title: Winds of Change (Russ Taff album)
text: # Winds of Change (Russ Taff album)
  
  Winds of Change is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Russ Taff, released in 1995 on Reprise/Warner Bros. Nashville. It is Taff's first, and only, full-length mainstream country album. The title song and "I Cry" are the only two songs from his 1989 album The Way Home that he re-recorded for this album. The first country single "Love Is Not a Thing" debuted on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart on January 14, 1995, at number 64, peaking at number 53 on February 25, 1995, spending a total of 9 weeks. "One and Only Love" and "Bein' Happy" were also released as singles and music videos performing moderately well on country radio and CMT. Well-known country songwriter/producer/musician Randy Scruggs produced the album's first six tracks, while Taff and his long-time guitarist James Hollihan, Jr. produced the remaining four tracks.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * Tracks 1 - 6 produced by Randy Scruggs
  * Tracks 7 - 10 produced by Russ Taff and James Hollihan, Jr.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Russ Taff – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  * Larry Hall – acoustic piano
  * James Hollihan Jr. – acoustic piano, keyboards, organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, bass, percussion, string arrangements
  * John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
  * Steve Nathan – keyboards, organ
  * Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
  * Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
  * Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
  * Randy Scruggs – electric guitar
  * Jerry Douglas – dobro
  * Terry Crisp – steel guitar
  * Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  * Al Perkins – steel guitar
  * Mike Brignardello – bass
  * Jackie Street – bass
  * Willie Weeks – bass
  * John Hammond – drums
  * Paul Leim – drums
  * Tom Roady – percussion
  * Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  * John Darnall – string conductor
  * Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
  * Nashville String Machine – strings
  * Michael Black – backing vocals
  * Cynthia Clawson – backing vocals
  * Michael English – backing vocals
  * Bonnie Keen – backing vocals
  * Mac McAnally – backing vocals
  * Jonell Mosser – backing vocals
  * John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
  * Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
  * Curtis Young – backing vocals
  
  Production
  
  * Doug Grau – executive producer, A&R
  * Lynn Fuston – recording
  * James Hollihan Jr. – recording
  * Russ Long – recording
  * Ron "Snake" Reynolds – recording
  * Paul "Salvo" Salveson – recording
  * Steve Tillisch – recording, mixing
  * Brian Hardin – second engineer
  * Benny Quinn – digital editing and mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  * Laura LiPuma-Nash – art direction, design
  * Peter Nash – photography
  * Zack Glickman – management
  * Walt Quinn – management
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Tim Griggs of AllMusic said "With the aid of Nashville's elite studio musicians, Russ Taff makes a joyful noise on 'Bein' Happy,' the album opener on Winds of Change. Taff and gang then tackle topics such a marriage, love, and heartache with mixed results."
  
  ## Singles
  
  | Year | Single | Position |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1995 | "Love Is Not a Thing" | 53 |
  | 1995 | "One and Only Love" | 51 |
  | 1995 | "Bein' Happy" | 66 |
  