Old Enough to Know Better
1995 studio album by Wade Hayes
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Old Enough to Know Better is the debut studio album by 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 Dancin' 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.
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| Released | January 3, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Studio | Soundshop A & B, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Honky-tonk | |||
| Length | 33:36 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
| Producer | Don Cook | |||
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| Singles from Old Enough to Know Better | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
Musical style and composition
Old Enough to Know Better has been described as a honky-tonk album, with its style style compared to the works of traditional country performers such as Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Jones.[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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.[3]
- Bruce 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 (5)
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano (1–4, 6–10), Hammond organ (5)
- Patty Loveless – background vocals (4)
- Brent Mason – electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals (1–3, 5–10)
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals (1–3, 5–10)
- Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[9] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||