One Step at a Time (album) explained

One Step at a Time
Type:	studio
Artist:	George Strait
Cover:	One_Step_At_a_Time.jpg
Released:	April 21, 1998
Recorded:	September 1997
Studio:	Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
Genre:	Neotraditional country
Length:	38:18
Label:	MCA Nashville
Producer:	Tony Brown George Strait
Prev Title:	Carrying Your Love with Me
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Always Never the Same
Next Year:	1999

One Step at a Time is the eighteenth studio album by the American country music singer George Strait, released in 1998 on MCA Nashville Records. The album produced the singles "I Just Want to Dance with You", "True", and "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This", which respectively reached No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1998.

Musical style and composition

One Step at a Time has been described as a neotraditional country album, with elements of pop.^[1]

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizers, accordion
• Steve Gibson – electric guitars, acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, high-third guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, pedabro
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Tony Brown – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
• Mark Ralston – second engineer
• Russ Martin – additional engineer
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Katie Gillon – art direction
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Mark Tucker – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	23
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
US Billboard 200^[2]	70
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	12
Chart (1999)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	43

Notes and References

1. Web site: One Step at a Time - George Strait . Apple Music.
2. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998. Billboard. May 14, 2021.
3. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998. Billboard. May 14, 2021.
4. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999. Billboard. May 14, 2021.