Making Plans is the eighth studio album by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. This album was released exclusively through Wal-Mart, so it was unable to chart and no singles were released.The Nation - Sep 8, 1997 This was Van Shelton's only release under the Vanguard label.

Track listing ”Just Say Goodbye” (Joe Chambers, Byron Hill) – 2:11 ”When the Feeling Goes Away” (Merle Haggard) – 2:59 ”She Needs Me” (Chuck Cannon, Jimmy Stewart) – 3:15 ”Borrowed Angel” (Mel Street) – 3:11 ”I Wish You Were More Like Your Memory” (Joe Chambers) – 3:00 ”Tic Toc” (Brett Beavers, Troy Johnson) – 2:53 ”It Wouldn't Kill Me” (Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro) – 3:05 ”Making Plans” (Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell) – 2:14 ”He's Not the Man I Used to Be” (Gary Duffey, Micki Foster) – 3:35 “Our Love” (Deana Cox, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis) – 2:59 ”The Best Thing Goin'” (Geiger, Michael Huffman, Mullis) – 3:16 ”The Best Is Yet to Come” (Colleen Peterson, Cyril Lawson, Nancy Simmonds) – 3:06

Personnel Victor Battista - upright bass Eddie Bayers - drums Paul Franklin - steel guitar Sonny Garrish - steel guitar Steve Gibson - electric guitar, mandolin Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass Liana Manis - background vocals Tom Robb - bass guitar Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano, Wurlitzer Matt Rollings - Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer John Wesley Ryles - background vocals Ricky Van Shelton - lead vocals Joe Spivey - fiddle Bruce Watkins - acoustic guitar Dennis Wilson - background vocals

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