The Key (Vince Gill album)
1998 studio album by Vince Gill
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The Key is the eighth studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1998 on MCA Nashville. It features the singles "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind," "Kindly Keep It Country," "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" (an uncredited duet with Dawn Sears) and "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man." This final track was also included on Patty Loveless's 1999 compilation album, Classics. This was Gill's first No. 1 Country Album.
ReleasedAugust 11, 1998
Studio
- Big Javelina, Emerald Sound Studios, Ocean Way Nashville and Sound Emporium Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
Length45:15
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| Released | August 11, 1998 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 45:15 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | (favorable) [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A [3] |
Track listing
All songs written by Vince Gill except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" (featuring Dawn Sears) | Gill, Reed Nielsen | 3:06 |
| 2. | "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" | Gill, Troy Seals | 4:38 |
| 3. | "I Never Really Knew You" | 2:14 | |
| 4. | "Kindly Keep It Country" | 3:09 | |
| 5. | "All Those Years" | 3:57 | |
| 6. | "I'll Take Texas" | 2:05 | |
| 7. | "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" (duet with Patty Loveless) | 3:53 | |
| 8. | "There's Not Much Love Here Anymore" | 3:28 | |
| 9. | "Let Her In" | 3:03 | |
| 10. | "The Hills of Caroline" | 4:44 | |
| 11. | "Live to Tell It All" | Gill, Sonya Isaacs | 3:36 |
| 12. | "What They All Call Love" | 3:20 | |
| 13. | "The Key to Life" | 4:02 |
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[4]
The band
- Vince Gill – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – keyboards, acoustic piano
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
- John Hughey – steel guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor
- Patty Loveless – vocals on "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man"
Background vocalists
- Bergen White – BGV arrangements
- Dawn Sears (Track 1)
- Lisa Cochran, Michael Eldred, Jon Mark Ivey, Marabeth Jordan, Lisa Silver and Dennis Wilson (Track 2)
- Sara Evans (Track 3)
- Lee Ann Womack (Track 4)
- Liana Manis and Curtis Young (Track 5)
- Shelby Lynne (Tracks 6 & 8)
- Sonya Isaacs, Billy Thomas and Jeff White (Track 9)
- Alison Krauss, Billy Thomas and Jeff White (10)
- Sonya Isaacs (Track 11)
- Faith Hill (Track 12)
Production
- Tony Brown – producer
- Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
- Steve Marcantonio – recording
- Tim Coyle – second engineer
- Steve Crowder – second engineer
- Chris Davie – second engineer
- Todd Gunnerson – second engineer
- Mark Ralston – second engineer
- Glenn Spinner – second engineer
- Aaron Swihart – second engineer
- Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Benny Garcia – guitar technician
- Jessie Noble – project coordinator
- Virginia Team – art direction
- Chuck Ferrara – design
- Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[10] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||