Tight Rope (album)

Tight Rope is the sixth studio album by country duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 1999 on Arista Nashville. Their least successful album commercially, it was the first album of their career not to receive platinum certification from the RIAA; furthermore, only one of its three singles reached Top Ten on the country charts. The album's lead-off single was a cover of John Waite's 1984 single "Missing You". This cover peaked at #15 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Following it were the #19 "Beer Thirty" and the #5 "You'll Always Be Loved by Me". "Goin' Under Gettin' Over You" also reached #60 from unsolicited play as an album cut.

Tight Rope
Studio album by Brooks & Dunn
Released	September 21, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	47:06
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Kix Brooks Don Cook Ronnie Dunn Byron Gallimore
Brooks & Dunn chronology
Super Hits (1999) Tight Rope (1999) Steers & Stripes (2001)
Alternative Cover
Re-release with title printed on cover
Singles from Tight Rope
"Missing You" Released: August 2, 1999 "Beer Thirty" Released: October 25, 1999 "You'll Always Be Loved by Me" Released: March 21, 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Goin' Under Gettin' Over You" (Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride) – 2:56
2. "Missing You" (John Waite, Mark Leonard, Charles Sandford) – 3:46
3. "Temptation #9" (Kix Brooks, Bob DiPiero) – 3:32
4. "Hurt Train" (Dunn, McBride) – 4:04
5. "Can't Stop My Heart" (Brooks, Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro) – 4:19
6. "Too Far This Time" (Dunn) – 3:30
7. "You'll Always Be Loved by Me" (Dunn, McBride) – 3:02
8. "I Love You More" (Brooks, DiPiero) – 3:21
9. "Beer Thirty" (Dunn, McBride) – 2:37
10. "Don't Look Back Now" (Brooks, Don Cook) – 3:52
11. "All Out of Love" (Dunn, McBride) – 4:09
12. "The Trouble with Angels" (Brooks, DiPiero) – 4:12
13. "Texas and Norma Jean" (Brooks, Lewis Anderson) – 3:51

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	31
Canadian RPM Country Albums	6

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1999	"Missing You"	15	75	6
	"Beer Thirty"	19	105	12
2000	"You'll Always Be Loved By Me"	5	55	7

Personnel

Brooks & Dunn

• Kix Brooks - lead vocals, background vocals
• Ronnie Dunn - lead vocals, background vocals

Musicians

• Robert Bailey - background vocals
• Bruce Bouton - lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
• Kim Fleming - background vocals
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
• Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle, assorted hoedown tools
• Vicki Hampton - background vocals
• Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
• John Barlow Jarvis - piano, keyboards, B-3 organ
• B. James Lowry - electric guitar
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Steve Nathan - keyboards
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Production

• Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Don Cook (tracks 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13)
• Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Byron Gallimore (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11)
• Doug Sax - Mastering

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r428783