Wind in the Wire
| Wind in the Wire | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 17, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Lahaina Sound Studios (Maui, Hawaii)
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 28:46 | |||
| Label | Warner Records | |||
| Producer | Steve Gibson | |||
| Randy Travis chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Wind in the Wire | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
Wind in the Wire is the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on August 17, 1993, by Warner Records. The album was made to accompany a television series also entitled Wind in the Wire.[1] Two of the album's singles — "Cowboy Boogie" and the title track — entered the Billboard country music charts, peaking at #46 and #65, respectively, making this the first album of Travis's career not to produce any Top 40 hits in the United States.[5] "Cowboy Boogie", however, was a #10 on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada.
In addition, this album is also one of three albums not to be produced by Travis' longtime record producer, Kyle Lehning.
Track listing[edit]
- "Down at the Old Corral" (Roger Brown, Luke Reed) – 3:17
- "Cowboy Boogie" (Robert Blythe) – 2:48
- "Blue Mesa" (Brown, Reed) – 2:59
- "Memories of Santa Fe" (Brown, Rick Peoples) – 3:18
- "Roamin' Wyomin'" (Brown, Reed) – 2:30
- "Wind in the Wire" (David Wilkie, Stewart MacDougall) – 3:29
- "The Old Chisholm Trail" (Traditional) – 3:06
- "Paniolo Country" (Marcus Shutte, Jr.) – 2:37
- "Hula Hands" (William D. Beasley, J.T. Adams, Jean Norris) – 2:12
- "Beyond the Reef" (Jack Pitman) – 2:30
Personnel[edit]
- Randy Travis – lead vocals
- John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
- Gary Prim – keyboards
- Dick Tunney – accordion
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, dobro, mandolin
- Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
- Cyril Pahinui – slack key guitar
- Bruce Bouton – dobro, pedal steel guitar
- Sonny Garrish – pedabro, pedal steel guitar
- James Bla Pahinui – ukulele
- David Hungate – bass
- Craig Nelson – bass
- Martin Pahinui – bass
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica
- Karen Taylor-Good – backing vocals
- Bergen White – backing vocals
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
- Curtis Young – backing vocals, harmony vocals
- Kapena – backing vocals
- Willie K – backing vocals
Production[edit]
- Steve Gibson – producer
- Howard Lindeman – recording
- Rich Schirmer – recording, additional recording, mixing
- Gary Paczosa – recording, technical assistance
- William Pie – recording assistant
- Jim Cotton – recording assistant
- Todd Culross – recording assistant, additional recording assistant
- John Kunz – recording assistant, additional recording assistant
- Greg Parker – additional recording assistant
- Toby Seay – additional recording assistant
- Judy Trenary – additional recording assistant
- Patrick Kelly – mix assistant
- Phil Arnold – technical assistance
- Kirby Shelstad – technical assistance
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Carol Elliott – production coordinator
- Janice Azrak – art direction
- Gina R. Binkley – design
- Beth Middleworth – design
- John Fortier – photography
- Steven Minkowski – photography
- Jim Shea – photography
Chart performance[edit]
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 121 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 5 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Los Angeles Times review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Mansfield, Brian; Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Randy Travis biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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