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".

The Love Songs
Studio 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.^{[This quote needs a citation]} "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."^{[This quote needs a citation]}

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When I Said I Do" (Duet with Lisa Hartman Black)	Black	4:33
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" (duet with Carolyn Dawn Johnson)	Black, Shake Russell	4:06
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" (duet with Lisa Hartman Black)	Black, Nicholas	5:33
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

Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums	37
US Top Independent Albums	24

References

1. The Love Songs at AllMusic

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