Plain Dirt Fashion is the fifteenth studio album by American country folk group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1984[2] by the record label Warner Bros. Records. This album went to #8 on the US Country charts.[3] The three singles from this album all charted in the top 3. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" went to 1, "I Love Only You" went to 3, and "High Horse" went to 2. The album is noteworthy for covers of both Meat Loaf's 1978 hit "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and Bruce Springsteen's 1981 single "Cadillac Ranch".
| Plain Dirt Fashion | ||||
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Country, country rock | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Producer | Marshall Morgan, Paul Worley | |||
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| Singles from Plain Dirt Fashion | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" | Rodney Crowell | 3:20 |
| 2. | "High Horse" | Jimmy Ibbotson | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Face on the Cutting Room Floor" | Steve Goodman, Jeff Hanna, Ibbotson | 3:11 |
| 4. | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" | Jim Steinman | 3:20 |
| 5. | "Must Be Love" | Bob Carpenter, Hanna, Gram Parsons | 3:37 |
| 6. | "I Love Only You" | Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Run with Me" | Marshall Crenshaw | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Cadillac Ranch" | Bruce Springsteen | 3:43 |
| 9. | "'Til The Fire's Burned Out" | Hugh Moffatt | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Video Tape" | Goodman | 3:00 |
Personnel
edit- Jeff Hanna – guitars and vocals
- Jimmy Ibbotson – bass, guitars, mandolin, vocals
- Jimmie Fadden – drums and harmonica
- Bob Carpenter – keyboards and vocals
- John McEuen – guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and lap steel
Additional musicians
- Bass – Joe Osborn, Larry Paxton
- Drums – Eddie Bayers, James Stroud
- Keyboards – Dennis Burnside
- Acoustic guitar – Paul Worley, Steve Gibson
- Electric guitar – Paul Worley, Steve Gibson, Reggie Young
- Fiddle – Ricky Skaggs, Mark O'Connor, Blain Sprouse
- Dobro – Jerry "Flux" Douglas
- Steel guitar – Sonny Garrish
Production
edit- Producer – Marshall Morgan and Paul Worley for Morley Productions
Charts
editReferences
editAll information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[6]
- ^ Jim Worbois. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ^ NittyGritty.com
- ^ Billboard – Google Books. February 16, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ Plain Dirt Fashion, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Warner Brothers (LP) 25113-1