Cold Hard Truth

Cold Hard Truth
Studio album by George Jones
Released	June 22, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	28:37
Label	Asylum
Producer	Keith Stegall
George Jones chronology
It Don't Get Any Better Than This (1998) Cold Hard Truth (1999) The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Cold Hard Truth is an album by American country music singer George Jones. The album was released on June 22, 1999 on the Asylum label. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 53 on The Billboard 200 chart. Cold Hard Truth went Gold in 2000.^[2] A video was also made for the track "Choices." Jones won a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the song "Choices." This is Jones' very first album with the Asylum Records label. "You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It" was originally recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 1994 album No Ordinary Man.

Track listing

1. "Choices" (Billy Yates, Mike Curtis) – 3:26
2. "The Cold Hard Truth" (Jamie O'Hara) – 4:08
3. "Sinners & Saints" (J.B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman, Darryl Worley) – 2:29
4. "Day After Forever" (Max D. Barnes) – 3:54
5. "Ain't Love a Lot Like That" (Mark Collie, Dean Miller) – 2:20
6. "Our Bed of Roses" (Keith Stegall, Zack Turner) – 4:12
7. "Real Deal" (Jim Dowell, Keith Gattis) - 3:25
8. "This Wanting You" (T. Graham Brown, Bruce Bouton, Bruce Burch) – 3:09
9. "You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It" (Mark Nesler) – 3:29
10. "When the Last Curtain Falls" (Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing) – 3:37

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	53
Canadian RPM Country Albums	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1999	"Choices"	30	30
	"The Cold Hard Truth"	45	—
2000	"Sinners and Saints"	55	—

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by George Jones