Wild & Blue
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Wild & Blue is the fourth studio album by country artist John Anderson. It was released in September 1982 under Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

. It includes the Number One country hits "Swingin" and "Wild and Blue".

Track listing

  1. "Wild and Blue" (John Scott Sherrill
    John Scott Sherrill
    John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett , Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter...

    ) – 2:53
  2. "The Waltz You Save for Me" (Emil Flindt, Gus Kahn
    Gus Kahn
    Gustav Gerson Kahn was a musician, songwriter and lyricist.-Biography:Kahn was born in Koblenz, Germany in 1886. The family emigrated from there to the United States and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890...

    , Wayne King
    Wayne King
    Wayne King was an American musician, songwriter, singer and orchestral leader. He was sometimes referred to as "the Waltz King" because much of his most popular music involved waltzes; "The Waltz You Saved For Me" was his standard set closing song in live performance and on numerous radio...

    ) – 2:45
  3. "Honky Tonk Hearts" (Bob McDill
    Bob McDill
    Robert Lee "Bob" McDill is an American country music songwriter. Active from the 1960s until 2000, he has written several songs for country music artists, including more than thirty Number One hits...

    ) – 3:13
  4. "Long Black Veil
    Long Black Veil (song)
    "Long Black Veil" is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell.A saga song, "Long Black Veil" is told from the point of view of an executed man falsely accused of murder...

    " (Danny Dill
    Danny Dill
    Horace Eldred Dill , known professionally known as Danny Dill, was an American country music singer and songwriter...

    , Marijohn Wilkin
    Marijohn Wilkin
    Marijohn Wilkin , née Melson, was an American songwriter, famous in the country music genre for writing a number of hits. Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," as chronicled in her 1978 biography from Word Books--Lord, Let Me Leave a Song...

    ) – 3:18
  5. "She Never Looked That Good When She Was Mine" (Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison) – 2:34
  6. "Disappearing Farmer" (James Cowan, Sandy Pinkard) – 3:03
  7. "A Honky Tonk Saturday Night" (Sanger D. Shafer
    Sanger D. Shafer
    Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer is an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait.-Life:...

    ) – 2:53
  8. "Goin' Down Hill
    Goin' Down Hill
    "Goin' Down Hill" is a single by American country music artist John Anderson. Released in 1983, it was the third single from the album Wild & Blue. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...

    " (John Anderson, X. Lincoln) – 3:37
  9. "The Price of a Thin Silver Dime" (Ronal McCown) – 3:43
  10. "Swingin'
    Swingin'
    "Swingin" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer John Anderson. Released in 1983, it was included on his album Wild & Blue. The song was the second of five Number One singles in Anderson's career, spending one week at the top of the Hot Country Songs charts...

    " (Anderson, Lionel Delmore) – 3:07
  11. "If a Broken Heart Could Kill" (Allen Henson, Wayland Holyfield
    Wayland Holyfield
    Wayland D. Holyfield, , is a prominent American songwriter and leader in the songwriting community.-Early life:Wayland Holyfield was born in Mallettown, Arkansas. He was educated in Arkansas public schools and attended Hendrix College at Conway, Arkansas before graduating from the University of...

    , Norro Wilson
    Norro Wilson
    Norris "Norro" Wilson is an American country music singer, songwriter and producer, and member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame....

    ) – 3:03

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 3
U.S. Billboard 200 58
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