I Should Be with You
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Released | March 7, 1988[1] | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
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Genre | Country | |||
Length | 35:42 | |||
Label | MCA Records | |||
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I Should Be with You is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released on March 7, 1988 by MCA Records. It includes the singles "Baby I'm Yours", "I Should Be With You" and "Hold On (A Little Longer)", which reached #2, #2, and #6, respectively, on the Billboard country charts. The album peaked at #20 on Top Country Albums. "More Than Enough" was recorded the same year by Glen Campbell on Light Years, also produced by Jimmy Bowen for MCA.
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Runnin'" | Wendy Waldman, Steve Wariner | 4:03 |
2. | "More Than Enough" | Jimmy Webb | 2:55 |
3. | "Hold On (A Little Longer)" | Randy Hart, Wariner | 4:03 |
4. | "Caught Between Your Duty and Your Dream" | Don Schlitz, Wariner | 4:17 |
5. | "I Should Be with You" | Wariner | 3:28 |
6. | "All That Matters" | Martin Fry, Wariner, Mark White | 3:17 |
7. | "Party of One" | Mac McAnally | 3:30 |
8. | "Baby I'm Yours" | Guy Clark, Wariner | 3:38 |
9. | "Somewhere Between Old and New York" | Randy Goodrum, Dave Loggins | 3:41 |
10. | "Lights Out" | Loggins, Schlitz | 3:26 |
Personnel
[edit]- Steve Wariner – vocals, backing vocals (1), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), electric guitar solo (1, 6-9), acoustic guitar solo (3), electric guitars (6, 8-10)
- Bill Payne – Yamaha DX7 (1, 2, 5), keyboards (3, 7, 9), acoustic piano (6, 8, 10)
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitars (1, 2, 5, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (3, 4, 6-8), hi-string guitar (4)
- Reggie Young – electric guitars
- Allyn Love – steel guitar (3), dobro (4)
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle (2-4), mandolin (2)
- Leland Sklar – bass
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Mac McAnally – backing vocals (1, 10), keyboards (7)
- Wendy Waldman – backing vocals (1, 10)
- Glen Campbell – backing vocals (2)
- George Grantham – backing vocals (3, 6)
- Terry Wariner – backing vocals (3, 4, 6)
Production
[edit]- Jimmy Bowen – producer
- Steve Wariner – producer
- John Guess – mixing
- Ron Treat – recording, overdub recording
- Bob Bullock – overdub recording, mixing
- Russ Martin – overdub recording
- Willie Pevear – overdub recording
- Mark Coddington – overdub recording, second engineer
- Tim Kish – overdub recording, second engineer
- Marty Williams – second engineer
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Jessie Noble – project coordinator
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Mickey Braithwaite – design
- Caroline Greyshock – photography
Chart performance
[edit]Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 20 |
References
[edit]- ^ "I Should Be with You". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ "I Should Be with You". Allmusic. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (31 March 1988). "Second from O'Kanes; jazzman reworks pop hits; a Chopin sonata". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com
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