Hardin County Line

Hardin County Line is the debut album of American country music singer-songwriter Mark Collie. It featured 3 singles, one of which, "Looks Aren't Everything", hit the top 40. The other two, the title track and "Something With A Ring To It" failed to chart. The album itself reached a peak of number 57.

Hardin County Line
Studio album by Mark Collie
Released	March 29, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	29:46
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Tony Brown Doug Johnson
Mark Collie chronology
Hardin County Line (1990) Born and Raised in Black & White (1991)
Singles from Hardin County Line
"Looks Aren't Everything" Released: June 9, 1990 "Let Her Go" Released: February 9, 1991

The track, "Something with a Ring to It" would later be recorded by Garth Brooks and included as a bonus track on The Chase for The Limited Series and would be included on all later pressings of that album. "Where There's Smoke" was later released as a single by Archer/Park in 1994.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars, John Floyd of AllMusic wrote that the album "evokes the heart of '50s country, with detailed and compassionate songwriting, wildcat vocals, and guitar by James Burton."[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Good News and The Bad News"	Mark Collie, Bruce Burch	2:53
2.	"Something With a Ring to It"	Collie, Aaron Tippin	2:30
3.	"Let Her Go"	Collie	2:51
4.	"What I Wouldn't Give"	Burch, Collie, Vip Vipperman	2:59
5.	"Where There's Smoke"	Collie, Bobby P. Barker	2:36
6.	"Bound to Ramble"	Collie, Michael Gordon, Ronny Scaife	2:30
7.	"Looks Aren't Everything"	Collie	2:54
8.	"Another Old Soldier"	Collie	3:27
9.	"Hardin County Line"	Collie, Scaife	3:26
10.	"Deliver Me"	Collie, Bruce Bouton	3:40
Total length:			29:46

Personnel

From Hardin County Line liner notes.[2]

Musicians

• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Barry Beckett - piano
• James Burton - electric guitar
• The Fairfield Five Singers - background vocals on "What I Wouldn't Give"
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Vince Gill - background vocals
• Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar
• Steve Nathan - organ on "Deliver Me" and "Another Old Soldier"
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Marty Stuart - acoustic guitar on "Hardin County Line"
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Technical

• Milan Bogdan - digital editing
• David Boyer - engineering
• Tony Brown - producer
• Doug Johnson - producer, recording, mixing
• Brad Jones - engineering
• Julian King - engineering
• Tim Kish - engineering
• Linell - engineering
• Glenn Meadows - mastering
• Keith Odle - engineering

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	57

References

1. Hardin County Line at AllMusic
2. Hardin County Line (CD booklet). Mark Collie. MCA Records. 1990.CS1 maint: others (link)