Put Yourself in My Shoes

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Put Yourself in My Shoes
Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length30:39
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerJames Stroud
Clint Black chronology
Killin' Time
(1989) 		Put Yourself in My Shoes
(1990) 		The Hard Way
(1992)
Singles from Put Yourself in My Shoes
  1. "Put Yourself in My Shoes"
    Released: October 1990
  2. "Loving Blind"
    Released: January 14, 1991
  3. "One More Payment"
    Released: April 1991
  4. "Where Are You Now"
    Released: July 22, 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Put Yourself in My Shoes is the second studio album by American

Number One
; the title track at #4; and "One More Payment" at #7. "This Nightlife" also charted at #61 from unsolicited airplay.

Musical style and composition

Put Yourself in My Shoes has been described musically as

honky-tonk,[4] continuing the traditional country sounds of Black's debut album Killin' Time.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Put Yourself in My Shoes"Black, Nicholas, Shake Russell3:15
2."The Gulf of Mexico" 2:42
3."One More Payment"Black, Nicholas, Russell2:16
4."Where Are You Now" 3:09
5."The Old Man" 3:02
6."This Nightlife" 3:08
7."Loving Blind"Black3:57
8."Muddy Water" (Omitted from cassette version) 2:30
9."A Heart Like Mine" 3:03
10."The Goodnight-Loving" 3:37

Personnel

Clint Black's band

  • Clint Black – acoustic guitar and electric guitars, harmonica, lead vocals
  • Dick Gay – drums and percussion
  • Jeff Huskins – fiddle, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Hayden Nicholas – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeff Peterson – pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
  • Jake Willemain – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Martin Young – acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Michael Black – backing vocals
  • Jana King – backing vocals
  • Randy McCormick – backing vocals
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  • Curtis Young – backing vocals

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 18
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
US Billboard 200[8] 19
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 3

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1990 "Put Yourself in My Shoes" 4 3
1991 "Loving Blind" 1 1
"One More Payment" 7 7
"Where Are You Now" 1 1

Other charted songs

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1991 "This Nightlife" 61

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b "Clint BlackPut Yourself in My Shoes (RCA)..." Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ a b "A Tip of the Hat to Country". Los Angeles Times. 1990-11-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
  5. ^ a b Rolling Stone review
  6. ^ "Clint Black Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "Clint Black Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
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