"Hardin County Line" is the first full-length recorded by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer-songwriter Mark Collie. It featured 3 singles, one of which, "Looks Aren't Everything", hit the top 40. The other two, the title track and "Something With A Ring To It" failed to chart. The album itself reached a peak of number 57.

The track, "Something with a Ring to It" would later be recorded by Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...

 and included as a bonus track on The Chase

The Chase (Garth Brooks album)

The Chase is the fourth studio album of American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 22, 1992 on Liberty Records and sold 403,000 copies in its first week, The Chase debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and Top Country Albums chart. and has been certified 9 x...

for The Limited Series and would be included on all later pressings of that album. "Where There's Smoke" was later released as a single by Archer/Park

Archer/Park

-Track listing:#"We Got a Lot in Common" – 3:07#"Where There's Smoke" – 2:54#"You Don't Know Where This Heart's Been" – 3:59#"I'm Not Crazy" – 2:55...

 in 1994.

Track listing

1. "The Good News and The Bad News" (Collie, Bruce Burch) 2:53
2. "Something With a Ring to It" (Collie, Aaron Tippin
   Aaron Tippin
   Aaron Dupree Tippin is an American country music artist and record producer. Initially a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, he gained a recording contract with RCA Records in 1990...
   
   ) 2:30
3. "Let Her Go" (Collie) 2:51
4. "What I Wouldn't Give" (Burch, Collie, Vip Vipperman) 2:59
5. "Where There's Smoke" (Bobby P. Barker, Collie) 2:36
6. "Bound to Ramble" (Collie, Michael Gordon, Ronny Scaife) 2:30
7. "Looks Aren't Everything" (Collie) 2:54
8. "Another Old Soldier" (Collie) 3:27
9. "Hardin County Line" (Collie, Scaife) 3:26
10. "Deliver Me" (Bruce C. Bouton, Collie) 3:40

Production

• Produced By Tony Brown & Doug Johnson
• Recorded & Engineered By Doug Johnson
• Assistant Engineers: Dave Boyer, Brad Jones, Julian King, Tim Kish, Linell & Keith Odle
• Mixed By Doug Johnson
• Digital Editing: Milan Bogdan
• Mastered By Glenn Meadows

Personnel

• Drums: Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...
  
  
• Bass: Michael Rhodes
• Piano: Barry Beckett
  Barry Beckett
  Barry Edward Beckett was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums...
  
  
• Organ: Steve Nathan
• Guitars: James Burton
  James Burton
  James Burton is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 , Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame...
  
  , Mark Collie, Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
  , Marty Stuart
  Marty Stuart
  John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...
  
  
• Steel Guitar: Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
  
• Backing Vocals: Harry Stinson, Curtis Young
• Additional Backing Vocals: The Fairfield Five ("What I Wouldn't Give")

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	57