Outskirts of Town is the tenth studio album released by the American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller...

, released in 1993 on Curb Records

Curb Records

Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...

. The third and final album of their career to receive RIAA gold certification, it produced four hit singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country charts: "Thank God for You" (the band's third and final #1), "The Boys and Me

The Boys and Me

"The Boys and Me" is a single by American country music group Sawyer Brown. Released in October 1993, it was the second single from the album Outskirts of Town. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....

" (#4), the title track (#40), and "Hard to Say" (#5). A dance mix

Dance mix

Dance mix is a form of music, created by mixing Techno House and Electronica. It reached its peak of popularity in the mid to late 1990s. However, it can also imply manipulating alternative rock and adult contemporary songs that are otherwise not dance songs so that "pop songs" can be more...

 of "The Boys and Me" is also included as a bonus track.

Track listing

1. "The Boys and Me
   The Boys and Me
   "The Boys and Me" is a single by American country music group Sawyer Brown. Released in October 1993, it was the second single from the album Outskirts of Town. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....
   
   " (Mac McAnally
   Mac McAnally
   Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
   
   , Mark Miller) – 3:23
2. "Farmer Tan" (Gregg Hubbard, Miller) – 4:07
3. "Outskirts of Town" (Duncan Cameron, Hubbard, Miller) – 3:41
4. "Thank God for You
   Thank God for You
   "Thank God For You" is the title of a song written by Mac McAnally and Mark Miller, and recorded by American country music group Sawyer Brown. It was released in June 1993 as the lead single from their album, Outskirts of Town. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs...
   
   " (McAnally, Miller) – 3:18
5. "Listenin' for You" (Hubbard, Miller) – 2:56
6. "Eyes of Love" (Cameron, Hubbard, Miller) – 3:06
7. "Hard to Say
   Hard to Say (Sawyer Brown song)
   "Hard to Say" is a single by American country music group Sawyer Brown. Released in June 1994, it was the fourth single from the album Outskirts of Town. The song reaached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Miller) – 3:24
8. "Drive Away" (Miller, Bill LaBounty
   Bill LaBounty
   Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist. As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. Records...
   
   ) – 3:47
   • guest vocals: Dana McVicker
     Dana McVicker
     Dana McVicker is an American country music artist. She recorded for Capitol Records Nashville in 1988, releasing a self-titled album and charting four singles on the U.S. country charts. McVicker was also nominated for Best New Female Artist at the 1988 Academy of Country Music awards, losing to...
     
     
9. "Heartbreak Highway" (Miller, John Flanagan) – 2:34
10. "Love to Be Wanted" (Miller, Bill Shore) – 2:31
11. "Hold On" (Hubbard) – 3:30
12. "The Boys and Me (Dance Remix)" (McAnally, Miller) – 5:05

Sawyer Brown

• Duncan Cameron – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , Dobro
  Dobro
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  , background vocals
• Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , background vocals
• Mark Miller – lead vocals
• Jim Scholten – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Joe Smyth – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Eddie Bayers
• Sam Bush
  Sam Bush
  Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
  
  
• Roger Hawkins
• James Hooker
• Roy Huskey, Jr.
  Roy Huskey, Jr.
  Roy Milton Huskey was a prominent American upright bass player in country music from Nashville, Tennessee. Huskey performed alongside musicians such as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, George Jones, Steve Earle, Doc Watson and many others...
  
  
• Mike Lawler
• J.D. Maness
• Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
  
• Terry McMillan
• Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings is an American composer, musician and record producer. He plays piano, organ, and keyboards.Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, he has worked with many artists, not all country...
  
  

Production

Album produced by Mark Miller and Mac McAnally, except "The Boys and Me (Dance Remix)" produced by Mark Miller, Mac McAnally, and Brian Tankersley.

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	13
U.S. Billboard 200	81
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2

External links

• [ Outskirts of Town] at Allmusic