All I Can Be

All I Can Be
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	August 27, 1991
Recorded	1991 at The Bennett House (Franklin, TN) & Footprint Sound (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Genre	Country
Length	33:28
Label	Epic
Producer	Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
All I Can Be (1991) In This Life (1992)
Singles from All I Can Be
"All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" Released: June 8, 1991 "Love, Me" Released: October 1991 "Every Second" Released: February 25, 1992

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All I Can Be is the debut studio album by American country music artist Collin Raye. It features the hit singles "All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" (originally recorded by Conway Twitty as "All I Can Be Is a Sweet Memory" on his 1985 album Chasin' Rainbows), "Love, Me" (Raye's first No. 1 on the Billboard country charts), and "Every Second". "Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" was later recorded by Shenandoah as a new track for their 1992 Greatest Hits album.

The song "If I Were You" is not to be confused with another song with the same name which Raye recorded on his 1994 album, Extremes. This song, written by Chris Farren and John Hobbs, was released by Raye as the latter album's fifth single, in 1995.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)"	Harlan Howard	3:09
2.	"Every Second"	Gerald Smith, Wayne Perry	2:25
3.	"Faithful Old Flame"	Brent Mason, Lonnie Wilson	3:23
4.	"'Scuse Moi, My Heart"	Steve Stone, Jerry Fuller	3:30
5.	"Any Old Stretch of Blacktop"	Frank J. Myers, Bernie Nelson	3:37
6.	"Love, Me"	Skip Ewing, Max T. Barnes	3:52
7.	"Blue Magic"	Collin Raye, John Hobbs, Fuller	3:02
8.	"It Could've Been So Good"	Chris Waters, Wilson	4:21
9.	"Sadly Ever After"	Mark Collie, Bruce Burch	3:03
10.	"If I Were You"	Richard Fagan, Rick Peoples	2:51

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.

• Acoustic guitar: Steve Gibson, Dean Parks, Fred Tackett, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
• Background vocals: Beth Anderson, Vince Gill (track 1), Jerry Fuller, Herb Pederson (tracks 5 & 10), Harry Stinson, Dennis Wilson, Bubba Wray
• Bass guitar: Dennis Belfield, Joe Chemay
• Drums: Ron Krasinski, Paul Leim
• Electric guitar: Steve Gibson, Kraig Hutchens, Dean Parks, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Reggie Young
• Fiddle: Rob Hajacos
• Lead vocals: Collin Raye
• Keyboards: John Hobbs
• Steel guitar: Paul Franklin, Jay Dee Maness

Production

• Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs: Producers
• Annette Fuller: Production Assistant
• Gene Eichelberger, Brian Friedman: Engineering
• Wally Traugott: Mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	54
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	5