In This Life (CD - 1992)

Personnel: Collin Raye (vocals), Brent Mason, Kraig Hutchens, Billy Walker, Jr. (guitars), Weldon Myrick (steel guitars), Rob Hajacos (fiddles), The Nashville String Machine (strings), Sam Bush (mandolin), John Hobbs (keyboards), Dave Pomeroy (bass), Steve Turner (drums), Joe Chemay, Harry Stinson, Gene LeSage, Sammy Wray, Garth Fundis (background vocals).

Personnel: Billy Joe Walker (acoustic guitar); Kraig Hutchens, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Weldon Myrick (steel guitar); Sam Bush (mandolin); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Nashville String Machine (strings); John Hobbs (piano); Steve Turner (drums).

Audio Mixers: Dave Sinko; Garth Fundis; Gary Laney.

Recording information: Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Frank Ockenfels.

Arranger: John Hobbs.

The soft-focus yet rugged album art helps establish Collin Raye as the heartthrob his silky smooth tenor makes him out to be. Inside, it's an even smoother mix than All I Can Be, with Raye indulging his tendencies at every turn, including a revival of the Everly Brothers' make-out classic "Let It Be Me." The hit "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" put some sweat and muscle into Raye's image, but even the trucker song, "Latter Day Cowboy," sounds like it was written for the women back home. The album also includes "In This Life," a number one hit; "Somebody Else's Moon," and "That Was a River." ~ Brian Mansfield minimize