''Making Plans'' is the eighth studio album by

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artist

Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton (born January 12, 1952) is an American retired country music singer. Active between 1986 and 2006, he charted more than 20 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. This figure includes 10 Number One hits: "Somebod ...

. This album was released exclusively through

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, so it was unable to chart and no singles were released.''The Nation'' - Sep 8, 1997
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label.

Track listing

#”Just Say Goodbye” (Joe Chambers, Byron Hill) – 2:11 #”When the Feeling Goes Away” (

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the Bakersfield ...

) – 2:59 #”She Needs Me” ( Chuck Cannon, Jimmy Stewart) – 3:15 #”Borrowed Angel” ( Mel Street) – 3:11 #”I Wish You Were More Like Your Memory” (Joe Chambers) – 3:00 #”Tic Toc” ( Brett Beavers, Troy Johnson) – 2:53 #”It Wouldn't Kill Me” ( Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro) – 3:05 #”Making Plans” (Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell) – 2:14 #”He's Not the Man I Used to Be” (Gary Duffey, Micki Foster) – 3:35 #“Our Love” (Deana Cox, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis) – 2:59 #”The Best Thing Goin'” (Geiger, Michael Huffman, Mullis) – 3:16 #”The Best Is Yet to Come” ( Colleen Peterson, Cyril Lawson, Nancy Simmonds) – 3:06

Personnel

* Victor Battista -

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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 ...

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* Paul Franklin -

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* Sonny Garrish - steel guitar * Steve Gibson -

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* Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass * Liana Manis - background vocals * Tom Robb -

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* Hargus "Pig" Robbins -

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* Matt Rollings -

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, piano, Wurlitzer * John Wesley Ryles - background vocals *

- lead vocals * Joe Spivey -

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 ...

* Bruce Watkins -

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

* Dennis Wilson - background vocals

References

{{Authority control 1998 albums Ricky Van Shelton albums Vanguard Records albums Albums produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)