The Key | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 11, 1998 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 45:15 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Tony Brown | |||
Vince Gill chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Key | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | (favorable) [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A [3] |
The Key is the eighth studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1998 on MCA Nashville. It features the singles "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind," "Kindly Keep It Country," "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" (an uncredited duet with Dawn Sears) and "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man." This final track was also included on Patty Loveless's 1999 compilation album, Classics. This was Gill's first No. 1 Country Album.
All songs written by Vince Gill except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" (featuring Dawn Sears) | Gill, Reed Nielsen | 3:06 |
2. | "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" | Gill, Troy Seals | 4:38 |
3. | "I Never Really Knew You" | 2:14 | |
4. | "Kindly Keep It Country" | 3:09 | |
5. | "All Those Years" | 3:57 | |
6. | "I'll Take Texas" | 2:05 | |
7. | "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" (duet with Patty Loveless) | 3:53 | |
8. | "There's Not Much Love Here Anymore" | 3:28 | |
9. | "Let Her In" | 3:03 | |
10. | "The Hills of Caroline" | 4:44 | |
11. | "Live to Tell It All" | Gill, Sonya Isaacs | 3:36 |
12. | "What They All Call Love" | 3:20 | |
13. | "The Key to Life" | 4:02 |
Compiled from liner notes.[4]
The band
Background vocalists
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[10] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |