True Believer (Ronnie Milsap album)
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True Believer was the twenty-first studio album of Country music
artist Ronnie Milsap
. It was released in 1993 under Liberty Records
, his first for the label. The album produced two singles, the title track, which peaked at #30 on country charts and "Better Off With the Blues," which did not chart.
The album did not chart, his first to do so since his 1971 self-named debut album
. Allmusic praised the title track, stating that the record would have been one "to reckon with" if the rest of the tracks "had the energy" of the title song.
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...
artist Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...
. It was released in 1993 under Liberty Records
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...
, his first for the label. The album produced two singles, the title track, which peaked at #30 on country charts and "Better Off With the Blues," which did not chart.
The album did not chart, his first to do so since his 1971 self-named debut album
Ronnie Milsap (Ronnie Milsap album)
Ronnie Milsap is the first full-length album from country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1971 on Warner Bros. Records.-Track listing:#"Dedicate the Blues to Me" Ronnie Milsap is the first full-length album from country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1971 on Warner...
. Allmusic praised the title track, stating that the record would have been one "to reckon with" if the rest of the tracks "had the energy" of the title song.
Track listing
- "Desire" (Walt AldridgeWalt AldridgeWalt Aldridge is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville songwriter...
, Jenny Yates) - 4:38 - "I'm Playing for You" (Lewis Anderson, Keith StegallKeith StegallRobert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages...
) - 4:17 - "Somebody's Gonna Get That Girl" (Marc Beeson, Joanie Chappel-Beeson, Sonny LeMaire) - 3:52
- "Better off With the Blues" (Donnie FrittsDonnie FrittsDonnie Fritts is an American session musician and songwriter. A recording artist in his own right, he has been Kris Kristofferson's keyboard player for over twenty years...
, Delbert McClintonDelbert McClintonDelbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist....
, Gary Nicholson) - 3:59 - "Hos Allen Sequé" - :41
- "True Believer" (John HiattJohn HiattJohn Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...
) - 4:51 - "These Foolish Things" (Harry LinkHarry LinkHarry Link, born Harry Linkey was an American songwriter. He wrote or co-wrote several well-known jazz standards....
, Holt Marvell, Jack StracheyJack StracheyJack Strachey , was an English composer and songwriterBorn John Francis Strachey in London, England on 25 September 1894 he began writing songs in the 1920s for the theatre and the music hall, scoring his first success with songs he had written for Frith Shephard's long running musical revue Lady...
) - 3:49 - "A Million Years 'Till Then" (Dennis MorganDennis Morgan (songwriter)Dennis Morgan is a songwriter and music publisher, best known for writing songs for Aretha Franklin, Faith Hill, Barbara Mandrell, and Eric Clapton. He has also published hit songs by Garth Brooks, All-4-One, Feargal Sharkey, and Trisha Yearwood.Morgan's career as a songwriter started as a session...
, Keith ThomasKeith Thomas (producer)Keith Thomas, born and raised in the Atlanta suburb of Conyers, Georgia, is a Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter with 40 #1 Billboard hits...
) - 4:27 - "Desperate Man" (Dave Gibson) - 4:08
- "Civil War" (Carol Chase, Cindy Richardson) - 4:07
- "Please Jesus (Send My Baby Home to Me)" (Mike Stewart) - 4:23
Production
- Produced By Rob Galbraith & Ronnie Milsap
- Engineers: Mike Clute, Keith Odle
- Assistant Engineers: Randy Gardner (also mix assistant)
- Mixing: Mike Clute, Keith Odle
- Digital Editing: Keith Odle, Milan Bogdan
- Mastered By Doug Sax
Personnel
- Drums: Darryl Holden, Kenny MaloneKenny MaloneKenny Malone is an American drummer/percussionist from Nashville, Tennessee. He has been, since the 1970s, and continues to be a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic-based genres.-References:...
, Lonnie Wilson - Percussion: Terry McMillan, Farrell Morris
- Bass: James Ferguson, David HungateDavid HungateDavid Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto...
, Warren Gower, Alison Prestwood, Michael Rhodes, Bob Wray - Keyboards: Shane KeisterShane KeisterShane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight, Fender Rhodes, and others.-History:...
, John Barlow Jarvis, Ronnie Milsap, Brian D. Stewart, Jay Spell, Catherine Styron - Programming: Shane Keister
- Guitars: Walt Aldridge, Marc Beeson, Jamie Brantley, Larry Byrom, Mark Casstevens, Bruce Dees, John HiattJohn HiattJohn Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...
, Dann HuffDann HuffDann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
, Russ Pahl, Biff Watson, John Wills, Reggie Young - SteelSteel guitarSteel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
& Lap SteelLap steel guitarThe lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
: Dan Dugmore - Trumpet: Mike Haynes
- Saxophone: Sam Levine (also arranged horns)
Chart
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Top Country Albums | - |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
- |
Singles
| Year | Song | US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "True Believer" | 30 |
| 1993 | "Better Off With the Blues" | - |