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What Mattered Most is the debut album of American country music artist Ty Herndon. The album's title track, which was Ty's debut single, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1995. Other singles from the album were "I Want My Goodbye Back", "Heart Half Empty", and "In Your Face". A duet with Stephanie Bentley, "Heart Half Empty" would later be included on her 1996 album Hopechest.
The track "You Just Get One" was later cut by Jeff Wood, who would release it as a single on his 1997 album Between the Earth and the Stars. "Summer was a Bummer" would later be recorded by Wade Hayes on his 1998 album When the Wrong One Loves You Right. Also, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a cover of a single released by Jim Croce in 1972.
[edit] Track listing
- "What Mattered Most" (Gary Burr, Vince Melamed) - 3:40
- "Pretty Good Thing" (Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler) - 2:51
- "Summer Was a Bummer" (Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon) - 3:30
- "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" (Jim Croce) - 3:16
- "Heart Half Empty" (Burr, Desmond Child) - 4:55
- "I Want My Goodbye Back" (Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson, Dave Berg) - 3:24
- "You Just Get One" (Vince Gill, Don Schlitz) - 3:35
- "In Your Face" (Annette Cotter, Kim Tribble) - 2:16
- "Love at 90 Miles an Hour" (Chris Knight, Sam Tate, Annie Tate) - 3:30
- "Hat Full of Rain" (Kim Morrison, Ronnie Godfrey) - 4:11
[edit] Personnel
- Stephanie Bentley - duet vocals (track 5), background vocals (track 9)
- Gary Burr - background vocals
- John Catchings - strings (track 10)
- Carol Chase - background vocals (track 4)
- Joe Chemay - bass guitar
- David Davidson - strings (track 10)
- Joe Diffie - harmony vocals (tracks 3, 10)
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
- Connie Ellisor - strings (track 10)
- Paul Franklin - Dobro (tracks 1, 9), steel guitar (track 2)
- Vince Gill - harmony vocals (track 7)
- Jim Grosjean - strings (track 10)
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Connie Heard - strings (track 10)
- Dann Huff - electric guitar (track 5)
- Kraig Hutchens - electric guitar (tracks 1, 7)
- Mike Jones - background vocals
- Paul Leim - drums (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 9)
- Patty Loveless - harmony vocals (track 10)
- Terry McMillan - percussion
- Steve Nathan - keyboards
- Kathryn Plumber - strings (track 10)
- Christian Teal - strings (track 10)
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Kristin Wilkinson - strings (track 10)
- Lonnie Wilson - drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 10)
[edit] Production
- Jim Burnett - digital editing, assistant engineer
- Don Cobb - editing
- Paige Conners - production assistant
- Emory Gordy, Jr. - strings arranger (track 10)
- Bill Johnson - art direction
- Anthony Martin - assistant engineer
- Frank Ockenfels - photography
- Denny Purcell - mastering
- Ed Seay - engineer, mixing
- Rollow Welch - art direction
[edit] Charts
[edit] References
- All Music Guide (see infobox)
- (1995) Album notes for What Mattered Most by Ty Herndon. Epic Records.
