A Man Ain't Made of Stone
| A Man Ain't Made of Stone | ||||
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| Released | September 21, 1999 | |||
| Studio | Stepbridge Studios (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | DreamWorks Records | |||
| Producer | Byron Gallimore James Stroud Randy Travis | |||
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| Singles from A Man Ain't Made of Stone | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
| Hot Press | (mixed) [3] |
| People | (favorable) [4] |
| Q | [5] |
A Man Ain't Made of Stone is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on September 21, 1999 by DreamWorks Records. It was produced four singles, of which only one — the title track — was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard country charts. Additionally, this album was the last of only three albums in Travis' career not to be produced by longtime producer, Kyle Lehning.
Two of this album's tracks were previously cut by other artists: "A Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart" on Sammy Kershaw's 1996 album Politics, Religion and Her, and "I'll Be Right Here Loving You" on Rhett Akins' 1998 album What Livin's All About.
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart" | Shawn Camp, Jim Rushing | 2:36 |
| 2. | "A Little Left of Center" | Billy Henderson, Steven Dale Jones | 3:02 |
| 3. | "A Man Ain't Made of Stone" | Gary Burr, Robin Lerner, Franne Golde | 3:32 |
| 4. | "The Family Bible and the Farmer's Almanac" | Bob Regan, Lee Thomas Miller | 3:06 |
| 5. | "A Heartache in the Works" | Chet Biggers, Melba Montgomery | 3:21 |
| 6. | "No Reason to Change" | Troy Seals, Mentor Williams | 3:11 |
| 7. | "Where Can I Surrender" | Rock Killough | 3:21 |
| 8. | "I'll Be Right Here Loving You" | Jeffrey Steele, T. W. Hale | 2:57 |
| 9. | "Once You've Heard the Truth" | Leslie Satcher, Chuck Jones | 3:29 |
| 10. | "In a Heart Like Mine" | Skip Ewing, Donny Kees | 2:49 |
| 11. | "Day One" | Jimmy Yeary, Max D. Barnes | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Thirteen Mile Goodbye" | Burr, Gerry House | 3:24 |
Personnel[edit]
- Randy Travis – lead vocals
- Matt Rollings – keyboards, acoustic piano
- Gary Smith – keyboards, acoustic piano
- Brent Mason – electric guitars
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
- Brent Rowan – electric guitars
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitars
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Paul Leim – drums
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
- Nashville String Machine – strings
- Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor
- Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
- John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
Choir on "Where Can I Surrender"
- Michael Black
- Carol Chase
- Tabitha Fair
- Kim Parent
- Cindy Richardson-Walker
- John Wesley Ryles
- Lisa Silver
- Russell Terrell
- Curtis Young
Production[edit]
- Allison Jones – A&R direction
- Bryan Gallimore – producer
- James Stroud – producer
- Randy Travis – producer
- Julian King – recording, mixing
- Ricky Cobble – recording assistant
- Eric Fruits – recording assistant
- Rich Hanson – recording assistant, additional recording, mix assistant
- Tim Stroh – recording assistant
- Dan Kresco – additional recording assistant
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Marsha Burns – production assistant
- Ann Callis – production assistant
- Tammy Luker – production assistant
- Doug Rich – production assistant
- Wayne Halper – executive liner notes
- Michael Tackett – photography
- Richard Logsdon – art direction, design
- Elizabeth Travis – management
Chart performance[edit]
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 130 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 11 |
References[edit]
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