The Key (Vince Gill album)

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The Key
File:TheKey.jpg
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released August 11, 1998
Genre Country
Length 45:15
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Tony Brown
Vince Gill chronology
High Lonesome Sound
(1996)High Lonesome Sound1996		 The Key
(1998)		 Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
(1998)Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Chicago Tribune (favorable) [2]
Entertainment Weekly A [3]

The Key is the ninth studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1998 on MCA Nashville. It features the singles "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind," "Kindly Keep It Country," "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" (an uncredited duet with Dawn Sears) and "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man." This final track was also included on Patty Loveless's 1999 compilation album, Classics. This was Gill's first No. 1 Country Album.


Track listing

All songs written by Vince Gill except where noted.

  1. "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" (Gill, Reed Nielsen) - 3:06
  2. "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" (Gill, Troy Seals) - 4:38
  3. "I Never Really Knew You" - 2:14
  4. "Kindly Keep It Country" - 3:09
  5. "All Those Years" - 3:57
  6. "I'll Take Texas" (Clint Black, Hayden Nicholas) - 2:05
  7. "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" - 3:53
  8. "There's Not Much Love Here Anymore" - 3:28
  9. "Let Her In" - 3:03
  10. "The Hills of Caroline" - 4:44
  11. "Live to Tell It All" (Gill, Sonya Isaacs) - 3:36
  12. "What They All Call Love" - 3:20
  13. "The Key to Life" - 4:02

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[4]

The band
Background vocalists
Technical
  • Chuck Ainlay - recording, mixing
  • Tony Brown - production
  • Benny Garcia - guitar tech
  • Steve Marcantonio - recording
  • Denny Purcell - mastering
  • Bergen White - background vocal recording

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 11
Canadian RPM Country Albums 2
Canadian RPM Top Albums 25
Preceded by
Come On Over
by Shania Twain
 Top Country Albums number-one album
August 29 - September 4, 1998		 Succeeded by
Come On Over
by Shania Twain

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. The Key at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
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