Counting Sheep (album)

Counting Sheep
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	January 25, 2000
Genre	Country
Label	Sony
Producer	John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
The Walls Came Down (1998) Counting Sheep (2000) Tracks (2000)

Counting Sheep is an album of children's music, released in 2000, by American country music artist Collin Raye. It did not produce any chart singles, and was intended as a side project.

Track listing

1. "Counting Sheep" (Robert Ellis Orrall) – 2:58^[1]
2. "I'm Gonna Love You" (Orrall) – 3:26
3. "Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:30
4. "A Mother and Father's Prayer" (Melissa Manchester, Karen Taylor-Good) – 3:35
5. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 2:46
6. "Cool Cat" (John Hobbs, Collin Raye) – 2:28
7. "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby)" (Traditional) – 2:50
8. "Hearts Are For When You Want to Love Someone" (K. L. Gordon, L. Paxton) – 2:20
9. "The Dream Song" (Taylor-Good, Jason Blume) – 3:27
10. "When You Say Your Prayers" (Taylor-Good, Blume) – 3:12
11. "Stay Awake" (Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman) – 1:38

Personnel

• Joe Chemay - bass guitar, background vocals
• Jim Cox - keyboards, Hammond organ
• Steve Gibson - electric guitar, mandolin
• Tom Hemby - acoustic guitar
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• John Hobbs - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
• John Jorgenson - clarinet, dulcimer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, ukulele
• Paul Liem - drums, snare drums, percussion
• Melissa Manchester - vocals on "A Mother and Father's Prayer"
• Liana Manis - background vocals
• Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano
• Dean Parks - acoustic guitar
• Larry Paxton - upright bass
• Collin Raye - lead vocals
• John "J.R." Robinson - drums, snare drums
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals

References

• LA Times, A Lively Album by a Cool Country Cat