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All I Can Be 
Summary
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 #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.
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| 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 | |||
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| Singles from All I Can Be | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 edit
Adapted from liner notes.[2]
- 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 edit
- Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs: Producers
- Annette Fuller: Production Assistant
- Gene Eichelberger, Brian Friedman: Engineering
- Wally Traugott: Mastering
Chart performance edit
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 54 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 5 |