One Emotion
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One Emotion is a 1994 album by country
singer-songwriter Clint Black
.
All five singles from the album reached the heights of the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts: "Untanglin' My Mind" at #4, "Wherever You Go" at #3, "Summer's Comin'
" at #1
, "One Emotion" at #2, and "Life Gets Away" at #4.
Among the album's collaborations are the songs "Untanglin' My Mind", co-written with country legend Merle Haggard
, and "You Made Me Feel", co-written with soul
singer Michael McDonald
.
except where noted.
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 Clint Black
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
.
All five singles from the album reached the heights of the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts: "Untanglin' My Mind" at #4, "Wherever You Go" at #3, "Summer's Comin'
Summer's Comin'
"Summer's Comin'" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in March 1995 as the third single from his album, One Emotion...
" at #1
Chart topper
Chart topper may refer to:*Record chart, a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time**Billboard charts, a ranking of the relative popularity of songs or albums in the United States...
, "One Emotion" at #2, and "Life Gets Away" at #4.
Among the album's collaborations are the songs "Untanglin' My Mind", co-written with country legend Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
, and "You Made Me Feel", co-written with soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Clint Black/Hayden NicholasHayden Nicholas
James Hayden Nicholas is a country guitarist and songwriter.Nicholas grew up in the Houston, Texas area, where he taught himself to play guitar at age nine. In the early 1980s, he was briefly member of the band Revolver, headlined by Tim McCrary, which played extensively in Texas...
except where noted.
- "One EmotionOne Emotion (song)"One Emotion" is the title of a song co-written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas, and recorded by Black on his 1994 album One Emotion. It was released in July 1995 as the fourth single from the album.-Critical reception:...
" – 2:42 - "Summer's Comin'Summer's Comin'"Summer's Comin'" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in March 1995 as the third single from his album, One Emotion...
" – 2:47 - "Untanglin' My MindUntanglin' My Mind"Untanglin' My Mind" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. He wrote the song with Merle Haggard. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from the album One Emotion. The song peaked at number 4 on the U.S...
" (Black, Merle HaggardMerle HaggardMerle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
) – 3:24 - "Wherever You GoWherever You Go"Wherever You Go" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in January 1995 as the second single from the album One Emotion. It peaked at number 3 on the U.S...
" – 4:12 - "A Change in the Air" – 2:52
- "Life Gets AwayLife Gets Away"Life Gets Away" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in October 1995 as the fifth and final single from Black's album One Emotion. The song reached number on the U.S...
" (Black, Nicholas, Thom SchuylerThom SchuylerThom Schuyler is an American songwriter. Schuyler wrote songs recorded by more than 200 various artists including "16th Avenue" for Lacy J. Dalton, "Love Will Turn You Around" for Kenny Rogers, and "Long Line of Love" for Michael Martin Murphey.In 1983, Schuyler signed to Capitol Records and...
) – 2:56 - "I Can Get By" (Black) – 4:11
- "Hey Hot Rod" (Black, Shake Russell) – 2:41
- "You Walked By" (Black) – 2:08
- "You Made Me Feel" (Black, Michael McDonaldMichael McDonald (singer)Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
) – 3:41
Band
- Clint Black—acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, 12-string guitar - Hayden NicholasHayden NicholasJames Hayden Nicholas is a country guitarist and songwriter.Nicholas grew up in the Houston, Texas area, where he taught himself to play guitar at age nine. In the early 1980s, he was briefly member of the band Revolver, headlined by Tim McCrary, which played extensively in Texas...
—acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric sitarElectric sitarAn electric sitar is a kind of electric guitar designed to mimic the sound of the traditional Indian instrument, the sitar. Depending on the manufacturer and model, these instruments bear varying degrees of resemblance to the traditional sitar...
, baritone guitarBaritone guitarThe baritone guitar is a variation on the standard guitar, with a longer scale length that allows it to be tuned to a lower range. It first appeared in the classical music realm... - Eddie Bayers—drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Dane Bryant—pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Thomas Flora—background vocals
- Dick Gay—drums
- Aubrey HaynieAubrey HaynieAubrey Haynie is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote himself...
—fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music... - Dann HuffDann HuffDann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
—electric guitar - Brent MasonBrent MasonBrent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
—electric guitar - Jeff Peterson—DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
, guitar, steel guitarSteel guitarSteel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
, melobar - John Wesley RylesJohn Wesley RylesJohn Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,...
—background vocals - Biff Watson—acoustic guitar
- Jake Willemain—bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Glenn WorfGlenn WorfGlenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
—bass - Curtis Young—background vocals
- Martin Young—acoustic guitar
Production
- Clint Black—producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- James Stroud—producer
- Zack Berry—production assistant
- Ricky Cobble—assistant engineer
- Mark Hagen—assistant engineer, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
assistant - Julian King—engineer
- Glenn Meadows—mastering
- Lynn Peterzell—engineer, mixing
- Doug Rich—production assistant
Album
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 37 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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| 1994 | "Untanglin' My Mind" | 4 | 3 |
| 1995 | "Wherever You Go" | 3 | 4 |
| "Summer's Comin'" | 1 | 1 | |
| "One Emotion" | 2 | 1 | |
| "Life Gets Away" | 4 | 1 |