Extremes (album)
Extremes is the third studio album by American country music artist Collin Raye. As with Raye's first two albums, Extremes received platinum certification in the United States for sales of over one million copies. The singles released from this album were "That's My Story", "Man of My Word", "My Kind of Girl", "If I Were You" and "Little Rock". "My Kind of Girl" was a Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs charts, while the other singles all reached Top Ten.
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| Released | January 25, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 at The Money Pit, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 35:24 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | John Hobbs Ed Seay Paul Worley | |||
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"Dreaming My Dreams with You" is a cover of the Waylon Jennings song from his album of the same name, and "A Bible and a Bus Ticket Home" was later recorded by Confederate Railroad on their album Keep On Rockin'.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "That's My Story" | Lee Roy Parnell, Tony Haselden | 3:03 |
| 2. | "Man of My Word" | Gary Burr, Allen Shamblin | 3:23 |
| 3. | "My Kind of Girl" | Monty Powell, John Jarrard, Debi Cochran | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Little Rock" | Tom Douglas | 3:58 |
| 5. | "A Bible and a Bus Ticket Home" | James Dean Hicks, Craig Wiseman | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Nothin' a Little Love Won't Cure" | Larry Boone, Rick Bowles, Don Cook | 3:26 |
| 7. | "If I Were You" | John Hobbs, Chris Farren | 4:06 |
| 8. | "To the Border and Beyond" | Collin Raye | 2:55 |
| 9. | "Angel of No Mercy" | Jim McBride, Chapin Hartford | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Dreaming My Dreams with You" | Allen Reynolds | 3:56 |
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Joe Chemay - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Carl Gorodetzky - strings
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- John Hobbs - piano, synthesizer, string arrangements, backing vocals
- Paul Leim - drums
- Gene Le Sage - backing vocals
- Anthony Martin - backing vocals
- Nashville String Machine - strings
- Collin Raye - lead vocals, background vocals
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Dennis Wilson - backing vocals
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
- Paul Worley - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Scotty Wray - backing vocals
- Curtis Young - backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[5] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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References
- "Collin Raye Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "Collin Raye Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "Canadian album certifications – Collin Raye – Extremes". Music Canada. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "American album certifications – Collin Raye – Extremes". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
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