What This Country Needs

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What This Country Needs
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1998 (1998-10-06)
Genre Country
Length37:59
Label Lyric Street
Producer Pat McMakin
Aaron Tippin
Aaron Tippin chronology
Greatest Hits… and Then Some
(1997)
What This Country Needs
(1998)
People Like Us
(2000)
Singles from What This Country Needs
  1. "For You I Will"
    Released: August 3, 1998
  2. "I'm Leaving"
    Released: January 30, 1999
  3. "Her"
    Released: June 5, 1999
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What This Country Needs is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Aaron Tippin, released on October 6, 1998. It was his first full studio album since switching from RCA Nashville to Lyric Street Records. The album includes three singles: "For You I Will", "I'm Leaving", and "Her", which respectively reached #6, #17, and #33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The track "Sweetwater" was originally recorded by McBride & the Ride on their 1993 album Hurry Sundown , and by Greg Holland on his 1994 album Let Me Drive.

Contents

Track listing

What This Country Needs track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What This Country Needs"3:09
2."For You I Will"3:32
3."Her"3:14
4."I Didn't Come This Far (Just to Walk Away)"2:55
5."I'm Leaving"
3:21
6."Don't Stop (We're Just Gettin' Started)"3:03
7."Somewhere Under the Rainbow"
  • Scott Blackwell
  • Jerry Laseter
  • Kerry Kurt Phillips
3:35
8."Back When I Knew Everything"
  • Tippin
  • Mel Besher
3:02
9."Sweetwater"4:09
10."You're the Only Reason for Me"
  • Tippin
  • Heeney
3:32
Total length:37:59

Personnel

Amalgamated from liner notes [2]

Strings arranged by Dennis Burnside and performed by the Nashville String Machine. Contracted by Carl Gorodetzky.

Chart performance

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. What This Country Needs (CD). Aaron Tippin. Lyric Street Records. 1998. 65003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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