Livin* it Up is the 10th studio album by American country singer George Strait, released in 1990 onMCA Records. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The Tracks "Drinking Champagne", "Love Without End, Amen", and "I*ve Come to Expect It From You" were all released as singles; "Drinking Champagne" was a #4 hit on the Hot Country Songs charts, while the other two singles were both Number One hits. "She Loves Me (She Don*t Love You)" was written and originally recorded by Conway Twitty, and was later recorded on Gary Allan*s 1998 album It Would Be You.
"Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy" was first recorded by Strait and The Ace in the Hole Band in the 1970s and was the B-side to "(That Don*t Change) The Way I Feel About You", the latter of which is included on Strait Out of the Box.
Contents [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
2.1 The Ace in the Hole Band
3 Production
4 Chart performance
5 References
Track listing[edit]
"Someone Had to Teach You" (Harlan Howard) - 2:49
"Heaven Must Be Wondering Where You Are" (David Chamberlain, L. David Lewis) - 3:13
"I*ve Come to Expect It from You" (Buddy Cannon, Dean Dillon) - 3:45
"Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy" (Clay Blaker) - 4:25
"When You*re a Man on Your Own" (Carl Perkins) - 2:12
"Drinking Champagne" (Bill Mack) - 3:35
"We*re Supposed to Do that Now and Then" (David Anthony, Dillon, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer) - 2:33
"She Loves Me (She Don*t Love You)" (Conway Twitty) - 2:30
"Love Without End, Amen" (Aaron Barker) - 3:07
"Stranger in My Arms" (Curtis Wayne) - 2:54
Personnel[edit]
Eddie Bayers - drums
Joe Chemay - bass guitar
Floyd Domino - piano
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar
Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Jim Horn - saxophone
Curtis Young - background vocals
Liana Young - background vocals
Reggie Young - electric guitar
The Ace in the Hole Band[edit]
On "Someone Had to Teach You" and "She Loves Me (She Don*t Love You)"
David Anthony - acoustic guitar
Mike Daily - steel guitar
Gene Elders - fiddle
Phil Fisher - drums
Terry Hale - bass
Ronnie Huckaby - piano
Benny MacArthur - electric guitar
Rick McRae - electric guitar
Production[edit]
Produced by Jimmy Bowen and George Strait
Recorded and mixed by Tom Perry with Bob Bullock
Overdubs recorded by Russ Martin, Tim Kish and Bob Bullock at Sound Stage
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics
digital editing by Milan Bogdan
Project coordinator: Jessie noble
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1990) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 35
"Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy" was first recorded by Strait and The Ace in the Hole Band in the 1970s and was the B-side to "(That Don*t Change) The Way I Feel About You", the latter of which is included on Strait Out of the Box.
Contents [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
2.1 The Ace in the Hole Band
3 Production
4 Chart performance
5 References
Track listing[edit]
"Someone Had to Teach You" (Harlan Howard) - 2:49
"Heaven Must Be Wondering Where You Are" (David Chamberlain, L. David Lewis) - 3:13
"I*ve Come to Expect It from You" (Buddy Cannon, Dean Dillon) - 3:45
"Lonesome Rodeo Cowboy" (Clay Blaker) - 4:25
"When You*re a Man on Your Own" (Carl Perkins) - 2:12
"Drinking Champagne" (Bill Mack) - 3:35
"We*re Supposed to Do that Now and Then" (David Anthony, Dillon, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer) - 2:33
"She Loves Me (She Don*t Love You)" (Conway Twitty) - 2:30
"Love Without End, Amen" (Aaron Barker) - 3:07
"Stranger in My Arms" (Curtis Wayne) - 2:54
Personnel[edit]
Eddie Bayers - drums
Joe Chemay - bass guitar
Floyd Domino - piano
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar
Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Jim Horn - saxophone
Curtis Young - background vocals
Liana Young - background vocals
Reggie Young - electric guitar
The Ace in the Hole Band[edit]
On "Someone Had to Teach You" and "She Loves Me (She Don*t Love You)"
David Anthony - acoustic guitar
Mike Daily - steel guitar
Gene Elders - fiddle
Phil Fisher - drums
Terry Hale - bass
Ronnie Huckaby - piano
Benny MacArthur - electric guitar
Rick McRae - electric guitar
Production[edit]
Produced by Jimmy Bowen and George Strait
Recorded and mixed by Tom Perry with Bob Bullock
Overdubs recorded by Russ Martin, Tim Kish and Bob Bullock at Sound Stage
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics
digital editing by Milan Bogdan
Project coordinator: Jessie noble
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1990) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 35
