Old Enough to Know Better

Old Enough to Know Better is the debut album of American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in early 1995 on Columbia Records, it produced a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in its title track; the singles "I'm Still Dancing with You", "Don't Stop", and "What I Meant to Say" were also Top Ten hits on the same chart. The album itself was certified gold by the RIAA for US shipments of 500,000 copies. The track "Steady as She Goes" was co-written by both members of Brooks & Dunn.

Track listing

1. "Don't Make Me Come to Tulsa" (Don Cook) – 3:32
2. "I'm Still Dancin' with You" (Wade Hayes, Chick Rains) – 3:19
3. "Old Enough to Know Better" (Hayes, Rains) – 3:39
4. "Kentucky Bluebird" (Cook, Wally Wilson) – 3:25
5. "Don't Stop" (Rains, Tom Shapiro) – 2:44
6. "What I Meant to Say" (Cook, Sam Hogin, Jim McBride) – 3:19
7. "Steady as She Goes" (Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Cook) – 3:22
8. "Family Reunion" (Rains, Harlan Howard) – 4:07
9. "Someone Had to Teach You" (Howard, Bill Hervey) – 2:48
10. "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" (Hayes, Rains) – 3:21

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Bruce C. Bouton – slide guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle, "electric hoedown tools"
• Wade Hayes – lead vocals, background vocals
• Mitch Humphries – piano ("Don't Stop")
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Hammond organ
• Patty Loveless – background vocals ("Kentucky Bluebird")
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, 6-string bass guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion

Chart performance

External links

• Allmusic (see infobox)
• Liner notes to Old Enough to Know Better. Columbia Records, 1995.