It's a Crazy World
1987 studio album by Steve Wariner
It's a Crazy World | ||||
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Studio album by Steve Wariner | ||||
Released | January 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1986–1987 | |||
Studio | Emerald Recording Studios, Sound Stage Studios Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 37:00 | |||
Label | MCA Records | |||
Producer | Jimmy Bowen (tracks 1,8,9), Tony Brown (all tracks) | |||
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Singles from It's a Crazy World | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
It's a Crazy World is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in 1987 by MCA Records. Three singles were released from it, and all three reached number-one. This album peaked at #30 on Top Country Albums.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Small Town Girl" | John Barlow Jarvis, Don Cook | 3:47 |
2. | "Lynda" | Bill LaBounty, Pat McLaughlin | 3:07 |
3. | "If I Could Make a Livin' (Out of Lovin' You)" | Dave Loggins | 4:01 |
4. | "There's Always a First Time"" | Steve Wariner, John Hall, Johanna Hall | 3:31 |
5. | "Why Do Heroes Die So Young" | Wariner, Tony Brown, Paul Davis | 4:29 |
6. | "When It Rains" | Wariner, Mac McAnally | 3:29 |
7. | "It's a Crazy World" | McAnally | 3:23 |
8. | "Hey Alarm Clock" | Loggins | 3:42 |
9. | "The Weekend" | LaBounty, Beckie Foster | 3:49 |
10. | "Fastbreak" | Wariner, Hall | 3:15 |
Personnel
- Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar (1,8,9)
- Tony Brown - piano (5)
- Paul Davis - drum programming (5), keyboards (5), background vocals (5)
- Vince Gill - background vocals (3)
- Emory Gordy Jr. - bass guitar (except 5 and 7)
- George Grantham - tambourine (2), background vocals (2)
- Owen Hale - drums (1,8,9)
- John Hall - background vocals (10)
- Randy Hart - DX-7 (7,10), keyboards (3), piano (6)
- Lance Hoppen - background vocals (10)
- David Hungate - bass guitar (7)
- Dave Innis - keyboards (8)
- John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards (except 5)
- Bill LaBounty - synthesizer programming (9), background vocals (9)
- Dave Loggins - background vocals (8)
- Larrie Londin - drums (2,3,4,6,7,10)
- Allyn Love - steel guitar (3,6)
- Kyle Macy - background vocals (4)
- J.D. Martin - background vocals (8)
- Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar (2,3,4,5,7,10), keyboards (2), background vocals (2,5,6,7)
- Terry McMillan - harmonica (8), tambourine (9)
- Jim Photogolo - background vocals (5)
- Russell Smith - background vocals (8)
- Kyle Tullis - bass guitar (5)
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar (3,4), electric guitar (1,2,6,7,8,9)
- Steve Wariner - lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (10), acoustic guitar (6), acoustic guitar solo (5), electric guitar solo (2,6)
- Terry Wariner - background vocals (6)
- Reggie Young - electric guitar (except 5)
Chart performance
Album
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 30 |
References
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- Steve Wariner
- Midnight Fire
- One Good Night Deserves Another
- Life's Highway
- It's a Crazy World
- I Should Be with You
- I Got Dreams
- Laredo
- I Am Ready
- Drive
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Burnin' the Roadhouse Down
- Two Teardrops
- Faith in You
- Steal Another Day
- Greatest Hits (1987)
- "I'm Already Taken"
- "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
- "Your Memory"
- "By Now"
- "All Roads Lead to You"
- "Kansas City Lights"
- "Midnight Fire"
- "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"
- "Why Goodbye"
- "What I Didn't Do"
- "Heart Trouble"
- "Some Fools Never Learn"
- "You Can Dream of Me"
- "Life's Highway"
- "Starting Over Again"
- "Small Town Girl"
- "The Weekend"
- "Lynda"
- "Baby I'm Yours"
- "I Should Be with You"
- "Hold On (A Little Longer)
- "Where Did I Go Wrong"
- "I Got Dreams"
- "When I Could Come Home to You"
- "The Domino Theory"
- "Precious Thing"
- "There for Awhile"
- "Leave Him Out of This"
- "The Tip of My Fingers"
- "A Woman Loves"
- "If I Didn't Love You"
- "Drivin' and Cryin'"
- "It Won't Be Over You"
- "Holes in the Floor of Heaven"
- "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down"
- "Two Teardrops"
- "Katie Wants a Fast One"
- "That's How You Know When Love's Right"
- "That Hand That Rocks the Cradle"
- "What If I Said"
- "Been There"
- Discography
- "Longneck Bottle"
- "One Small Miracle"
- "Nothin' but the Taillights"
- "Where the Blacktop Ends"