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Track Listing
1. On The Other Hand
2. Storms Of Life, The
3. My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Crack)
4. Diggin' Up Bones
5. No Place Like Home
6. 1982
7. Send My Body
8. Messin' With My Mind
9. Reasons I Cheat
10. There'll Always Be A Honky Tonk Somewhere
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Randy Travis (vocals, guitar); Larry Byrom (acoustic & electric guitars); Mark Casstevens, Bobby Thompson (acoustic guitar); Fred Newell, Steve Gibson, Keith Stegall (electric guitar); Doyle Grisham (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Mark O'Connor (mandolin, fiddle); Terry McMillan (harmonica, percussion); Shane Keister (keyboards); David Hungate (bass); Larrie Londin (drums); Paul Overstreet (background vocals).
Baillie & The Boys: Kathy Baillie, Mark Bonagura, Alan LeBouef (background vocals).
Personnel: Randy Travis (vocals); Steve Gibson (guitar); Bobby Thompson (acoustic guitar); David Hungate (bass instrument); Larrie London (drums).
Travis's first major label album (after an independently released live set) almost single-handedly yanked commercial country out of its '80s URBAN COWBOY crossover phase and back to the music's rural roots. Even better, it introduced a singer who mixed George Jones' clench-jawed intensity with hints of his idols Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard. Beautifully produced by Klye Lehning, it's an all but perfect mixture of cheating songs ("Reasons I Cheat") and weepers (like "1982" and "The Other Hand" - guess what's on it?) and up-tempo neo-honky-tonkers ("There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere"). A great debut.
Industry Reviews
CD Review Perf 9 / Sound 7
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