Write It in Stone

Write It in Stone is the debut studio album by American country music artist Keith Harling. Released in 1998 on the MCA Nashville label, it produced four singles: "Papa Bear", "Coming Back for You", the title track, and "There Goes the Neighborhood", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, although only "Papa Bear" and "Coming Back for You" reached Top 40. The track "I Never Go Around Mirrors" is a cover of a hit single by Lefty Frizzell which has also been recorded by Keith Whitley.

Write It in Stone
Studio album by Keith Harling
Released	May 19, 1998 (1998-05-19)
Genre	Country
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Wally Wilson
Keith Harling chronology
Write It in Stone (1998) Bring It On (1999)
Singles from Write It in Stone
"Papa Bear" Released: March 7, 1998 "Coming Back for You" Released: August 1, 1998 "Write It in Stone" Released: October 1998 "There Goes the Neighborhood" Released: February 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Country Standard Time	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Papa Bear"	Keith Harling	4:03
2.	"Write It in Stone"	Harling	3:11
3.	"I Love What I See"	Mark D. Sanders, Ed Hill	3:31
4.	"Right in the Middle"	Harling, Melba Montgomery	2:36
5.	"I Never Go Around Mirrors"	Lefty Frizzell, Sanger D. Shafer	3:50
6.	"Coming Back for You"	John Rich, Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro	3:28
7.	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Harling	3:10
8.	"Afterthoughts"	Sharon Vaughn, Bill Anderson	3:04
9.	"Walkin' Away"	Harling	3:32
10.	"Three Words Away"	Harling	3:56

Personnel

• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Dobro
• Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
• Jackie Harling – background vocals
• Keith Harling – lead vocals
• John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Jerry Kimbrough – acoustic guitar
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
• Curtis Young — background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	56
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	48

References

• Write It in Stone at Allmusic