Every Time is the sixth studio album by American

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artist

Pam Tillis Pamela Yvonne Tillis (born July 24, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is the eldest child of country singer Mel Tillis. After recording unsuccessful pop material for Elektra Records, Elektra ...

. It was released on June 30, 1998 by

Arista Nashville Arista Nashville was an American record label that served as a wholly owned division of Sony Music, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specialized in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks ...

. The album peaked No. 26 on the

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country albums charts. Singles from the album were "I Said a Prayer" and the title track, which peaked at No. 12 and No. 38 on

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in 1998. "A Great Disguise" was previously recorded by

Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocated to Nashville, T ...

on her 1995 album '' Wild Angels''.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals, backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) *

John Barlow Jarvis John Barlow Jarvis (born January 2, 1954, in Pasadena, California)Paul Kingsbury, editor"The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music" 2004 is an American songwriter, composer, session pianist and recording artist. Before mo ...

– acoustic piano (1-8, 10, 11) *

Steve Nathan Steven Jay Nathan (born April 20, 1951) is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios. Biography Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, A ...

–

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

(1-8, 10, 11), synthesizers (1-8, 10, 11) * Tony Harrell –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

(1-8, 10, 11) * John Hobbs – synthesizers (1-8, 10, 11), acoustic piano (9) * Richard Bennett – electric guitar (1-8, 10, 11) *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American country music guitarist, songwriter and session musician. ''Guitar World'' magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Maso ...

– electric guitar (1-8, 10, 11) *

Brent Rowan Brent Rowan (born May 28, 1956, in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American session musician and record producer who works primarily in country music. Active since the 1970s, Rowan began working with John Conlee through the recommendation of record produ ...

– electric guitar (1-8, 10, 11) *

Billy Joe Walker Jr. Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including " I Wanna Dance with You", " That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and " ...

– acoustic guitar (1-8, 10, 11), electric guitar (1-8, 10, 11),

gut string guitar The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string a ...

(1-8, 10, 11), lead vocals (9) * Chris Farren – acoustic guitar (9),

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

(9), backing vocals (9) *

John Jorgenson John Richard Jorgenson (born July 6, 1956) is an American musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, he is also proficient on the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel g ...

– electric guitar (9) *

Steuart Smith Steuart Smith (born 24 June 1952) is a retired American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He was a touring member of the American rock band Eagles, where he performed as on ...

– electric guitar (9) *

Biff Watson Fletcher Bangs "Biff" Watson (born 1952) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. His musicianship has been a part of recording sessions for many artists. Biography Early years Raised in Chatham, Virginia, Watson learned how to play ...

– acoustic guitar (9) *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

–

dobro Dobro () is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally a gui ...

(1-8, 10, 11),

steel guitar A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...

(9) * Glen Duncan – dobro (1-8, 10, 11) * Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (1-8, 10, 11) * Michael Rhodes – bass (1-8, 10, 11) *

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 Madis ...

– bass (1-8, 10, 11) *

Joe Chemay Joseph Chemay is an American bassist and backing vocalist, known for his recording session work. Biography Chemay started out working as a session and touring support musician in Los Angeles, but moved to Nashville in 1989. Chemay has worked ...

– bass (9) *

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

– drums (1-8, 10, 11), percussion (1-8, 10, 11) *

Lonnie Wilson Lonnie Wilson is an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. Life and career Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Wilson was originally the lead singer of the band Bandana, which charted ten single ...

– drums (1-8, 10, 11) *

Greg Morrow Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist. Biography Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he par ...

– drums (9) * Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson –

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

(1-8, 10, 11) *

Stuart Duncan Stuart Ian Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school ...

–

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

(1-8, 10, 11) *

Aubrey Haynie Aubrey E. Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he w ...

– fiddle (1-8, 10, 11) * Larry Franklin – fiddle (9) *

Beth Nielsen Chapman Beth Nielsen Chapman (born September 14, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter who has written hits for country and pop music performers. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016. She is a two-time Grammy Award ...

– backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) * Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) *

Carl Jackson Carl Eugene Jackson (born September 18, 1953) is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled ''Spring Training''. In 2003, Jackson produced the Grammy Award ...

– backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) * Jamie O'Hara – backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) *

Suzi Ragsdale Suzanne Ragsdale (born September 6, 1964) is an American singer and songwriter. Besides her solo recordings, Ragsdale is known for her collaborations with Verlon Thompson and Darrell Scott. Biography Early years Ragsdale grew up in Nashvill ...

– backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) *

Leslie Satcher Leslie Winn Satcher (born 1962) is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has recorded two albums of her own, and has additionally co-written several singles for such artists as George Strait, Martina McBride, Pam Tillis, Gr ...

– backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) * Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) *

Verlon Thompson Verlon Thompson is an American singer, songwriter,

– backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) * Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (1-8, 10, 11) *

John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles (born December 2, 1950) is an American country music artist. Ryles recorded a string of hit country songs, beginning in 1968 when he was still a teenager, and continuing through the 1980s. He no longer records as a headline art ...

– backing vocals (9)

Production

Tracks 1-8, 10 & 11 * Pam Tillis – producer * Billy Joe Walker Jr. – producer * Ginny Johnson – production coordinator * Steve Tillisch – track recording * Brian Hardin – tracking assistant * Alan Schulman – overdub recording * Tyler Gish – overdub assistant * Steve Lowery – overdub assistant * Chris Mara – overdub assistant * Marty McClantoc – overdub assistant * Chris Stone – overdub assistant * David Thoener – remixing (1) * Sam Hewitt – remix assistant (1) * Glenn Spinner – remix assistant (1) Track 9 * Pam Tillis – co-producer * Chris Farren – co-producer * Tom Harding – overdub recording * David Thoener – track recording * Carl Meadows – tracking assistant * John Thomas – tracking assistant * Steve Tillisch – vocal recording * Amy Frigo – vocal recording assistant Additional credits *

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated ...

– mixing at Seventeen Grand Recording (Nashville, Tennessee) * Sandy Jenkins – mix assistant * Travis Salsig – mix assistant * Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) * Mark Gilman-Clapham – art direction * Missy McKeand – design * Jim "Señior" McGuire – photography * John Scarpati – photography * Claudia Fowler – stylist * Mary Beth Felts – make-up * Melanie Shelley – make-up * Moress Nanas Entertainment – management

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1998 albums Arista Records albums Pam Tillis albums Albums produced by Billy Joe Walker Jr.