The Coast Is Clear is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It produced five singles: "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye", "Better Man, Better Off", "The Coast Is Clear", and "While You Sleep". Though the first two singles charted at #2 and #4 on the country chart, respectively, the title track was the first single of Lawrence's career to fall short of the Top Ten. "While You Sleep" missed the Top 40 entirely. Lawrence did not release another studio album until Lessons Learned, in 2000.
Critical reception Entertainment Weekly wrote that Lawrence "mixes a fine program of driving, contemporary country with the traditional sound of his Arkansas youth."
Track listing
Personnel As listed in liner notes.
Tracks 1 - 4, 7 & 10 Flip Anderson - piano, keyboards Tom Baughman - steel guitar Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar, hi-strung guitar Billy Cochran - fiddle Butch Davis - electric guitar, slide guitar Deryl Dodd - background vocals Paul Franklin - steel guitar Rob Hajacos - fiddle Tony Harrell - piano, keyboards Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals Liana Manis - background vocals Terry McMillan - percussion Eric Nelson - drums Darryl O'Donnell - acoustic guitar Dave Pomeroy - bass guitar Brent Rowan - electric guitar, mandolin Milton Sledge - drums Leon Watson - bass guitar Kristin Wilkinson - string arrangement on "While You Sleep" Tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9 Bruce C. Bouton - steel guitar Dennis Burnside - piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar Rob Hajacos - fiddle, "assorted hoedown tools" Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals Brent Mason - electric guitar, tic tac bass, gut string guitar John Wesley Ryles - background vocals Dennis Wilson - background vocals Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Chart performance Chart (1997) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4 U.S. Billboard 200 45 Canadian RPM Country Albums 6
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