Can't Back Down

For the song from the film Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, see Can't Back Down (song).
Can't Back Down
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released January 22, 2002
Genre Country
Label Epic
Producer Collin Raye
James Stroud
Collin Raye chronology
Tracks
(2000)		 Can't Back Down
(2001)		 Twenty Years and Change
(2005)

Can't Back Down is the seventh studio album released by country music artist Collin Raye. It was also his last album for Epic Records, and the first album of his career not to produce any Top 40 country hits. "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me", the first single, reached #43 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "What I Need", the second single, failed to chart.

Contents

Critical reception

Maria Konicki Dinoia of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five. She considered it "in much the same vein" as his previous albums, saying that "[f]ans will come to love and appreciate" it.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Gypsy Honeymoon" (Kim Carnes, Collin Ellingson) – 3:49
  2. "It Could Be That Easy" (Tom Damphier, Gene LeSage) – 3:27
  3. "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me" (Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate, Sam Tate) – 4:13
  4. "What I Need" (Karen Taylor-Good, Jason Blume) – 3:34
  5. "Dancing with No Music Playing" (Don Ellis, Billy Montana) – 3:51
  6. "You Always Get to Me" (Angela Lauer, Tom Douglas) – 4:13
  7. "End of the World" (Billy Mann) – 3:40
  8. "One Desire" (Jane Bach, Tammy Hyler, Kevin Haynie) – 5:12
  9. "Young as We're Ever Gonna Be" (Collin Raye, Scott Wray) – 3:49
  10. "Dear Life" (Christi Dannemiller, LeSage) – 4:34
  11. "What I Did for Love" (Brent Maher, Thom Schuyler) – 3:09
  12. "I Can Let Go Now" (Michael McDonald) – 2:42

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[2]

Strings on "I Can Let Go Now" conducted and arranged by Steve Dorff.

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 39

References

  1. ^ Dinoia, Maria Konicki. "Can't Back Down review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r558497. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  2. ^ (2001) Album notes for Can't Back Down by Collin Raye [CD insert]. Epic Records (85794).
Collin Raye
Studio albums
All I Can Be · In This Life · Extremes · I Think About You · Christmas: The Gift · The Walls Came Down · Counting Sheep · Tracks · Can't Back Down · Twenty Years and Change · Fearless · Never Going Back · His Love Remains
Compilation albums
The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits · 16 Biggest Hits · Selected Hits
Top 10 Singles (U.S. Country)
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