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{{Infobox album
| name       = You and You Alone
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Randy Travis]]
| cover      = randyyaya.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1998|04|21}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 41:50
| label      = [[DreamWorks Records]]
| producer   = [[Byron Gallimore]]<br>[[James Stroud]]<br>Randy Travis
| prev_title = [[Full Circle (Randy Travis album)|Full Circle]]
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [[A Man Ain't Made of Stone]]
| next_year  = 1999
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = You and You Alone
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = [[Out of My Bones]]
 | single1date = March 2, 1998
 | single2     = [[The Hole (song)|The Hole]]
 | single2date = June 4, 1998
 | single3     = [[Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man]]
 | single3date = October 5, 1998
 | single4     = [[Stranger in My Mirror]]
 | single4date = March 1, 1999
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r347770|first=Thom|last=Owens}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2Score = B<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121002220430/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283028,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080604113201/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/randytravis/albums/album/235451/review/5940660/you_and_you_alone Rolling Stone review]</ref>
}}
'''''You and You Alone''''' is the eleventh studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Randy Travis]]. It was released on April 21, 1998, by [[DreamWorks Records]]. It was produced four singles on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country music charts between 1998 and 1999: "Out of My Bones", "The Hole", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man", and "Stranger in My Mirror", which peaked at numbers 2, 9, 2 and 16, respectively, on the country charts. Counting his 1993 side project ''[[Wind in the Wire]]'', this is also the second of three studio albums of his career not to be produced by longtime producer [[Kyle Lehning]] (Travis' succeeding album, 1999's ''[[A Man Ain't Made of Stone]]'', was the third and final project that Lehning did not produce). Instead, Travis co-produced the album with [[Byron Gallimore]] and [[James Stroud]].<ref name="liner"/>

"Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" was originally recorded by [[Mark Collie]] on his 1995 album, ''[[Tennessee Plates]]''. "Horse Called Music" is a [[Willie Nelson]] cover from his 1989 album, ''[[A Horse Called Music]]''. "Satisfied Mind" is a [[Hal Ketchum]] cover from his 1996 greatest-hits album, ''The Hits''.

"Only Worse" was best known for playing in the background of a diner in the 2000 comedy film ''[[Road Trip (2000 film)|Road Trip]]''.

[[Patrick Swayze]], a friend of Travis', sang background vocals on the track "I Did My Part".<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=You and You Alone |others=Randy Travis |year=1998 |type=CD booklet |publisher=DreamWorks Records |id=50034}}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{Track listing
| collapsed       =
| headline        =
| total length    =

| title1          = [[The Hole (song)|The Hole]]
| writer1         = [[Skip Ewing]], James Dean Hicks 
| length1         = 3:08

| title2          = [[Out of My Bones]] 
| writer2         = [[Gary Burr]], Robin Lerner, [[Sharon Vaughn]] 
| length2         = 2:45

| title3          = [[Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man]]
| writer3         = [[Glen Burtnik]], [[Trey Bruce]] 
| length3         = 3:50

| title4          = Only Worse 
| writer4         = [[John Jarrard]], [[Kent Robbins]] 
| length4         = 2:53

| title5          = One Word Song 
| writer5         = Jarrard, [[Max T. Barnes]]
| length5         = 3:35

| title6          = I Did My Part 
| writer6         = [[Don Schlitz]], [[Billy Livsey]] 
| length6         = 3:45

| title7          = Horse Called Music
| writer7         = [[Wayne Carson]]
| length7         =  4:30

| title8          = I'm Still Here, You're Still Gone 
| writer8         = [[Ralph Murphy (musician)|Ralph Murphy]], Kevin Brandt 
| length8         = 2:45

| title9          = Easy to Love You 
| writer9         = Deanna Bryant, Danny Orton 
| length9         = 3:47

| title10         = [[Stranger in My Mirror]] 
| writer10        = Ewing, [[Kim Williams (songwriter)|Kim Williams]] 
| length10        = 3:15

| title11         = You and You Alone 
| writer11        = [[Melba Montgomery]], [[Leslie Satcher]], [[Tim Ryan Rouillier]] 
| length11        = 3:59

| title12         = Satisfied Mind 
| writer12        = [[Tony Arata]]
| length12        = 3:38
}}

==Personnel==
Compiled from liner notes.<ref name="liner"/>
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* [[Eddie Bayers]] – [[drums]]
* Larry Beiard – [[acoustic guitar]]
* Mike Brignardello – [[bass guitar]]
* [[Larry Byrom]] – acoustic guitar
* [[Stuart Duncan]] – [[fiddle]]
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] – [[steel guitar]], [[Dobro]]
* Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, Dobro
* [[Vince Gill]] – background vocals
* [[Aubrey Haynie]] – fiddle, [[mandolin]]
* Jeff King – [[electric guitar]]
* [[Alison Krauss]] – background vocals
* [[Paul Leim]] – drums
* [[Terry McMillan (musician)|Terry McMillan]] – [[harmonica]]
* [[Brent Mason]] – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* [[Melba Montgomery]] – background vocals
* [[Steve Nathan]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[piano]], [[Hammond B-3 organ]]
* [[Michael Rhodes (musician)|Michael Rhodes]] – bass guitar
* [[Matt Rollings]] – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
* [[Brent Rowan]] – electric guitar
* [[John Wesley Ryles]] – background vocals
* [[Leslie Satcher]] – background vocals
* [[Patrick Swayze]] – background vocals on "I Did My Part"
* [[Randy Travis]] – lead vocals
* [[Dan Tyminski]] – background vocals, [[vibraphone]]
* [[Lonnie Wilson]] – drums
* [[Glenn Worf]] – bass guitar
* [[Curtis Wright]] – background vocals
* Curtis Young – background vocals
{{div col end}}

==Chart performance==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=284}}</ref>
| 84
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|49|artist=Randy Travis|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 12, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|7|artist=Randy Travis|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 12, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position
|- 
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 12, 2021}}</ref>
| 53
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Randy Travis}}

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[[Category:DreamWorks Records albums]]
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[[Category:Albums produced by Byron Gallimore]]
[[Category:Albums produced by James Stroud]]