Smoke Rings in the Dark

Infobox Album
Name = Smoke Rings in the Dark
Type = studio
Artist = Gary Allan


Released = October 26, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 40:10
Label = MCA Nashville
Producer = Mark Wright
Tony Brown
Reviews = Allmusic - rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzfuxqlkldhe link]
Last album = "It Would Be You"
(1998)
This album = "Smoke Rings in the Dark"
(1999)
Next album = "Alright Guy"
(2001)

"Smoke Rings in the Dark" is an album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on October 26, 1999 as his first album for MCA Nashville after the closure of Decca Records Nashville, his previous label. Allan's third studio album, it was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced three singles: the title track, "Lovin' You Against My Will," and "Right Where I Need to Be", which respectively reached #12, #34 and #5 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Allan's cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway" also charted #74 on the country charts from unsolicited airplay.

"Don't Tell Mama" was previously recorded by Ty Herndon on his 1996 album "Living in a Moment".

Track listing

# "Smoke Rings in the Dark" (Rivers Rutherford, Houston Robert) - 4:18
# "Right Where I Need to Be" (Casey Beathard, Kent Maxon) - 3:02
# "Don't Tell Mama" (Buddy Brock, Kim Williams, Jerry Laseter) - 3:56
# "Lovin' You Against My Will" (Jamie O'Hara) - 3:59
# "Sorry" (Shawn Camp, Brice Long, Wynn Varble) - 3:06
# "Cryin' for Nothin'" (Kevin Welch) - 4:17
# "Bourbon Borderline" (John Wiggins, Harley Allen, Jennifer Bibeau) - 2:47
# "Runaway" (Del Shannon, Max Crook) - 2:45
# "Learning to Live with Me" (Gary Burr, Allen) - 2:35
# "Cowboy Blues" (George McCorkle, Mike Geiger, Mike Huffman) - 2:57
# "I'm the One" (Gary Allan, Odie Blackmon, O'Hara) - 3:17
# "Greenfields" (Camp, Frank Dycus) - 3:11

Personnel

*Gary Allan – lead vocals
*Lisa Cochran – background vocals
*Christy Cornelius – background vocals
*Chad Cromwell – drums
*Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar
*Steve Gibson – electric guitar
*Randy Hardison – background vocals
*Brice Long – background vocals
*Marilyn Martin – background vocals
*Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
*Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
*Brent Rowan – electric guitar
*John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
*Lisa Silver – background vocals
*Hank Singer – fiddle
*Harry Stinson – background vocals
*Wynn Varble – background vocals
*Bergen White – background vocals
*John Willis – acoustic guitar
*Curtis Young – background vocals

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of David Campbell.