Extremes (album)

Extremes is the third studio album by American country music artist Collin Raye. As with Raye's first two albums, Extremes received platinum certification in the United States for sales of over one million copies. The singles released from this album were "That's My Story", "Man of My Word", "My Kind of Girl", "If I Were You" and "Little Rock". "My Kind of Girl" was a Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs charts, while the other singles all reached Top Ten.

"Dreaming My Dreams with You" is a cover of the Waylon Jennings song from his album of the same name, and "A Bible and a Bus Ticket Home" was later recorded by Confederate Railroad on their album Keep On Rockin'.

• Collin Raye – lead vocals, backing vocals (8)
• John Hobbs – acoustic piano, backing vocals (3), synthesizers (4), string arrangements (4, 7, 10)
• Larry Byrom – electric guitars (1, 2, 4–10), acoustic guitar (3, 10)
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitars (1, 3, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4–10)
• Paul Worley – electric guitars (6), acoustic guitar (9, 10)
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (2–5, 9, 10)
• Paul Franklin –steel guitar (6, 7)
• Joe Chemay – bass, backing vocals (4, 7)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (1, 5, 9)
• Lonnie Wilson – drums (2, 4, 6–8, 10)
• Paul Leim - drums (3)
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle (1, 2, 8, 9)
• Carl Gorodetzky – strings (4, 7, 10)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (4, 7, 10)
• Gene Le Sage – backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 9)
• Sammy Wray – backing vocals (1)
• Scotty Wray – backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 9)
• Anthony Martin – backing vocals (3, 4, 7)
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals (3)
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (4, 5, 7)
• Curtis Young – backing vocals (4, 5)

• John Hobbs – producer
• Paul Worley – producer
• Ed Seay – producer, recording, mixing
• Anthony Martin – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Robert Charles – assistant string engineer
• Keith Odle – digital editing
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing location
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Tammy Brown – production coordinator
• Bret Lopez – photography
• Bill Johnson – art direction
• Rollow Welch – design
• Mimi De Blasio – wardrobe
• Scott Dean Management – management