Editing Clint Black (section)

===1993–1999: Continued success===
[[File:Clint Black 1994.jpg|thumb|Black in 1994]]
Black's fourth album, ''[[No Time to Kill]]'' was released almost a year after ''The Hard Way''.  The album received mixed reviews.  The ''Houston Chronicle'' noted that Black's duet with [[Wynonna Judd]], "[[A Bad Goodbye]]", was "precisely the kind of radio-ready, big-production ballad that record companies tend to force on their artists when they sense that their careers are in trouble....[I]t sticks out like a sore thumb in his body of work."<ref name=mitchellNoTime /> On the other hand, a review in ''Time'' magazine thought the duet helped Black show his emotions more intensely.<ref name=farley>{{citation |last=Farley |first=Christopher John |title=A Bluer Shade of Black |date=August 23, 1993 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979064,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113074628/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979064,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2005 |access-date=April 24, 2009 |newspaper=Time}}</ref> Some reviewers also noted that in some of the more serious songs on the album, Black's voice sounded strained.<ref name=mitchellNoTime /> On January 30, 1994, Black performed as part of the "Rockin' Country Sunday" [[halftime show]] at [[Super Bowl XXVII]], along with Judd, [[Tanya Tucker]], [[Travis Tritt]], and Naomi Judd.

''[[One Emotion]]'' followed in late 1994. Also a platinum certified album in the US, this album accounted for five straight top five hits. First was the number four "Untanglin' My Mind", a [[Merle Haggard]] co-write. After it came the number three "Wherever You Go", three-week number one "[[Summer's Comin']]", the number two title track and finally the number four "[[Life Gets Away]]." The latter two were also number one country hits in Canada.

In 1996, Black became the fourth country music singer to earn a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Clint Black earns his star |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 13, 1996 |page=C11}}</ref><ref group=Note>The first three were [[Gene Autry]], [[Roy Rogers]], and [[Garth Brooks]].</ref> Later that year, he released his first greatest-hits package. This was led off by the chart-topper "[[Like the Rain]]", which spent three weeks at number one. After it came the number six "Half Way Up", his first single since "One More Payment" to miss the top five.

Black's next album, 1997's ''[[Nothin' but the Taillights]]'', was released to mediocre reviews. Thom Owens of [[AllMusic]] said that the album made no attempt to change his sound, and was "sturdy" but less country than his previous efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r307586|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Nothin' but the Taillights'' review|last=Owens|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|access-date=2009-06-06}}</ref> Lead-off single "Still Holding On", a duet with labelmate [[Martina McBride]], became his first single to land outside the top 10, with a number 11 peak that year. He soon recovered his chart momentum with the number two "[[Something That We Do]]" followed by two straight chart-toppers in the album's [[Steve Wariner]]-penned [[Nothin' but the Taillights (song)|title track]] and "[[The Shoes You're Wearing]]". The next two singles – the number 12 "Loosen Up My Strings" and number 29 "You Don't Need Me Now" – were less successful.

In 1998, he made a brief foray into [[big band jazz]] when he recorded a cover of the [[Christmas song]] "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" for the soundtrack of the animated movie [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie|of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8USN7o2O7PA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/8USN7o2O7PA| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer performed by Clint Black|website=YouTube|date=December 8, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1999, Black released ''[[D'lectrified]]'', which relied completely on [[acoustic music|acoustic]] instruments.  Nevertheless, ''USA Today'' thought the "album sounds as full and brash as an electric album since he used creative arrangements and horn sections".<ref name=usatoday>{{citation |title=Nashville sound: Dixie Chicks |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/lmds756.htm |access-date=April 9, 2009 |date=October 27, 1999 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Three of the songs on the albums were remakes of previous Black singles.  Several others featured guest appearances by some of Black's idols, including [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Kenny Loggins]], and [[Eric Idle]].  The songs tended to be longer than most of those played on country radio, with many stretching more than five minutes.<ref name=usatoday />