12/04/2026
Jim Collins "The Next Step" (1998) -Country Pop-
Label : Arista Nashville
02 - That's As Far As It Goes (Brett Beavers & John Scott Sherrill)
03 - The Next Step (Kent Blazy, Sharon Blazy & Marcus Hummons)
04 - Not Me (Byron Hill & Danny Orton)
05 - Let The Guitar Do The Talkin' (Kelly Garrett & Craig Wiseman)
06 - Two Hearts Never Break Even (Jim Collins & Curtis Wright)
07 - My First, Last, One And Only (Jim Collins, Bob Regan & Chris Waters)
08 - Mind Over Matters Of The Heart (Gary Cotton & Rob Crosby)
09 - Are You Gonna Stay Or Go (Al Anderson & Bob DiPiero)
10 - I Can Let Go Now (Michael McDonald)
Produced by James Stroud & Wally Wilson
Recorded by Julian King at LOUD Recording, Nashville, TN
Assisted by Ricky Cobble & Rich Hanson
Additional Recording by Ricky Cobble & Tim Kish at LOUD Recording
Mix Engineer : John Guess for Guesswork Productions except "Are You Gonna Stay Or Go" Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
Mixed at LOUD Recording
Second Engineer : Patrick Murphy
Mastered by Marty Williams at The Work Station, Nashville
Production Assistants : Doug Rich, Abbe Nameche, Chip Voorhis
Drums : Lonnie Wilson
Percussion : Chip Abernathy
Bass : Michael Rhodes
Electric Guitar : Brent Mason, Al Anderson*
Acoustic Guitar : Larry Byrom, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Piano, Keyboards : Matt Rollings, Steve Nathan, Michael McDonald°
Steel Guitar : Paul Franklin
Fiddle : Joe Spivey
Background vocals : Jonell Mosser*, John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Wright
Strings by The Nashville String Machine
Conducted & Arranged by Steve Dorff
Contracted by Carl Gorodetzky
*Performed on "Are You Gonna Stay Or Go"
°Michael McDonald appears courtesy of Reprise Records on "I Can Let Go Now"
