Smoke Rings in the Dark

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Smoke Rings in the Dark
Studio album by Gary Allan
Released	October 26, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	40:10
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Mark Wright Tony Brown
Professional reviews
All Music Guide - link
Gary Allan chronology
It Would Be You (1998) Smoke Rings in the Dark (1999) Alright Guy (2001)

Smoke Rings in the Dark is an album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on October 26, 1999 as his first album for MCA Nashville after the closure of Decca Records Nashville, his previous label. Allan's third studio album, it was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced three singles: the title track, "Lovin' You Against My Will," and "Right Where I Need to Be", which respectively reached #12, #34 and #5 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Allan's cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway" also charted #74 on the country charts from unsolicited airplay.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Smoke Rings in the Dark" (Rivers Rutherford, Houston Robert) - 4:18
2. "Right Where I Need to Be" (Casey Beathard, Kent Maxon) - 3:02
3. "Don't Tell Mama" (Buddy Brock, Kim Williams, Jerry Laseter) - 3:56
4. "Lovin' You Against My Will" (Jamie O'Hara) - 3:59
5. "Sorry" (Shawn Camp, Brice Long, Wynn Varble) - 3:06
6. "Cryin' for Nothin'" (Kevin Welch) - 4:17
7. "Bourbon Borderline" (John Wiggins, Harley Allen, Jennifer Bibeau) - 2:47
8. "Runaway" (Del Shannon, Max Crook) - 2:45
9. "Learning to Live with Me" (Gary Burr, Allen) - 2:35
10. "Cowboy Blues" (George McCorkle, Mike Geiger, Mike Huffman) - 2:57
11. "I'm the One" (Gary Allan, Odie Blackmon, O'Hara) - 3:17
12. "Greenfields" (Camp, Frank Dycus) - 3:11

[edit] Personnel

• Gary Allan – lead vocals
• Lisa Cochran – background vocals
• Christy Cornelius – background vocals
• Chad Cromwell – drums
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar
• Randy Hardison – background vocals
• Brice Long – background vocals
• Marilyn Martin – background vocals
• Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Hank Singer – fiddle
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Wynn Varble – background vocals
• Bergen White – background vocals
• John Willis – acoustic guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of David Campbell.