Holding My Own

Holding My Own is the twelfth studio album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records and features the singles "Gone as a Girl Can Get" and "So Much Like My Dad", both of which charted in the Top 5 on the country charts, but it became his first album since 1981's Strait Country not to produce a number one hit. "Trains Make Me Lonesome" was previously recorded by the trio Schuyler, Knobloch, & Overstreet on their 1986 self-titled debut album, and then in 1988 by Marty Haggard.

Holding My Own
Studio album by George Strait
Released	April 21, 1992
Recorded	September – October 1991
Studio	Emerald Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Neotraditional country[1][2]
Length	30:14
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
George Strait chronology
Ten Strait Hits (1991) Holding My Own (1992) Pure Country (1992)
Singles from Holding My Own
"Gone as a Girl Can Get" Released: April 6, 1992 "So Much Like My Dad" Released: June 29, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A− link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're Right, I'm Wrong"	Marty Stuart, Wayne Perry	2:34
2.	"Holding My Own"	Dean Dillon, Pam Belford	3:20
3.	"Gone as a Girl Can Get"	Jerry Max Lane	3:15
4.	"So Much Like My Dad"	Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons	3:26
5.	"Trains Make Me Lonesome"	Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler	3:46
6.	"All of Me (Loves All of You)"	Kim Williams, L. David Lewis, Monty Holmes	2:44
7.	"Wonderland of Love"	Curtis Wayne	2:58
8.	"Faults and All"	Carl Perkins	2:41
9.	"It's Alright with Me"	Jackson Leap	2:50
10.	"Here We Go Again"	Don Lanier, Red Steagall	2:53

Personnel

The following musicians performed on this album:^[3]

Ace in the Hole Band (Tracks 3 and 9)

• George Strait – vocals
• Ronnie Huckaby – acoustic piano
• David Anthony – acoustic guitars
• Benny MacArthur – electric guitars
• Rick McRae – electric guitars
• Mike Daily – steel guitar
• Terry Hale – bass
• Mike Kennedy – drums
• Gene Elders – fiddle

All other tracks

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Floyd Domino – acoustic piano
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars
• Reggie Young – electric guitars
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Joe Chemay – bass
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Jim Horn – saxophone, alto flute
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording
• Tim Kish – overdub recording
• Steve Tillisch – mixing
• Jeff Coppage – second engineer
• Russ Martin – second engineer
• Craig White – second engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Jim Kemp – art direction
• Katherine DeVault – art direction, design
• Mike Rutherford – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	33
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]	5
Canadian RPM Country Albums	17