Turning for Home
Encyclopedia
Turning for Home is the 1991 debut album by country music
artist and American football
player Mike Reid. It was released in February 1991 by Columbia Records
. It produced the number-one single "Walk on Faith
", as well as four more singles which all fell outside the country Top Ten. The album peaked at #22 on the Country Albums chart.
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 and American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player Mike Reid. It was released in February 1991 by Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. It produced the number-one single "Walk on Faith
Walk on Faith
"Walk on Faith" is the title of a country music song co-written and recorded by former American football player Mike Reid. His first solo single release, it was also the first single from his Columbia Records album Turning for Home...
", as well as four more singles which all fell outside the country Top Ten. The album peaked at #22 on the Country Albums chart.
Track listing
- "Walk on FaithWalk on Faith"Walk on Faith" is the title of a country music song co-written and recorded by former American football player Mike Reid. His first solo single release, it was also the first single from his Columbia Records album Turning for Home...
" (Mike Reid, Allen ShamblinAllen ShamblinAllen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...
) – 3:11 - "Till You Were GoneTill You Were Gone"Till You Were Gone" is the title of song co-written and recorded by former American football player Mike Reid. It was released in March 1991 as the second single from his album Turning for Home. It peaked at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at #8 on the Canadian RPM...
" (Reid, Rory Michael BourkeRory Michael BourkeRory Michael Bourke is a country music songwriter born July 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.Bourke moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked for a period in the promotional department of Mercury Records....
) – 3:01 - "I'll Stop Loving You" (Reid, Robert Byrne) – 3:22
- "I Got a Life" (Reid, Rory Michael Bourke) – 3:24
- "Turning for Home" (Reid) – 3:36
- "As Simple as That" (Reid, Shamblin) – 3:28
- "Everything to Me" (Reid, Shamblin) – 3:22
- "Constant Companion" (Reid, Kye Fleming) – 3:40
- "This Road" (Reid, Tim DuBois, Larry StewartLarry Stewart (singer)Larry Stewart is an American country music singer, best known for his role as lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart...
) – 3:26 - "Even a Strong Man" (Reid, Shamblin) – 3:59
- "Your Love Stays With Me" (Reid, Bourke) – 3:09
Album
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 22 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
CAN Country | ||
| 1990 | "Walk on Faith Walk on Faith "Walk on Faith" is the title of a country music song co-written and recorded by former American football player Mike Reid. His first solo single release, it was also the first single from his Columbia Records album Turning for Home... " |
1 | 1 |
| 1991 | "Till You Were Gone Till You Were Gone "Till You Were Gone" is the title of song co-written and recorded by former American football player Mike Reid. It was released in March 1991 as the second single from his album Turning for Home. It peaked at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at #8 on the Canadian RPM... " |
17 | 8 |
| "As Simple as That" | 14 | 11 | |
| 1992 | "I'll Stop Loving You" | 23 | 11 |
| "I Got a Life" | 54 | 81 | |