The Love Songs (Clint Black album)

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

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

References

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