Lonestar is the self-titled debut album from the American country music band Lonestar. Released in 1995 on BNA Records (see 1995 in country music), it features five singles: "Tequila Talkin'", "No News", "Runnin' Away With My Heart", "Heartbroke Every Day", and "When Cowboys Didn't Dance", of which "No News" was a Number One hit on the Billboard country charts. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA for shipping 500,000 copies in the United States.
Content
The album's lead-off single was "Tequila Talkin'", which reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard country charts. Following this song was the band's first Number One hit, "No News" (the B-side to "Tequila Talkin'"), which spent three weeks at the top of the country charts. "Runnin' Away With My Heart" also peaked at #8, followed by the #45 "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" (which was much more successful in Canada, peaking at #18 there), and finally, the #18 "Heartbroke Every Day". This last song was previously recorded by Pearl River on its 1994 self-titled album, and it overlapped on the charts with "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now," a duet between Lonestar's then-lead singer Richie McDonald and then-labelmate Mindy McCready.
Critical reception
The album received mixed critical reception. Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it four stars out of five in his Allmusic review, where he called the album's sound "an accomplished and impassioned hardcore honky tonk." Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time magazine gave a mostly-favorable review, saying that the album was "solid traditional," but also saying "Lonestar seems very similar to Shenandoah — energetic and fun, but not spectacular." Rick Mitchell of New Country magazine gave a one-and-a-half star rating, with his review criticizing the album for relying on a large number of studio musicians and background singers, and calling the sound "lite rock with a twang."
Track listing
- "Heartbroke Every Day" (Bill LaBounty, Rick Vincent, Cam King) - 3:07
- "Tequila Talkin'" (LaBounty, Chris Waters) - 3:24
- "I Love the Way You Do That" (John Rich, Don Cook, Wally Wilson) - 3:51
- "Runnin' Away with My Heart" (Michael Britt, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders) - 3:30
- "What Would It Take" (Billy Lawson, Sam Hogin, Wilson) - 3:12
- "Does Your Daddy Know About Me" (Rich, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) - 3:01
- "Ragtop Cadillac" (Billy Lawson) - 2:30
- "No News" (Hogin, Phil Barnhart, Sanders) - 2:53
- "Paradise Knife and Gun Club" (Chick Rains) - 3:56
- "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" (Richie McDonald, Kyle Green) - 3:58
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Lonestar
- Michael Britt - electric guitar, B-Bender guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Richie McDonald - lead vocals, background vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
- Keech Rainwater - drums
- John Rich - lead vocals, background vocals, bass guitar
- Dean Sams - piano, keyboards, harmonica, acoustic guitar, background vocals
Additional musicians
- Bruce C. Bouton - pedal steel guitar, slide guitar
- Dennis Burnside - piano, keyboards, B-3 organ
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle, "assorted hoe-down tools"
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Nashville String Machine - strings
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- John D. Willis - electric guitar, electric sitar
- Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion, hand claps
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young - background vocals
References
- ^ a b (1995) Album notes for Lonestar by Lonestar . BNA Records (66642).
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Lonestar review". Allmusic . http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfrxqwhld0e . Retrieved 2009-08-24 .
- ^ a b Wahlert, Brian. " Lonestar review". Country Standard Time . http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=1820 . Retrieved 2009-08-24 .
- ^ a b McCall, New Country (November 1995). "Album reviews". New Country 2 (14): 58. ISSN 1074-536x.
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