| Artist | Brooks & Dunn |
|---|---|
| Cover | IfYouSeeHer.jpg |
| Released | June 2, 1998 |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Arista Nashville |
| Producer | Kix Brooks, Don Cook, Ronnie Dunn
|
| Prev year | 1997 |
| Next year | 1999 |
If You See Her is the fifth studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 1998 on Arista Nashville. The album featured five chart singles: "If You See Him/If You See Her", "How Long Gone", and "Husbands and Wives" (a cover of a Roger Miller song), all of which reached #1, plus "I Can't Get Over You" (which made #5) and "South of Santa Fe" (which stalled at #41). This last song was the first (and only) single of Brooks & Dunn's career to miss Top 40 entirely, and was the last single to feature Kix Brooks on lead vocals instead of Ronnie Dunn. The album is a counterpart to Reba McEntire's album If You See Him (released on the same day), which shared the track "If You See Him/If You See Her". A bonus limited edition EP was made available when consumers bought both If You See Him and If You See Her at the same time.[1]
"Born and Raised in Black in White" is a cover of the Highwaymen (aka Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson) song off their 1990 album, Highwayman 2. "Brand New Whiskey" was previously recorded by Gary Stewart (one of its writers) on his 1988 album Brand New.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums (RPM) | 42 |
| Canadian Country Albums (RPM) | 7 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1998) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[2] | 115 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] | 14 |
| Chart (1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 19 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[5]
All tracks except "If You See Him/If You See Her"
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Kix Brooks – lead vocals, background vocals
- Dennis Burnside – piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals, background vocals
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle, "assorted hoedown tools"
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- David Hungate – bass guitar, tic tac bass
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- David Angell, David Davidson, Carl Gorodetzky, Lee Larrison, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead, Catherine Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violins
- Gary Vanosdale, Kris Wilkinson – violas
- John Catchings, Bob Mason – cellos
"If You See Him/If You See Her"
- Bobby All – acoustic guitar
- Bruce C. Bouton – pedal steel guitar
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar
- Kix Brooks – background vocals
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano, electric piano
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Randy McCormick – synthesizer
- Reba McEntire – lead vocals
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
References
- ^ "Exclusive Collector's Edition: Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn: Music". Amazon. September 9, 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-38. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-58. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-64. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ If You See Her. Arista Records Nashville. 1998. 07822 18865-2.