A Man Ain't Made of Stone

A Man Ain't Made of Stone is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on September 21, 1999, by DreamWorks Records. It was produced four singles, of which only one — the title track — was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard country charts. Additionally, this album was the last of only three albums in Travis' career not to be produced by longtime producer, Kyle Lehning.

A Man Ain't Made of Stone
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1999 (1999-09-21)
GenreCountry
LabelDreamWorks
ProducerByron Gallimore, James Stroud, Randy Travis
Randy Travis chronology
You and You Alone
(1998)
A Man Ain't Made of Stone
(1999)
Inspirational Journey
(2000)
Singles from A Man Ain't Made of Stone
  1. "A Man Ain't Made of Stone"
    Released: August 23, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Hot Press(mixed)[3]
People(favorable)[4]
Q[5]

Two of this album's tracks were previously cut by other artists: "A Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart" on Sammy Kershaw's 1996 album Politics, Religion and Her, and "I'll Be Right Here Loving You" on Rhett Akins' 1998 album What Livin's All About.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart"Shawn Camp, Jim Rushing2:36
2."A Little Left of Center"Billy Henderson, Steven Dale Jones3:02
3."A Man Ain't Made of Stone"Gary Burr, Robin Lerner, Franne Golde3:32
4."The Family Bible and the Farmer's Almanac"Bob Regan, Lee Thomas Miller3:06
5."A Heartache in the Works"Chet Biggers, Melba Montgomery3:21
6."No Reason to Change"Troy Seals, Mentor Williams3:11
7."Where Can I Surrender"Rock Killough3:21
8."I'll Be Right Here Loving You"Jeffrey Steele, T. W. Hale2:57
9."Once You've Heard the Truth"Leslie Satcher, Chuck Jones3:29
10."In a Heart Like Mine"Skip Ewing, Donny Kees2:49
11."Day One"Jimmy Yeary, Max D. Barnes4:07
12."Thirteen Mile Goodbye"Burr, Gerry House3:24

Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 15
U.S. Billboard 200 130
Canadian RPM Country Albums 11

References

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