In This Life (Collin Raye album)

In This Life is the second studio album released by country music artist Collin Raye. Its title track was Raye's second song to reach Number One. "That Was a River", "Somebody Else's Moon" and "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" were also released as singles. "Big River" is a cover of a Johnny Cash song, while "Let It Be Me" is a cover of a pop standard originally recorded by Betty Everett and Jerry Butler.

In This Life
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	August 25, 1992
Recorded	1992 at Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	32:20
Label	Epic
Producer	Garth Fundis John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
All I Can Be (1991) In This Life (1992) Extremes (1994)
Singles from In This Life
"In This Life" Released: July 27, 1992 "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" Released: November 30, 1992 "Somebody Else's Moon" Released: March 29, 1993 "That Was a River" Released: July 27, 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Orlando Sentinel	[4]

Track listing

1. "What They Don't Know" (Stan Munsey, Tony Haselden) — 3:27
2. "In This Life" (Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin) — 3:13
3. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 3:13
4. "Somebody Else's Moon" (Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro) – 3:06
5. "You Can't Take It with You" (Kix Brooks, Don Cook, Chick Rains) – 3:07
6. "That Was a River" (Rick Giles, Susan Longacre) 3:13
7. "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Jackson Leap) – 2:32
8. "Latter Day Cowboy" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:59
9. "Many a Mile" (Mark D. Sanders, Bob Regan) – 3:10
10. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:12

Personnel

• Sam Bush – mandolin
• Joe Chemay – background vocals
• Garth Fundis – background vocals
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• John Hobbs – piano
• Kraig Hutchens – electric guitar
• Gene LeSage – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Collin Raye – lead vocals, background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Steve Turner – drums
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Sammy Wray – background vocals

strings performed by the Nashville String Machine arranged by John Hobbs

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	42
Canadian RPM Country Albums	12

References

1. Mansfield, Brian. "In This Life - Collin Raye". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
2. Nash, Alanna (1992-09-25). "In This Life". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
3. Lewis, Randy (1992-10-04). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
4. Abbott, Jim (1992-12-04). "Mike Reid, Paul Overstreet, Collin Raye". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-10-23.