''Spend My Time'' is the ninth studio album by American

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singer

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 ...

, released on March 2, 2004. It is his first since leaving

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and creating his own record label,

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. It includes the singles "Spend My Time", "The Boogie Man" and "My Imagination". He worked on it intermittently for over four years, during which time he moved to Nashville and built a home recording studio. "I ended up with an abundance of material, which in a way made it more difficult. I had to determine which of these songs would make the best album."

Track listing

All songs written by

and Hayden Nicholas except where noted.

Personnel

;Band * Clint Black — harmonica,

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, lead vocals,

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, bass harmonica *

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— drums * Lenny Castro —

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* Lisa Cochran — background vocals * Eric Darken — percussion *

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— Dobro * Stuart Duncan — fiddle * Paul Franklin — steel guitar * Sonny Garrish — steel guitar * Wes Hightower — background vocals *

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— bass *

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— electric guitar * Hayden Nicholas — electric guitar, slide guitar *

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— banjo,

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* Steve Real — background vocals * John Robinson — drums *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voc ...

— Hammond organ,

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— background vocals * Russell Terrell — background vocals *

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— classical guitar *

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— acoustic guitar *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Mad ...

— bass *

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— fiddle ;Production * Clint Black — producer, engineer * Zack Berry —

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* David Bryant — assistant * Ricky Cobble — mixing, assistant * Wil Donovan — assistant * Steve Dorff — arranger * Buford Jones — crew * Julian King — engineer, mixing * Steve Lockhart — crew * Jack Murray — crew * Charles Paakkari — assistant * Ray Rogers — technical support *

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— engineer * Dara Whitehead — crew * Hank Williams — mastering

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

Black Tracks: ''Spend My Time''
ClintBlack.com. Retrieved on January 5, 2007.
''Spend My Time'' Credits

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. Retrieved on January 5, 2007. * Artist Chart History (Singles) Billboard. Retrieved on January 3, 2007. * Artist Chart History (Albums) Billboard. Retrieved on January 3, 2007. {{Authority control 2004 albums Clint Black albums Equity Music Group albums Albums produced by Clint Black