One Step at a Time (album)

One Step at a Time is the eighteenth studio album by the American country music singer George Strait, released in 1998 on MCA Nashville Records. The album produced the singles "I Just Want to Dance with You", "True", and "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This", which respectively reached No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1998.

Musical style and composition

One Step at a Time has been described as a neotraditional country album, with elements of pop.

Track listing

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizers, accordion
• Steve Gibson – electric guitars, acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, high-third guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, pedabro
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Tony Brown – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
• Mark Ralston – second engineer
• Russ Martin – additional engineer
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Katie Gillon – art direction
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Mark Tucker – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References