lways Never the Same is an album released in 1999 by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced the singles "Meanwhile", "Write This Down", and "What Do You Say to That", which respectively reached #4, #1, and #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The title track, "One of You" and "I Look at You" also charted in the lower regions of that chart from unsolicited airplay.
"What Do You Say to That" was also recorded by David Ball on his 1999 album Play.
Contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
2.1 Musicians
2.2 Production
2.3 Art
3 Chart performance
4 References
Track listing
"Meanwhile" (Wayland Holyfield, Fred Knoblock) - 3:36
"Write This Down" (Dana Hunt Oglesby, Kent Robbins) - 3:41
"That*s the Truth" (Steve Leslie, Melba Montgomery) - 3:19
"What Do You Say to That" (Jim Lauderdale, Montgomery) - 3:04
"Peace of Mind" (Aaron Barker, Dean Dillon) - 3:16
"That*s Where I Wanna Take Our Love" (Hank Cochran, Dillon) - 3:20
"Always Never the Same" (Marvin Green, Terry McBride) - 3:06
"One of You" (Kostas, Lauderdale) - 2:35
"I Look at You" (Steve Bogard, Jeff Stevens) - 3:31
"4 Minus 3 Equals Zero" (Lonnie Williams) - 3:11
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[4]
Musicians[edit]
Eddie Bayers - drums
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Liana Manis - background vocals
Brent Mason - electric & acoustic guitar
Steve Nathan - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar on "Meanwhile" & "What Do You Say to That"
Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Curtis Young - background vocals
Strings by The Nashville String Machine conducted and arranged by Bergen White.
Production
Chuck Ainlay - Engineer
Don Cobb - digital editing
Tony Green - 2nd Engineer
Carlos Grier - digital editing
Russ Martin - Overdubs
Justin Niebank - Overdubs
Jessie Noble - project coordinator
Denny Purcell - Masters
Mark Ralston - 2nd Engineer
Tim Waters - 2nd Engineer
Art[edit]
Art Direction: Virginia Team
Design: Chris Ferrara
Photography: Mark Tucker
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1999) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200 6
Canadian RPM Country Albums 2
Canadian RPM Top Albums 73
"What Do You Say to That" was also recorded by David Ball on his 1999 album Play.
Contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
2.1 Musicians
2.2 Production
2.3 Art
3 Chart performance
4 References
Track listing
"Meanwhile" (Wayland Holyfield, Fred Knoblock) - 3:36
"Write This Down" (Dana Hunt Oglesby, Kent Robbins) - 3:41
"That*s the Truth" (Steve Leslie, Melba Montgomery) - 3:19
"What Do You Say to That" (Jim Lauderdale, Montgomery) - 3:04
"Peace of Mind" (Aaron Barker, Dean Dillon) - 3:16
"That*s Where I Wanna Take Our Love" (Hank Cochran, Dillon) - 3:20
"Always Never the Same" (Marvin Green, Terry McBride) - 3:06
"One of You" (Kostas, Lauderdale) - 2:35
"I Look at You" (Steve Bogard, Jeff Stevens) - 3:31
"4 Minus 3 Equals Zero" (Lonnie Williams) - 3:11
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[4]
Musicians[edit]
Eddie Bayers - drums
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Liana Manis - background vocals
Brent Mason - electric & acoustic guitar
Steve Nathan - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar on "Meanwhile" & "What Do You Say to That"
Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Curtis Young - background vocals
Strings by The Nashville String Machine conducted and arranged by Bergen White.
Production
Chuck Ainlay - Engineer
Don Cobb - digital editing
Tony Green - 2nd Engineer
Carlos Grier - digital editing
Russ Martin - Overdubs
Justin Niebank - Overdubs
Jessie Noble - project coordinator
Denny Purcell - Masters
Mark Ralston - 2nd Engineer
Tim Waters - 2nd Engineer
Art[edit]
Art Direction: Virginia Team
Design: Chris Ferrara
Photography: Mark Tucker
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1999) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200 6
Canadian RPM Country Albums 2
Canadian RPM Top Albums 73
