It Would Be You is the second studio album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on May 19, 1998, as his last studio album for the Decca Records Nashville label. After that album's release, Decca Records Nashville closed, and Allan subsequently transferred to Decca’s parent label MCA Records Nashville. The album produced three singles with the title track, "No Man in His Wrong Heart", and "I'll Take Today". The title track was Allan's second Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at number 7.
Content "No Judgement Day", the final track on this album, is a hidden track. Written by Allen Shamblin, this song is based on the true story of a restaurant owner in Texas who was murdered by a former employee and two accomplices in search of money. It plays a minute after the last listed song, "Forgotten But Not Gone", finishes.
Just like Allan's previous album, several songs on this album were originally recorded by other artists. "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long" was written by Marty Stuart, whose original recording (from his 1990 album Hillbilly Rock) was a number 42 hit on the country charts in 1989. "She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)" was originally recorded by Conway Twitty, and later by George Strait on his 1990 album Livin' It Up. In addition, the single "I'll Take Today" was originally recorded by Tanya Tucker on her 1994 album Fire to Fire, and by Ty England on his 1996 album Two Ways to Fall. "Forgotten but Not Gone" was originally a single for Keith Palmer in 1991 on his self-titled debut album. "It Took Us All Night Long to Say Goodbye" was originally recorded by Johnny Rodriguez on his 1975 album Love Put a Song in My Heart, and later by Texas country singer Danny Wood as a non-album single in 1980 that peaked #37 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.https://www.billboard.com/artist/danny-wood/ "I've Got a Quarter in My Pocket" was later recorded by fellow artist Mark Chesnutt as the opening track to his 2016 album Tradition Lives.
Track listing
Personnel Gary Allan – lead vocals John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers Jake Holder – electric guitars, guitar solos Jake Kelly – acoustic guitar B. James Lowry – 9-string acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar Rivers Rutherford – additional acoustic guitar Brent Rowan – electric guitars, tic tac bass Dan Dugmore – steel guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Michael Rhodes – bass Chad Cromwell – drums Tom Roady – percussion Glen Duncan – fiddle Hank Singer – fiddle John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals Harry Stinson – backing vocals Dennis Wilson – backing vocals Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production Byron Hill – producer Mark Wright – producer Greg Droman – recording, mixing Robert Charles – second engineer, vocal overdubs Tim Coyle – second mix engineer Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) John Drioli – project coordinator Brandi Thomas – project coordinator E.J. Camp – photography Gina R. Binkley – design Debra Wingo – imaging Susan Bessire – stylist
Charts + Chart performance for It Would Be You Chart (1998) Peakposition
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