If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'

1988 studio album by George Strait

Studio album by

George Strait

Released

February 22, 1988 (1988-02-22)

Recorded

September 1987

Studio

Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN

Genre

Country

Length

28:20

Label

MCA

Producer

Jimmy Bowen
George Strait

George Strait chronology

Greatest Hits Volume Two
(1987)

If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
(1988)

Beyond the Blue Neon
(1989)

Singles from If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'

"Famous Last Words of a Fool"
Released: January 11, 1988
"Baby Blue"
Released: April 25, 1988
"If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
Released: August 22, 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Los Angeles Times	^[2]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	^[3]

If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' is the eighth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on February 22, 1988, by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA and it produced three singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (originally recorded by Faron Young), "Baby Blue", and "Famous Last Words of a Fool" (originally recorded by Dean Dillon), all of which reached Number One.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"	Tommy Collins	2:21
2.	"Under These Conditions"	Ronnie McDowell, Joe Meador, Troy Seals	3:30
3.	"Baby Blue"	Aaron Barker	3:35
4.	"Don't Mind If I Do"	Skip Ewing, Don Sampson	3:21
5.	"Bigger Man Than Me"	Curtis Wayne	2:51
6.	"Famous Last Words of a Fool"	Dean Dillon, Rex Huston	3:37
7.	"It's Too Late Now"	David Chamberlain	2:30
8.	"Is It That Time Again"	Buddy Cannon, Dillon, Vern Gosdin	2:53
9.	"Let's Get Down to It"	L. David Lewis	2:04
10.	"Back to Bein' Me"	Hank Cochran, Dillon	2:35
Total length:			28:20^[1]

Personnel

George Strait – lead vocals
Floyd Domino – pianos
Pat Flynn – acoustic guitars
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
Reggie Young – electric guitars
Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
David Hungate – bass
Eddie Bayers – drums
Johnny Gimble – fiddle
Curtis Young – backing vocals
Liana Young – backing vocals

Production

Jimmy Bowen – producer
George Strait – producer
Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording
Willie Peaver – overdub recording
Tim Kish – overdub recording, second engineer
Russ Martin – second engineer
Marty Williams – second engineer
John Guess – mixing
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
Jessie Noble – project coordinator
Simon Levy – art direction
Mickey Braithwaite – design
Rick Henson – photography
Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	87

References

^ ^a ^b If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' at AllMusic
^ Lewis, Randy (1988-05-22). "Strait and Narrow". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
^ Tucker, Ken (24 March 1988). "Latest from Strait; eclectic jazz; a new reading of Beethoven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com .