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.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | |||
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| Singles from One Step at a Time | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | (favorable)[2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
Musical style and composition
editOne Step at a Time has been described as a neotraditional country album, with elements of pop.[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Just Want to Dance with You" | Roger Cook, John Prine | 3:30 |
| 2. | "One Step at a Time" | Earl Clark, Luke Reed | 4:06 |
| 3. | "True" | Marv Green, Jeff Stevens | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Remember the Alamo" | Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick | 4:31 |
| 5. | "Maria" | Robert Earl Keen | 4:39 |
| 6. | "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" | Jim Lauderdale | 2:31 |
| 7. | "Why Not Now" | Steve Bogard, Stevens | 3:21 |
| 8. | "That's the Breaks" | Dean Dillon, Royce Porter | 3:39 |
| 9. | "Neon Row" | Jimmy Jay, Donny Kees | 4:41 |
| 10. | "You Haven't Left Me Yet" | Dana Hunt Black, Kent Robbins | 3:46 |
Personnel
edit- 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
edit- 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
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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References
edit- ^ One Step at a Time at AllMusic
- ^ Chicago Tribune Review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly Review
- ^ "One Step at a Time - George Strait". Apple Music.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "George Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2021.