Clint was part of the successful Class of 1989, which included Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Travis Tritt. He was one of the first artists to kick-start the mass market popularity of country in the early 1990s. He was also one of the first artists of a generation inspired by rock-oriented pop as well as country artists.
From 1989's "Walkin' Away," to a couple duets from 1999 ("Been There" with Steve Wariner and "When I Said I Do" with his wife Lisa Hartman Black), the first dozen songs on the disk are a great mix of hits spanning a decade of fantastic music. Those songs alone would have made Greatest Hits Volume 2 a CD well worth the money, so the bonus tracks are exactly that: a bonus.
Clint's debut album thundered onto the country airwaves in 1989, perking up ears & turning heads wherever it was heard. "A Better Man" moved swiftly up the charts, followed by "Killin' Time." It was country music as it was supposed to be done, powerfully performed by a drop-dead handsome Texan, & people started to think differently about how "country music" was supposed to look and sound.
Clint Black had a lot to live up to after the thundering perfection of his critically and popularly acclaimed debut, Killin' Time. While it did not win the same accolades of that debut, Clint's second album, "Put Yourself in My Shoes," is nonetheless a tremendous disc.