If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'

Infobox Album | Name = If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'
Type = studio
Artist = George Strait


Released = February 22, 1988
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 29:23
Label = MCA
Producer = Jimmy Bowen and George Strait
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:hjfuxqe5ldje link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits Volume Two"
(1987)
This album = "If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin"'
(1988)
Next album = "Beyond the Blue Neon"
(1989) |

If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' is George Strait's 8th original studio album and 11th overall album. It was released by MCA Records in 1988. 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

#"If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" (Tommy Collins) – 2:21
#"Under These Conditions" (Ronnie McDowell, Joe Meador, Troy Seals) – 3:31
#"Baby Blue" (Aaron Barker) – 3:36
#"Don't Mind If I Do" (Skip Ewing, Don Sampson) – 3:21
#"Bigger Man Than Me" (Curtis Wayne) – 2:51
#"Famous Last Words of a Fool" (Dean Dillon, Rex Huston) – 3:37
#"It's Too Late Now" (David Chamberlain) – 2:31
#"Is It That Time Again" (Buddy Cannon, Dillon, Vern Gosdin) – 2:54
#"Let's Get Down to It" (L. David Lewis) – 2:05
#"Back to Bein' Me" (Hank Cochran, Dillon) – 2:36

Band

*Background Vocals: Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young & Liana "Mrs. Harmony" Young
*Drums:Eddie Bayers
*Bass: David Hungate
*Electric Guitar: Reggie Young, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
*Acoustic Guitar: Pat Flynn, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
*Steel Guitar: Paul Franklin
*Fiddle: Johnny Gimble
*Piano: Floyd Domino
*Dobro: Paul Franklin

Personell

*Engineers: Bob Bullock, Willie Peaver, Tim Kish
*Mixer: John Guess
*Second Engineers: Marty Williams, Russ Martin, Tim Kish
*Digital Editing: Milan Bogdan
*Project Coordinator: Jessie Noble
*Art Direction: Simon Levy
*Design: Mickey Braithwaite
*Photography: Rick Henson

References

*Allmusic (see infobox)