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.
"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.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1998) Peak position Canadian Albums (RPM) 42 Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 7
Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position US Billboard 200 115 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 14 Chart (1999) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 19
Certifications
Personnel As listed in liner notes.
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
The Nashville String Machine 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
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