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.
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| Released | March 26, 1981 | |||
| Studio | Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)[1][2] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:58 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Ron Chancey | |||
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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
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Elvira" | Dallas Frazier | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Somewhere in the Night" | Don Cook, Rafe Van Hoy | 3:30 |
| 3. | "She's Gone to L.A. Again"" | Mickey Clark | 3:00 |
| 4. | "When I'm With You" | Mitch Humphries, Jerry Michael | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Another Dream Just Came True" | Don Schlitz | 2:54 |
| 6. | "(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" | Roy August, Jimbeau Hinson | 3:49 |
| 7. | "Dream of Me" | Buddy Cannon, Jimmy Darrell, Raleigh Squires | 2:58 |
| 8. | "When Love Calls You" | Michael Foster | 4:14 |
| 9. | "How Long Has It Been" | Foster, Marshall Morgan | 3:42 |
| 10. | "I Would Crawl All the Way (To the River)" | Bucky Jones, Curly Putman, Dan Wilson | 4:45 |
Personnel
editThe Oak Ridge Boys
edit- Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, William Lee Golden: All Vocals
The Band
edit- 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
edit- 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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Year-end chartsedit
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Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| 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
edit- ^ Oermann, Robert K. (23 May 2018). "Nashville Recording Pioneer Glenn Snoddy Passes". Music Row. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Fancy Free". AllMusic.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r45917
- ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2021.