Breaking New Ground is the debut studio album by American country music band Wild Rose. Originally issued in 1988 via Universal Records, it was rereleased on April 9, 1990 via Capitol Records.[2] The album includes the singles "Breaking New Ground" and "Go Down Swingin'".
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Universal Capitol (reissue) | |||
| Producer | James Stroud[1] | |||
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| Singles from Breaking New Ground | ||||
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Critical reception
editGiving it a "B", Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the band offers a kicky program of country-rock, bluegrass, Texas swing, Louisiana spice, honky-tonk, and jazzy 'dawg' music…Little of this is combined into a cohesive sound, but whatever Wild Rose is, it's never boring."[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Breaking New Ground" | Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley | 2:54 |
| 2. | "I Can't Lose What I Never Had" | Jim Rushing | 2:25 |
| 3. | "Go Down Swingin'" | Sandy Ramos, Jerry Vandiver | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Where Did We Go Wrong" | Paul Kramer | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Lonesome Highway (To the End of the Rainbow" | Jackson, Lori Lee Yates | 3:31 |
| 6. | "On the Bayou" | Karen Staley | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Home Sweet Highway" | Pam Gadd | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Teach Me to Say Goodbye" | Pam Perry, Jan Buckingham | 3:48 |
| 9. | "Who Needs You" | Curtis Wright | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Easy to Say/Hard to Prove" | Don Schlitz, Beth Nielsen Chapman | 2:46 |
| 11. | "Wild Rose" | Nancy Given, Wanda Vick | 2:16 |
Personnel
editCompiled from liner notes.[1]
- Wild Rose
- Pam Gadd – lead vocals, background vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar
- Nancy Given Prout – drums, background vocals
- Kathy Mac – bass guitar, background vocals
- Pam Perry – lead vocals, background vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar
- Wanda Vick – electric guitar, fiddle, Dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar
- Additional musicians
- Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
- Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar
- Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Randy McCormick – piano
- Bobbe Seymour – pedal steel guitar
- "Hurricane" James Stroud – percussion
- Technical
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- John Guess – mixing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering
- James Stroud – production
- Ron Treat – digital recording, overdubbing
- Wild Rose – arranging
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 44 |
References
edit- ^ a b Breaking New Ground (CD booklet). Wild Rose. Capitol Records. 1990. 93885.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Breaking New Ground". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ Nash, Alanna (23 February 1990). "Breaking New Ground review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 21, 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Wild Rose Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.