Holding My Own

Holding My Own
Studio album by George Strait
Released April 21, 1992
Genre Country
Length 30:14
Label MCA
Producer Jimmy Bowen
George Strait
George Strait chronology

Ten Strait Hits
(1991)		 Holding My Own
(1992)		 Pure Country
(1992)
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Holding My Own is a 1992 album by Texan country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records and features the singles "Gone as a Girl Can Get" and "So Much Like My Dad", both of which charted in the Top 5 on the country charts. "Trains Make Me Lonesome" was previously recorded by the trio Schuyler, Knobloch, & Overstreet on their self-titled debut album, and before that by Marty Haggard.

Track listing

  1. "You're Right, I'm Wrong" (Marty Stuart, Wayne Perry) - 2:34
  2. "Holding My Own" (Dean Dillon, Pamela Belford) - 3:20
  3. "Gone as a Girl Can Get" (Jerry Max Lane) - 3:15
  4. "So Much Like My Dad" (Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons) - 3:26
  5. "Trains Make Me Lonesome" (Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler) - 3:46
  6. "All of Me (Loves All of You)" (Kim Williams, L. David Lewis, Monty Holmes) - 2:44
  7. "Wonderland of Love" (Curtis Wayne) - 2:58
  8. "Faults and All" (Carl Perkins) - 2:41
  9. "It's Alright with Me" (Jackson Leap) - 2:50
  10. "Here We Go Again" (Don Lanier, Red Steagall) - 2:53

Personnel

The following musicians performed on this album:[1]

Ace in the Hole Band (Tracks 3 and 9)

All other tracks

Technical personnel

Produced by Jimmy Bowen for Lynwood Productions and George Strait for George Strait Productions. Recorded at Emerald Studio using Mitsubishi X-850 32 track digital. Recorded by Bob Bullock. Mixed by Steve Tillisch at Masterfonics and Sound Stage.

Chart performance

Chart (1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 5
U.S. Billboard 200 33
Canadian RPM Country Albums 17

References

  1. ↑ Holding My Own (booklet). George Strait. Universal City, CA: MCA Records. 1992. pp. 3–4. MCAD 10532.