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D'lectrified

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D'lectrified
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999
GenreCountry
Length53:38
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerClint Black
Clint Black chronology
Nothin' but the Taillights
(1997)
D'lectrified
(1999)
Greatest Hits II
(2001)
Singles from D'lectrified
  1. "When I Said I Do"
    Released: August 30, 1999
  2. "Been There"
    Released: January 10, 2000
  3. "Love She Can't Live Without"
    Released: June 24, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC[2]
Q[3]

D'lectrified is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Clint Black, released on September 28, 1999. It is also the first album in Black's career that he produced by himself.

The album was recorded entirely without electric instruments, hence the title. "There is not a single electric instrument on the album, but you wouldn't know it unless you were told. It is truly, totally unplugged," said Black. It was recorded entirely in ten weeks, "the fastest I'd ever done an album".

The album is an eclectic mix of material. In addition to a selection of new songs, it contains a number of cover versions, including a version of Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way", Monty Python's "Galaxy Song", The Marshall Tucker Band's "Bob Away My Blues" and Leon Russell's "Dixie Lullaby". It also has several collaborations, including the hits "When I Said I Do", a duet with Black's wife, Lisa Hartman Black, and "Been There", a duet with his friend Steve Wariner. Black also rearranged and re-recorded three previous songs of his own in the album's bluesier style.

While not as commercially successful as many of his other works, D'lectrified still became Black's eighth album to be certified gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bob Away My Blues"Toy Caldwell3:06
2."Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way" (duet with Waylon Jennings)Waylon Jennings5:55
3."Hand in the Fire"Clint Black, Hayden Nicholas4:38
4."Outside Intro (To Galaxy Song)" (feat. Eric Idle)Black, Eric Idle0:39
5."Galaxy Song"Idle, John DuPrez2:24
6."When I Said I Do" (Duet with Lisa Hartman Black)Black4:30
7."Been There" (Duet with Steve Wariner)Black, Steve Wariner5:27
8."Dixie Lullaby" (Duet with Bruce Hornsby)Leon Russell, Chris Stainton3:18
9."Where Your Love Won't Go"Black, Wariner2:43
10."Love She Can't Live Without"Black, Skip Ewing3:41
11."Burn One Down"Black, Frankie Miller, Nicholas3:57
12."Who I Use to Be"Black, Nicholas3:29
13."Harmony" (Duet with Kenny Loggins)Black, Kenny Loggins, Nicholas5:27
14."No Time to Kill"Black, Nicholas5:36
15."Something That We Do" (Instrumental version of the hit from 1997's Nothin' but the Taillights)Black, Ewing2:48

Personnel

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Musical credits

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Production

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  • Clint Black — producer, engineer
  • Jeff Basso — engineer
  • Zack Berry — production coordinator
  • Ricky Cobble — recorder, engineer
  • Greg Collins — mixing assistant
  • Steve Genewick — assistant engineer
  • Richard Hanson — engineer, engineering support
  • Julian King — recorder, engineer, mixing
  • Matt Price — assistant engineer
  • Ray Rogers — engineer, engineering support
  • Doug Saxmastering, max
  • James Stroud — executive producer
  • Tom Sweeney — mixing assistant
  • Simon Tassano — recorder, engineer
  • Dann Thompson — assistant engineer

Charts

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Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1999 "When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman-Black) 1 31 1
2000 "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) 5 44 1
"Love She Can't Live Without" 30 45

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  4. ^ "Clint Black Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Clint Black Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "2000 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-62. Retrieved May 13, 2021.