Love and Honor is the seventh studio album (ninth overall) by Country Music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Ricky Van Shelton

Ricky Van Shelton

Ricky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...

 and his last album for Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

. This is also his first album of his career not to be produced by Steve Buckingham. Two singles released from this album, "Wherever She Is", and "Lola's Love" charted outside the top 40. "Lola's Love" was originally recorded by Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller...

 and featured on their 1987 album, Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night (album)

Somewhere in the Night is the fourth studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Its title track was a single, as were "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" and "Old Photographs". All three singles charted on the Hot Country Singles charts...

.

Track listing

1. "Wherever She Is" (James House
   James House (singer)
   James Andrew House is an American country music artist. Originally a member of a group called the House Band, James began his country music career in 1990 on MCA Records, recording two albums for that label. He later penned singles for Diamond Rio and Dwight Yoakam, before finding another record...
   
   , John Jarrard) - 2:50
2. "Complicated" (Bill LaBounty
   Bill LaBounty
   Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist. As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. Records...
   
   , Pat McLaughlin
   Pat McLaughlin
   Pat McLaughlin is a singer/songwriter based in Nashville, TN.He was raised in Waterloo, Iowa, but moved to San Francisco, California in the early 1970s. There McLaughlin began to write songs, playing alone at open mic nights and in the streets near the bay. After a brief stint in Boston, he moved...
   
   ) - 3:07
3. "Lola's Love" (Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
   
   ) - 3:09
4. "I Thought I'd Heard It All" (Deryl Dodd
   Deryl Dodd
   Deryl Dwaine Dodd is an American Texas Country artist. Originally a regular on the Texas club circuit, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, soon finding work as a background vocalist and songwriter...
   
   , Philip Douglas, Don Pfrimmer) - 3:40
5. "Then for Them" (Larry Boone
   Larry Boone
   Larry Eugene Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached #10 in 1988...
   
   , Will Robinson) - 3:03
6. "Baby, Take a Picture" (Carol Chase, Kathy Louvin, Russell Smith
   Russell Smith (singer)
   Russell Smith is an American country music singer-songwriter. Formerly the lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Smith launched a solo country music career in 1984. He was signed by Epic Records in 1988, who released his debut album, This Little Town, the following year...
   
   ) - 2:25
7. "Love Without You" (Jeff Pearson, Charles Quillen) - 3:02
8. "Been There, Done That" (John Jarrard, Craig Wiseman
   Craig Wiseman
   Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....
   
   ) - 3:23
9. "Love and Honor" (Merle Haggard
   Merle Haggard
   Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
   
   ) - 3:05
10. "Where the Tall Grass Grows" (Randy Boudreaux
    Randy Boudreaux
    Randy Boudreaux is a producer and songwriter of country music.-Early life:Boudreaux grew up in Southern, Louisiana and early in his career, performed in honky tonks all over Louisiana and the south...
    
    , Kerry Kurt Phillips, Andy Spooner) - 3:22
11. "Thanks a Lot" (Eddie Miller
    Eddie Miller (songwriter)
    Edward Monroe "Eddie" Miller was an American songwriter, in the country music genre.He was born in Camargo, Oklahoma and worked as a locomotive engineer before becoming a songwriter...
    
    , Don Sessions) - 3:17

Release history

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Type
! Label
! Catalogue
|-
| 1994
| Cassette
| Sony
| 66153
|-
| 1994
| CD
| Sony
| 66153
|-
| 1994
| CD
| Columbia
| 4776802
|-
| 1995
| CD
| Columbia
| 474802
|}

Musicians

• Owen Hale - Drums (tracks 1, 2, 4 - 7)
• Paul Leim - Drums (tracks 3, 8, 9)
• Larry Marrs - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   (tracks 1 - 9)
• Biff Watson - Acoustic Guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
   (tracks 1,2,4 - 7)
• John Willis - Electric Guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , Mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
   (tracks 1, 4 - 9)
• Steve Nathan - Piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
   (tracks 1, 2, 4 - 7)
• Hank Singer - Fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   (tracks 1 & 6)
• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   - Steel Guitar
  Steel guitar
  Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
  
  , Dobro
  Dobro
  Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
  
   (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7)
• Paul Worley
  Paul Worley
  Paul Worley is an American record producer and session guitarist, known primarily for his work in country music. Formerly a vice president at Sony BMG, he later joined the staff of Warner Bros. Records' Nashville division as chief creative officer...
  
   - Acoustic Guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 10)
• Kenny Greenberg - Acoustic & Electric Guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 8)
• Charlie McCoy
  Charlie McCoy
  Charles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...
  
   - Harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
   (track 2)
• Terry McMillan - Guitar, Percussion (tracks 3 & 5)
• Dennis Linde
  Dennis Linde
  Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
  
   - Acoustic Guitar, Special Effects, Clavinet
  Clavinet
  A Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
  
   (track 3)
• Tommy Sprulock - Steel Guitar (tracks 5 & 6)
• Sonny Garrish - Steel Guitar (tracks 8 & 9)
• Gary Smith - Piano (tracks 8 & 9)
• Rob Hajacos - Fiddle (tracks 8 & 9)
• Tigar Bell - Fiddle (track 10)
• Darin Favorite - Lead Guitar (tracks 10 & 11)
• Tommy Hannum - Steel & Acoustic Guitar (tracks 10 & 11)
• Bruce Harrison - Keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  (tracks 10 & 11)
• George Honea - Drums (tracks 10 & 11)
• Rocky Thacker - Bass (tracks 10 & 11)

Background Vocals

• Larry Marrs (all tracks)
• Russell Terrell (tracks 1,4 - 11)
• Harry Stinson (track 2)
• Tony King (track 3)
• Tom Flora (track 3)
• Bergen White (track 3)

Personnel

• Production Assistant: Carl Landers
• Recorded and Mixed By: Chuck Ainlay & Graham Lewis
• Engineers: Tim Farmer, Mark Frigo & Graham Lewis
• Mastered By: Denny Purcell
• Art Direction: Bill Johnson
• Photography: Frank Ockenfels
• Design: Beth Kindig
• Art Assistance: Gregory MacLachlan

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	62