Country 'til I Die

Country 'Til I Die
Studio album by John Anderson
Released	October 11, 1994
Genre	Country
Label	BNA Records
Producer	John Anderson James Stroud
John Anderson chronology
"Christmas Time" (1994) Country 'Til I Die (1994) Paradise (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Country 'Til I Die is the fifteenth studio album of country music artist John Anderson. It was released in 1994 under the BNA Records label. The album produced the singles: "Bend It Until It Breaks", which peaked at 3 on Country charts, "Mississippi Moon", which peaked at 15 and the title track, which peaked at 35. Also included were a new recording of Anderson's signature hit "Swingin'" as well as a cover of the Georgia Satellites' hit "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" from their self-named debut album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Country ’Til I Die"	John Anderson, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser	3:02
2.	"Bend It Until It Breaks"	Anderson, Lionel Delmore	4:05
3.	"The Good"	Bobby Braddock	4:05
4.	"The Real Deal"	Robert Ellis Orrall, Billy Spencer, Curtis Wright	2:32
5.	"Keep Your Hands to Yourself"	Dan Baird	3:44
6.	"Mississippi Moon"	Tony Joe White, Carson Whitsett	4:15
7.	"It Ain’t Pneumonia, It’s the Blues"	Anderson, Delmore, Larry Emmons	2:53
8.	"Where the Children Have Gone"	Anderson, Delmore	3:11
9.	"Swingin'"	Anderson, Delmore	2:59
10.	"Hillbilly With a Heartache"	Bobby Alexander, Richard E. Carpenter, Cris Moore	3:41

Personnel

• John Anderson - lead vocals, background vocals
• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
• Darel DeCounter - organ
• Quitman Dennis - trombone
• Kim Fleming - background vocals
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar, Dobro
• Vicki Hampton - background vocals
• Mike Haynes - trumpet
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Dann "Lil' Danny Dickens" Huff - electric guitar
• Tracy Lawrence - vocals on "Hillbilly With a Heartache"
• Donna McElroy - background vocals
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Michael Mellett - background vocals
• Steve Nathan - piano, organ
• Robert Ellis Orrall - background vocals
• Don Sheffield - saxophone
• Gary "Bud" Smith - piano
• Denis Solee - saxophone
• Joe Spivey - fiddle
• Bergen White - background vocals
• Chris Willis - background vocals
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	43

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1994	"Country 'til I Die"	35	31
	"Bend It Until It Breaks"	3	28
1995	"Mississippi Moon"	15	11

References

1. Country 'til I Die at AllMusic

• Country 'Til I Die, Allmusic.