Cold Hard Truth

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Cold Hard Truth

Studio album by George Jones

Released

June 22, 1999

Genre

Country

Length

28:37

George Jones chronology

16 Biggest Hits
(1998)

Cold Hard Truth
(1999)

Live with the Possum
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Cold Hard Truth is the 56th studio album by American country music singer George Jones. The album was released on June 22, 1999 on the Asylum label. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 53 on The Billboard 200 chart. Cold Hard Truth went Gold in 2000.^[2] A video was also made for the track "Choices." Jones won a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the song "Choices." The album was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. This is Jones' very first album with the Asylum Records label. "You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It" was originally recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 1994 album No Ordinary Man.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Choices"	Billy Yates, Mike Curtis	3:26
2.	"The Cold Hard Truth"	Jamie O'Hara	4:08
3.	"Sinners & Saints"	J.B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman, Darryl Worley	2:29
4.	"Day After Forever"	Max D. Barnes	3:54
5.	"Ain't Love a Lot Like That"	Mark Collie, Dean Miller	2:20
6.	"Our Bed of Roses"	Keith Stegall, Zack Turner	4:12
7.	"Real Deal"	Jim Dowell, Keith Gattis	3:25
8.	"This Wanting You"	T. Graham Brown, Bruce Bouton, Bruce Burch	3:09
9.	"You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It"	Mark Nesler	3:29
10.	"When the Last Curtain Falls"	Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing	3:37

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	53
Canadian RPM Country Albums	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country
1999	"Choices"	30	30
1999	"The Cold Hard Truth"	45	—
2000	"Sinners and Saints"	55	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications


Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)^[3]	Gold

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by George Jones
↑ "American album certifications – George Jones – Cold Hard Truth". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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Studio albums	Grand Ole Opry's New Star Hillbilly Hit Parade Long Live King George Country Church Time White Lightning and Other Favorites George Jones Salutes Hank Williams Sings Country and Western Hits Sings from the Heart George Jones Sings Bob Wills Homecoming in Heaven My Favorites of Hank Williams I Wish Tonight Would Never End George Jones Sings Like the Dickens! Mr. Country & Western Music New Country Hits Old Brush Arbors Country Heart Love Bug I'm a People We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033" Walk Through This World with Me Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier If My Heart Had Windows I'll Share My World with You Where Grass Won't Grow Will You Visit Me on Sunday? George Jones with Love George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne George Jones (We Can Make It) A Picture of Me (Without You) Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) In a Gospel Way The Grand Tour Memories of Us The Battle Alone Again I Wanta Sing Bartender's Blues I Am What I Am Still the Same Ole Me Shine On Jones Country You've Still Got a Place in My Heart Ladies' Choice Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes Wine Colored Roses Too Wild Too Long One Woman Man You Oughta Be Here with Me Friends in High Places And Along Came Jones Walls Can Fall High-Tech Redneck I Lived to Tell It All It Don't Get Any Better Than This Cold Hard Truth The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 The Gospel Collection Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets

Collaborative albums	What's in Our Hearts A King & Two Queens Bluegrass Hootenanny Famous Country Duets George Jones and Gene Pitney: For the First Time! Two Great Singers George Jones and Gene Pitney (Recorded in Nashville!) It's Country Time Again! We Go Together Me and the First Lady We Love to Sing About Jesus Let's Build a World Together We're Gonna Hold On George & Tammy & Tina Golden Ring My Very Special Guests Double Trouble Together Again A Taste of Yesterday's Wine The Bradley Barn Sessions George and Tammy Super Hits One God's Country: George Jones and Friends Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again

Compilations	Hits by George Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits By Request First Time Live Super Hits Super Hits, Volume 2 16 Biggest Hits Live with the Possum 50 Years of Hits

Singles	"Why Baby Why" "White Lightning" "Window Up Above" "Tender Years" "She Thinks I Still Care" "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" "The Race Is On" "Love Bug" "Walk Through This World with Me" "If My Heart Had Windows" "Loving You Could Never Be Better" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "The Grand Tour" "The Door" "He Stopped Loving Her Today" "I'm Not Ready Yet" "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" "Still Doin' Time" "Same Ole Me" "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" "I Always Get Lucky with You" "Tennessee Whiskey" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "She's My Rock" "Hallelujah, I Love You So" "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" "Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" "Wine Colored Roses" "The Right Left Hand" "I'm a One Woman Man" "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" "Choices" "Funny How Time Slips Away"

Collaborative singles	"We're Gonna Hold On" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Golden Ring" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Near You" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Two Story House" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "You Better Move On" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Yesterday's Wine" (w/ Merle Haggard) "C.C. Waterback" (w/ Merle Haggard)

Guest singles	"A Few Ole Country Boys" (w/ Randy Travis) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (w/ Patty Loveless) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (w/ Chad Brock and Hank Williams, Jr.) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ Dierks Bentley)

Related articles	Discography Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards

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