The Coast Is Clear (Tracy Lawrence album)

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Coast Is Clear
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 1997
GenreCountry
Length33:01
LabelAtlantic Records[1]
ProducerFlip Anderson, Tracy Lawrence, Don Cook
Tracy Lawrence chronology
Time Marches On
(1996)
Coast Is Clear
(1997)
The Best of Tracy Lawrence
(1998)
Singles from The Coast Is Clear
  1. "Better Man, Better Off"
    Released: February 22, 1997
  2. "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye"
    Released: May 26, 1997
  3. "The Coast Is Clear"
    Released: September 1997
  4. "While You Sleep"
    Released: March 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

The Coast Is Clear is the fifth studio album by American

Lessons Learned
, in 2000.

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that Lawrence "mixes a fine program of driving, contemporary country with the traditional sound of his Arkansas youth."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."
J. P. Pennington
3:29

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[5]

Tracks 1 - 4, 7 & 10

  • Flip Anderson - piano, keyboards
  • Tom Baughman - steel guitar
  • Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar, hi-strung guitar
  • Billy Cochran - fiddle
  • Butch Davis - electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Deryl Dodd - background vocals
  • Paul Franklin - steel guitar
  • Rob Hajacos - fiddle
  • Tony Harrell - piano, keyboards
  • Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals
  • Terry McMillan - percussion
  • Liana Manis - background vocals
  • Eric Nelson - drums
  • Darryl O'Donnell - acoustic guitar
  • Dave Pomeroy - bass guitar
  • Brent Rowan - electric guitar, mandolin
  • Milton Sledge - drums
  • Leon Watson - bass guitar
  • Kristin Wilkinson - string arrangement on "While You Sleep"

Tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9

  • Bruce C. Bouton - steel guitar
  • Dennis Burnside - piano, keyboards,
    Hammond B-3 organ
  • Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
  • Rob Hajacos - fiddle, "assorted hoedown tools"
  • Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals
  • gut string guitar
  • John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
  • Dennis Wilson - background vocals
  • Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar
  • Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 45
Canadian RPM Country Albums 6

References

  1. ^ "Tracy Lawrence - The Coast Is Clear". www.countrystandardtime.com.
  2. ^ "The Coast Is Clear - Tracy Lawrence | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Tracy Lawrence Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Nash, Alanna. "The Coast Is Clear". EW.com.
  5. ^ The Coast Is Clear (Media notes). Tracy Lawrence. Atlantic Records. 1997. 82985-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)