You and You Alone (album)

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You and You Alone
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 1998 (1998-04-21)
Genre Country
Length41:50
Label DreamWorks Records
Producer Byron Gallimore
James Stroud
Randy Travis
Randy Travis chronology
Full Circle
(1996)
You and You Alone
(1998)
A Man Ain't Made of Stone
(1999)
Singles from You and You Alone
  1. "Out of My Bones"
    Released: March 2, 1998
  2. "The Hole"
    Released: June 4, 1998
  3. "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man"
    Released: October 5, 1998
  4. "Stranger in My Mirror"
    Released: March 1, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

You and You Alone is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on April 21, 1998 by DreamWorks Records. It was produced four singles on the Billboard country music charts between 1998 and 1999: "Out of My Bones", "The Hole", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man", and "Stranger in My Mirror", which peaked at numbers 2, 9, 2 and 16, respectively, on the country charts. Counting his 1993 side project Wind in the Wire , this is also the second of three studio albums of his career not to be produced by longtime producer Kyle Lehning (Travis' succeeding album, 1999's A Man Ain't Made of Stone , was the third and final project that Lehning did not produce). Instead, Travis co-produced the album with Byron Gallimore and James Stroud. [4]

Contents

"Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" was originally recorded by Mark Collie on his 1995 album, Tennessee Plates . "Horse Called Music" is a Willie Nelson cover from his 1989 album, A Horse Called Music . "Satisfied Mind" is a Hal Ketchum cover from his 1996 greatest-hits album, The Hits.

"Only Worse" was best known for playing in the background of a diner in the 2000 comedy film Road Trip .

Patrick Swayze, a friend of Travis', sang background vocals on the track "I Did My Part". [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Hole" Skip Ewing, James Dean Hicks3:08
2."Out of My Bones" Gary Burr, Robin Lerner, Sharon Vaughn 2:45
3."Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" Glen Burtnik, Trey Bruce 3:50
4."Only Worse" John Jarrard, Kent Robbins 2:53
5."One Word Song"Jarrard, Max T. Barnes 3:35
6."I Did My Part" Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey 3:45
7."Horse Called Music" Wayne Carson 4:30
8."I'm Still Here, You're Still Gone" Ralph Murphy, Kevin Brandt2:45
9."Easy to Love You"Deanna Bryant, Danny Orton3:47
10."Stranger in My Mirror"Ewing, Kim Williams 3:15
11."You and You Alone" Melba Montgomery, Leslie Satcher, Tim Ryan Rouillier 3:59
12."Satisfied Mind" Tony Arata 3:38

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [4]

Chart performance

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  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Rolling Stone review
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