best album."

Track listing

All songs written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Spend My Time" 4:06
2."We All Fall Down"Black, Matt Rollings 5:35
3."My Imagination"Black, Rollings3:50
4."She's Leavin'"Black3:45
5."Everything I Need" 4:14
6."What Ever Happened" 4:13
7."A Mind To" 4:54
8."Just Like You and Me"Black, Steve Dorff 3:44
9."The Boogie Man"Black, Will Jennings 3:52
10."Someone Else's Tears"Black, Gerry House 3:26
11."Haywire" 6:00
12."A Lover's Clown"Black, Steve Wariner 5:12

Personnel

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country US
2003"Spend My Time"16102
2004"The Boogie Man"51
"My Imagination"42

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