What This Country Needs

What This Country Needs
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1998 (1998-10-06)
GenreCountry
Length37:59
LabelLyric Street
ProducerPat McMakin
Aaron Tippin
Aaron Tippin chronology
Greatest Hits… and Then Some
(1997)
What This Country Needs
(1998)
People Like Us
(2000)
Singles from What This Country Needs
  1. "For You I Will"
    Released: August 3, 1998
  2. "I'm Leaving"
    Released: January 30, 1999
  3. "Her"
    Released: June 5, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

What This Country Needs is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Aaron Tippin, released on October 6, 1998. It was his first full studio album since switching from RCA Nashville to Lyric Street Records. The album includes three singles: "For You I Will", "I'm Leaving", and "Her", which respectively reached #6, #17, and #33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The track "Sweetwater" was originally recorded by McBride & the Ride on their 1993 album Hurry Sundown, and by Greg Holland on his 1994 album Let Me Drive.