Say No More | ||||
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Studio album by Clay Walker | ||||
Released | March 27, 2001 | |||
Recorded | Nashville TN, Emerald Sound Studios, Essential Sound Ocean Way Nashville, Cool Tools Audio, The Tin Ear, Houston TX, SugarHill Recording Studios | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 38:18 | |||
Label | Giant | |||
Producer |
Byron Gallimore Brent Mason Blake Mevis Clay Walker |
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Singles from Say No More | ||||
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Say No More is country music singer Clay Walker's sixth album. It was released on March 27, 2001, as his last studio album for the Giant Records label. After that album's release, Giant Records closed its doors. The album reached #129 on the Billboard album charts. The album's two singles were its title track and "If You Ever Feel Like Loving Me Again", both of which were minor Top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts. In addition to these singles, the album features a cover of Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba".
During an interview, Walker stated he had a dream when he recorded Say No More which was "Selling dreams, that's what I want my music to do." He also stated that the album is "Riskier, yet potentially more fulfilling" then some of his other albums. In press releases, Walker said that recording La Bamba "took a lot of guts to try this, because I know some people will rip me for it. I worked four years learning enough Spanish because I wanted it to be so correct that when a Latino hears it, he doesn't go, 'There's a gringo.'"
In an interview with the Arizona Daily Star Walker said, "There was a serious breakdown and a huge lack of effort to promote this album. Really, this project has gotten lost. It's kind of heartbreaking as an artist, but it's one of those lumps you take on the chin. I have a lot of ambition and a lot of heart and a lot of things to prove to myself, I'm not happy with the level we're at. I feel like we could be higher. . . . It's driven me to be a better artist."
While promoting "A Few Questions", Walker told the Daily News, "I was on Giant my whole career. The last record we did the label folded two weeks after it was released. That stung me, but I'm proud of the music we made and that's the only way I'll look back." When Giant Records closed in April 2001, president of Warner Bros. Records Jim Ed Norman said, "Our first responsibility is to deal with artists who have records out and focus on them -- Clay, the Wilkinsons and Blake Shelton. We'll jump in, full steam, with those people to determine how we assume responsibility for marketing and promoting their work."