The Love Songs (Clint Black album)

The Love Songs
Compilation album by Clint Black
Released	January 30, 2007
Genre	Country
Label	Equity
Producer	Clint Black
Clint Black chronology
16 Biggest Hits (2006) The Love Songs (2007) When I Said I Do (2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	link

The Love Songs is a 2007 (see 2007 in music) album by country singer Clint Black. It consists of newly recorded versions of many of his love songs along with a cover version of Jim Croce's "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song".

According to Black, many of the songs remain true to the original version while a few get a slight update. "I wanted to do a record that's not just a reissue of hits," Black said. "Sometimes when I go back and revisit my older recordings, I find little things that, in hindsight, I feel I could improve on just a bit—some new twist that might make it just a little bit better. It might be a slight change in the arrangement, or the way vocals are layered. And there were also times when I listened to a particular recording and felt there really wasn't a change that would make it better."

The album cover was designed by Peter Max and depicts Black with wife Lisa Hartman Black.

Track listing

1. "When I Said I Do" (Black) – 4:33
   • Duet with Lisa Hartman Black.
2. "You Made Me Feel" (Black, Michael McDonald) – 4:33
3. "Something That We Do" (Black, Skip Ewing) – 4:38
4. "Our Kind of Love" (Black, Shake Russell) – 4:06
   • duet with Carolyn Dawn Johnson
5. "My Imagination" (Black, Matt Rollings) – 3:53
6. "Like the Rain" (Black, Hayden Nicholas) – 4:15
7. "You Know It All" (Black, Steve Wariner) – 4:24
8. "That Something in My Life" (Black, Kostas) – 2:55
9. "One Emotion" (Black, Nicholas) – 2:51
10. "Half the Man" (Black, Nicholas) – 3:04
11. "Easy for Me to Say" (Black, Nicholas) – 5:33
    • duet with Lisa Hartman Black
12. "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" (Jim Croce) – 2:34

Personnel

Band

• Bryan Austin — acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Clint Black — acoustic guitar, harmonica, percussion, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals, bass harmonica
• Dane Bryant — piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Lenny Castro — percussion
• Perry Coleman — background vocals
• Steve Dorff — conductor, orchestral arrangements
• Stuart Duncan — fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin — steel guitar
• Dick Gay — drums
• Carl Gorodetzky — concert master
• Lisa Hartman-Black — duet vocals on "When I Said I Do" and "Easy for Me to Say"
• Wes Hightower — background vocals
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson — duet vocals on "Our Kind of Love"
• Abraham Laboriel — bass guitar
• Nashville String Machine — orchestra
• Hayden Nicholas — electric guitar
• Dean Parks — acoustic guitar
• Jeff Peterson — steel guitar
• John "J.R." Robinson — drums
• Matt Rollings — grand piano
• Steve Wariner — electric guitar, background vocals
• Jake Willemain — bass guitar
• Martin Young — acoustic guitar

Production

• Zack Berry — production coordinator, assistant engineer
• Clint Black — producer
• Zeke Clark — assistant engineer
• Ricky Cobble — engineer, mixing
• Steve Lockhart — technical support
• Ray Rogers — engineering support
• Hank Williams — mastering

Chart positions

From Billboard.

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2007	Top Country Albums	37
2007	Top Independent Albums	24

References

• Black Tracks: The Love Songs. ClintBlack.com. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
• The Love Songs Overview. Allmusic. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
• The Love Songs Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
• Artist Chart History (Albums). Billboard. Retrieved on September 16, 2007.