All I Can Be

All I Can Be is the debut studio album by American country music artist Collin Raye. It features the hit singles "All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" (originally recorded by Conway Twitty as "All I Can Be Is a Sweet Memory" on his 1985 album Chasin' Rainbows), "Love, Me" (Raye's first No. 1 on the Billboard country charts), and "Every Second". The final track, "If I Were You", is a different song than the song of the same name recorded on Raye's 1994 album Extremes. "Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" was later recorded by Shenandoah as a new track for their 1992 Greatest Hits album.

All I Can Be
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	August 27, 1991
Recorded	1991 at The Bennett House (Franklin, TN) & Footprint Sound (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Genre	Country
Length	33:28
Label	Epic
Producer	Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
All I Can Be (1991) In This Life (1992)
Singles from All I Can Be
"All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" Released: June 8, 1991 "Love, Me" Released: October 1991 "Every Second" Released: February 25, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)"	Harlan Howard	3:09
2.	"Every Second"	Gerald Smith, Wayne Perry	2:25
3.	"Faithful Old Flame"	Brent Mason, Lonnie Wilson	3:23
4.	"'Scuse Moi, My Heart"	Steve Stone, Jerry Fuller	3:30
5.	"Any Old Stretch of Blacktop"	Frank J. Myers, Bernie Nelson	3:37
6.	"Love, Me"	Skip Ewing, Max T. Barnes	3:52
7.	"Blue Magic"	Collin Raye, John Hobbs, Fuller	3:02
8.	"It Could've Been So Good"	Chris Waters, Wilson	4:21
9.	"Sadly Ever After"	Mark Collie, Bruce Burch	3:03
10.	"If I Were You"	Richard Fagan, Rick Peoples	2:51

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.

• Acoustic guitar: Steve Gibson, Dean Parks, Fred Tackett, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
• Background vocals: Beth Anderson, Vince Gill (track 1), Jerry Fuller, Herb Pederson (tracks 5 & 10), Harry Stinson, Dennis Wilson, Bubba Wray
• Bass guitar: Dennis Belfield, Joe Chemay
• Drums: Ron Krasinski, Paul Leim
• Electric guitar: Steve Gibson, Kraig Hutchens, Dean Parks, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Reggie Young
• Fiddle: Rob Hajacos
• Lead vocals: Collin Raye
• Keyboards: John Hobbs
• Steel guitar: Paul Franklin, Jay Dee Maness

Production

• Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs: Producers
• Annette Fuller: Production Assistant
• Gene Eichelberger, Brian Friedman: Engineering
• Wally Traugott: Mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	54
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	5