Counting Sheep (album)

Counting Sheep
Counting Sheep
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	January 25, 2000
Studio	The Tracking Room, Emerald Sound Studios and Studio Six (Nashville, Tennessee); Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, California);
Genre	Children's music; country;
Length	31:10
Label	Sony
Producer	John Hobbs
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Counting Sheep is an album of children's music, released in 2000, by American country music artist Collin Raye. It did not produce any chart singles, and was intended as a side project.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Counting Sheep"	Robert Ellis Orrall^[1]	2:58
2.	"I'm Gonna Love You"	Orrall	3:26
3.	"Blackbird"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:30
4.	"A Mother and Father's Prayer" (with Melissa Manchester)	Manchester Karen Taylor-Good	3:35
5.	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Leigh Harline Ned Washington	2:46
6.	"Cool Cat"	John Hobbs Collin Raye	2:28
7.	"Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby)"	James Royce Shannon	2:50
8.	"Hearts Are For When You Want to Love Someone"	K. L. Gordon L. Paxton	2:20
9.	"The Dream Son"	Taylor-Good Jason Blume	3:27
10.	"When You Say Your Prayers"	Taylor-Good Blume	3:12
11.	"Stay Awake"	Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman	1:38
Total length:			31:10

All track information was taken from the CD liner notes.^[2]

Personnel

Collin Raye – vocals
John Hobbs – acoustic piano, keyboards (3, 4), Hammond B3 organ (3, 4), synthesizers (11)
Steve Nathan – acoustic piano (1, 2, 5, 9, 10), keyboards (1, 2, 5-10), organ (1, 2, 5-10)
Jim Cox – keyboards (3, 4), organ (3, 4)
Steve Gibson – electric guitars (1, 2, 5, 9, 10), mandolin (1, 2, 5, 9, 10)
Tom Hemby – acoustic guitars (1, 2, 5, 9, 10)
John Jorgenson – electric guitars (3, 4, 6-8), acoustic guitars (6-8), mandolin (6-8), ukulele (6-8), dulcimer (6-8), clarinet (6-8), tin whistle (6-8)
Dean Parks – acoustic guitars (3, 4)
Biff Watson – acoustic guitars (6-8)
Joe Chemay – bass (1, 2, 5, 7-10), backing vocals
Leland Sklar – bass (3, 4)
Larry Paxton – upright bass (6)
Paul Leim – drums (1, 2, 5-10), percussion (1, 2, 5-10)
John Robinson – drums (3, 4)
Wes Hightower – backing vocals
Liana Manis – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Melissa Manchester – vocals (4)

Production

John Hobbs – producer
Ben Fowler – recording (1-5, 9, 10), mixing (1-5, 9, 10), overdub recording (3, 4)
Ed Seay – recording (6-8, 11), mixing (6-8, 11), overdub recording (6-8, 11)
Jason Penske – tracking assistant (1, 2, 5), overdub assistant (1, 2, 5)
Allen Ditto – mix assistant (1-5, 9, 10), overdub assistant (3, 4)
Jennifer Knott – recording assistant (3, 4)
John Saylor – recording assistant (6-8, 11), mix assistant (6-8, 11)
Eric Conn – digital editing
Carlos Grier – digital editing
Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant
Kimberly Bianco – production coordinator
Hillary Bratton – A&R manager
Mary Kramer – art direction

References

^ Collin Raye - A Voice Undefeated 1586178172 2014- Page 132 "A creative new songwriter, Robert Ellis Orrall, wrote two awesome songs for this album, the most notable of which was the title song, “Counting Sheep”, which sounds very much like a McCartney/ Lennon creation, except that it's about kids ..."
^ Raye, Collin. “Counting Sheep”. Sony. 2000.

External links

LA Times, A Lively Album by a Cool Country Cat Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Collin Raye - A Voice Undefeated 1586178172 2014- Page 132 "A creative new songwriter, Robert Ellis Orrall, wrote two awesome songs for this album, the most notable of which was the title song, “Counting Sheep”, which sounds very much like a McCartney/ Lennon creation, except that it's about kids ..."

[CR-2] Raye, Collin. “Counting Sheep”. Sony. 2000.

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v t e Collin Raye
Studio albums	All I Can Be In This Life Extremes I Think About You Christmas: The Gift The Walls Came Down Counting Sheep Tracks Can't Back Down Twenty Years and Change Never Going Back
Compilation albums	The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits
Notable singles	"All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" "Love, Me" "Every Second" "In This Life" "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" "Somebody Else's Moon" "That Was a River" "That's My Story" "Little Rock" "Man of My Word" "My Kind of Girl" "If I Were You" "One Boy, One Girl" "Not That Different" "I Think About You" "Love Remains" "What If Jesus Comes Back Like That" "On the Verge" "What the Heart Wants" "The Gift" "Little Red Rodeo" "I Can Still Feel You" "Someone You Used to Know" "Anyone Else" "Start Over Georgia" "Couldn't Last a Moment"
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