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If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' is the eighth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on February 22, 1988 by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA and it produced three singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (originally recorded by Faron Young), "Baby Blue", and "Famous Last Words of a Fool" (originally recorded by Dean Dillon), all of which reached Number One.

If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
Studio album by George Strait
Released	February 22, 1988 (1988-02-22)
Recorded	September 1987
Studio	Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	28:20
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
George Strait chronology
Greatest Hits Volume Two (1987) If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' (1988) Beyond the Blue Neon (1989)
Singles from If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
"Famous Last Words of a Fool" Released: January 11, 1988 "Baby Blue" Released: April 25, 1988 "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" Released: August 22, 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Los Angeles Times	[2]
Philadelphia Inquirer	[3]

Track listing

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals
• Liana "Mrs. Harmony" Young – background vocals
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• David Hungate – bass
• Reggie Young – electric guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, dobro
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Floyd Domino – piano

Production

• Bob Bullock – engineer
• Willie Peaver – engineer
• Tim Kish – engineer
• John Guess – mixer
• Marty Williams – engineer
• Russ Martin – engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Mickey Braithwaite – design
• Rick Henson – photography

Chart positions

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	87

References

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If You Ain’t Lovin', You Ain’t Livin' — студийный альбом американского кантри-певца Джорджа Стрейта, вышедший 22 февраля 1988 года на лейбле MCA Records. Продюсером альбома был Джимми Боуэн и сам Стрейт. Диск дал три кантри-сингла на № 1 Hot Country Songs (If You Ain’t Lovin' You Ain’t Livin'; Baby Blue; Famous Last Words of a Fool). Альбом получил умеренные отзывы музыкальных критиков и он достиг № 1 в кантри-чарте Top Country Albums и № 87 в Billboard 200 (США), его тираж превысил 1 млн копий и он получил платиновый статус RIAA[3].

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