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April 29
Why today? Clint Black’s debut album, which contained this song and three other chart-topping singles, was released on this date in 1989.
About the record: RCA 9078-7-R, recorded in early 1989 in Nashville. Released in October of that year, reaching No. 1 on Billboard‘s country chart. Also appeared on Killin’ Time, RCA 9668, released April 29, 1989. It topped Billboard‘s country album chart and reached No. 31 on the pop album chart.
Killin’ Time might be the best-ever debut album for a country artist, and this Black-penned gem is one of its better songs. The album is the subject of an insightful review by blogger Razor X over at My Kind Of Country. Note the discussion (in the blog and among the commentors, most of whom are also country music bloggers) comparing Black and one of his contemporaries, Garth Brooks.
About the artist: Check out Clint Black’s bio on Allmusic.com.
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April 29, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Ken Johnson
I can clearly recall the very first time that I heard this album on an advance release cassette from RCA. I could not believe my ears. Many new country acts at that time had a definite pop/rock sound , but here was a young guy who sounded like a Lefty Frizzell disciple on a MAJOR record label. Best of all the guitars also sounded “country” as opposed to many other artists who were releasing records that were infected with blistering rock-guitar solos. (Country acts should emulate Jimmy Bryant rather than Jimi Hendrix)
No question that this was Clint’s finest work.
The fabricated Clint vs. Garth debate was rather amusing. It reminded me of 1964 when the kids in my class waged the Beatles vs. Dave Clark Five battle. Personally I didn’t really care because I was into Buck Owens.
Garth’s debut album was also his best in my estimation. Other debut albums that earn my highest praise include “Buck Owens” from 1961, “Strangers” by Merle Haggard and “Connie Smith” from 1965, “Introducing Johnny Rodriguez” from 1973, George Strait’s “Strait Country” from 1981, a pair of magnificent 1986 albums: Randy Travis’ “Storms Of Life” and Dwight Yoakam’s “Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.,” “Highway 101″ from 1987 and Alan Jackson’s 1990 masterpiece “Here In The Real World.”
April 30, 2010 at 3:00 AM
pwdennis
It was indeed Black’s finest effort.
I think that Clint’s insistance on recording only songs that he had written was ultimately to cost him as not everything he wrote was a classic
April 30, 2010 at 5:39 AM
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