Stepping Stone (album)
Stepping Stone is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Lari White. Released on July 28, 1998 as her first album for Lyric Street Records after leaving RCA Nashville. The album's title track was a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in mid-1998; "Take Me" and "John Wayne Walking Away" were also released as singles.
Stepping Stone | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 28, 1998 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 44:41 | |||
Label | Lyric Street | |||
Producer | Dann Huff | |||
Lari White chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | link |
The track "Only God Could Stop Me Loving You" was originally recorded by Billy Ray Cyrus on his 1994 album Storm in the Heartland. Canadian country music band Emerson Drive would later record the song for their 2002 debut album Emerson Drive and release it as a single. "You Can't Go Home Again (Flies on the Butter)" was later recorded as "Flies on the Butter (You Can't Go Home Again)" by Wynonna and Naomi Judd on Wynonna's 2003 album What the World Needs Now Is Love, from which it was released as a single.
Track listing
- "John Wayne Walking Away" (Austin Cunningham, Jerry Boonstra, Doak Snead) – 4:47
- "Stepping Stone" (Lari White, David Kent, Craig Wiseman) – 3:29
- "That's What You Do" (Cunningham, Chuck Cannon) – 2:47
- "You Can't Go Home Again (Flies on the Butter)" (Cunningham, Cannon, Allen Shamblin) – 4:37
- "Only God Could Stop Me Loving You" (Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 4:17
- duet with Toby Keith
- "On a Night Like This" (Deborah Allen, Chuck Jones) – 3:56
- "You Can't Take That from Me" (Tommy Lee James, Liz Hengber) – 3:24
- "This Is Love" (White, Cannon, Cunningham) – 3:08
- "Take Me" (Bob DiPiero, Stephony Smith) – 3:33
- "Tired" (Toby Keith, Cannon) – 4:41
- "Look Homeward Angel" (Cannon, Shamblin) – 6:03
Personnel
- Lari White — vocals
- Paul Leim — drums
- Mike Brignardello — bass
- Biff Watson, Chuck Cannon — acoustic guitar
- Dann Huff, Jeff King — electric guitar
- Matt Rollings, John Hobbs, Steve Nathan — keyboards
- Dan Dugmore, Paul Franklin — steel guitar
- Aubrey Haynie — fiddle, mandolin
- Terry McMillan — percussion
- Steve Gibson — mandolin
- Chris Rodriguez, Lisa Cochran, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose — background vocals[1]
Chart performance
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 50 |
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 38 |
References
- Stepping Stone (liner credits). Lari White. Lyric Street Records. 1998. HL-65001-2.CS1 maint: others (link)