Can't Back Down Explained

Can't Back Down
Type:	studio
Artist:	Collin Raye
Cover:	Rayebackdown.jpg
Released:	October 30, 2001
Genre:	Country
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Collin Raye James Stroud
Prev Title:	Tracks
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Twenty Years and Change
Next Year:	2005

Can't Back Down is the seventh studio album released by country music artist Collin Raye. It was also his last album for Epic Records, and the first album of his career not to produce any Top 40 country hits. "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me", the first single, reached #43 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "What I Need", the second single, failed to chart.

Critical reception

Maria Konicki Dinoia of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five. She considered it "in much the same vein" as his previous albums, saying that "fans will come to love and appreciate" it.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Gypsy Honeymoon" (Kim Carnes, Collin Ellingson) – 3:49
2. "It Could Be That Easy" (Tom Damphier, Gene LeSage) – 3:27
3. "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me" (Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate, Sam Tate) – 4:13
4. "What I Need" (Karen Taylor-Good, Jason Blume) – 3:34
5. "Dancing with No Music Playing" (Don Ellis, Billy Montana) – 3:51
6. "You Always Get to Me" (Angela Lauer, Tom Douglas) – 4:13
7. "End of the World" (Billy Mann) – 3:40
8. "One Desire" (Jane Bach, Tammy Hyler, Kevin Haynie) – 5:12
9. "Young as We're Ever Gonna Be" (Collin Raye, Scott Wray) – 3:49
10. "Dear Life" (Christi Dannemiller, LeSage) – 4:34
11. "What I Did for Love" (Brent Maher, Thom Schuyler) – 3:09
12. "I Can Let Go Now" (Michael McDonald) – 2:42

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Kim Carnes – background vocals
• Billy Davis – background vocals
• Chip Davis – background vocals
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Little Big Town – background vocals
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
• Gary Prim – piano, keyboards
• Collin Raye – lead vocals
• Matt Rollings – piano, keyboards
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Jeffrey Steele – background vocals
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar

Strings on "I Can Let Go Now" conducted and arranged by Steve Dorff.

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r558497|pure_url=yes}} ''Can't Back Down'' review]. Dinoia. Maria Konicki. Allmusic. 29 May 2010.
2. Can't Back Down . Collin Raye . 2001 . CD insert . Epic Records . 85794.