''Killin' Time'' is the debut studio album by American

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Clint Black Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album '' Killin' Time'' produced four straight number one singles on the ...

. It was released on May 2, 1989, by

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. The album, buoyed by the chart-topping success of its first four singles, was a huge hit upon its release, and established Black as one of the biggest new stars in country music. The album is currently certified triple platinum by the

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. " A Better Man", "Nothing's News", "Walking Away", " Nobody's Home", and " Killin' Time" were all huge hit songs. All of these except "Nothing's News" reached

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) chart, while "Nothing's News" reached No. 3. In addition, "A Better Man" and "Nobody's Home" were declared the Number One songs of 1989 and 1990, respectively, according to ''

''.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that "Black has a winning vocal style that evokes a very young Merle Haggard at times, and musically he can Western-swing just as hard as fellow Texan George Strait, which he proves on the delightful 'Straight From the Factory'."

Track listing

Personnel

Band

*Clint Black – acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, background vocals *Dick Gay – drums *Rob Hajacos – fiddle *Jana King – background vocals *Randy McCormick – keyboards *

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– background vocals *Hayden Nicholas – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals *

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– fiddle *John Permenter – fiddle *Jeff Peterson –

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– background vocals *Donna Rhodes – background vocals *

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– electric guitar *

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– background vocals *

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– background vocals *Jake Willemain – bass guitar *

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- electric guitar

Production

*Milan Bogdan – editing *

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–

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*Steve Lindsey –

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*Glenn Meadows – mastering *Lynn Peterzell – engineer, mixing *Scott Poston – production coordinator *James Stroud – producer *Mark Wright – producer

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

*''Killin' Time''

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. * ''Killin' Time'' Credits

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. Retrieved on March 10, 2003. * Artist Chart History (Singles)

. Retrieved on March 10, 2003. * Artist Chart History (Albums)

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