If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’
Released February 22, 1988
Recorded September 1987
Studio Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length 28:20
Label MCA
Producer
Jimmy Bowen George Strait
If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’ is the eighth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on February 22, 1988 by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA and it produced three singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (originally recorded by Faron Young), “Baby Blue”, and “Famous Last Words of a Fool”, all of which reached Number One.
Track listing
1. “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)” Tommy Collins 2:21
2. “Under These Conditions” Ronnie McDowell, Joe Meador, Troy Seals 3:30
3. “Baby Blue” Aaron Barker 3:35
4. “Don’t Mind If I Do” Skip Ewing, Don Sampson 3:21
5. “Bigger Man Than Me” Curtis Wayne 2:51
6. “Famous Last Words of a Fool” Dean Dillon, Rex Huston 3:37
7. “It’s Too Late Now” David Chamberlain 2:30
8. “Is It That Time Again” Buddy Cannon, Dillon, Vern Gosdin 2:53
9. “Let’s Get Down to It” L. David Lewis 2:04
10. “Back to Bein’ Me” Hank Cochran, Dillon 2:30
Total length: 28:20
Personnel
George Strait – lead vocals
Curtis “Mr. Harmony” Young – background vocals
Liana “Mrs. Harmony” Young – background vocals
Eddie Bayers – drums
David Hungate – bass
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar, dobro
Johnny Gimble – fiddle
Floyd Domino – piano
Production
Bob Bullock – engineer
Willie Peaver – engineer
Tim Kish – engineer
John Guess – mixer
Marty Williams – engineer
Russ Martin – engineer
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Jessie Noble – project coordinator
Simon Levy – art direction
Mickey Braithwaite – design
Rick Henson – photography
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