Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

Fancy Free is the fifth country studio album by the Oak Ridge Boys, released on March 26, 1981. It featured their biggest hit "Elvira". "Somewhere in the Night" was covered by Sawyer Brown in 1987 from their album of the same name. The title of the album was suggested by longtime Oak Ridge Boys personal assistant Charles Daunis, and he is thanked for this contribution in the liner notes.

Fancy Free
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 1981
StudioWoodland (Nashville, Tennessee)[1][2]
GenreCountry
Length34:58
LabelMCA
ProducerRon Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Greatest Hits
(1980)
Fancy Free
(1981)
Bobbie Sue
(1982)
Singles from Fancy Free
  1. "Elvira"
    Released: March 1981 (US)
  2. "(I'm Settin') Fancy Free"
    Released: August 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic[3]

The album is certified double platinum by the RIAA. It was also one of the first albums ever to achieve multi-platinum certification in the US, achieving the certification on October 12, 1984. It also became the band's first album to reach number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Elvira"Dallas Frazier3:52
2."Somewhere in the Night"Don Cook, Rafe Van Hoy3:30
3."She's Gone to L.A. Again""Mickey Clark3:00
4."When I'm With You"Mitch Humphries, Jerry Michael3:50
5."Another Dream Just Came True"Don Schlitz2:54
6."(I'm Settin') Fancy Free"Roy August, Jimbeau Hinson3:49
7."Dream of Me"Buddy Cannon, Jimmy Darrell, Raleigh Squires2:58
8."When Love Calls You"Michael Foster4:14
9."How Long Has It Been"Foster, Marshall Morgan3:42
10."I Would Crawl All the Way (To the River)"Bucky Jones, Curly Putman, Dan Wilson4:45

Personnel

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The Oak Ridge Boys

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The Band

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  • Drums, Percussion: Kenneth A. Buttrey, Jerry Carrigan, Hayward Bishop
  • Bass: John C. Williams
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitars: Barry Burton, James Capps, Chip Young, Billy Sanford, Reggie Young
  • Steel: Weldon Myrick
  • Keyboards: Ron Oates
  • Banjo: Bobby Thompson
  • Trumpet: Harrison Calloway, Jr.
  • Trombone: Charles Rose
  • Saxophone: Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson
  • Oboe: Bobby G. Taylor
  • Strings: John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Connie Ellison, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Dennis Molchan, Samuel Terranova, Gary VanOsdale, Stephanie Woolf
  • String Arrangements: D. Bergen White

Production

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  • Produced By Ron Chancey
  • Engineers: Les Ladd
  • Assistant Engineers: Steve Ham, Bob Krusen, Russ Martin, Steve Melton
  • Mastering: Hank Williams

Charts

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Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1981 "Elvira" 1 5 8 1 26 13
"(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" 1 104 17 2

Notes

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  1. ^ Oermann, Robert K. (23 May 2018). "Nashville Recording Pioneer Glenn Snoddy Passes". Music Row. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Fancy Free". AllMusic.
  3. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r45917
  4. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2021.