Running (The Desert Rose Band album)

Running is the second studio album by the American country music/country rock group The Desert Rose Band. It was released September 6, 1988 via MCA/Curb. The album peaked at #26 on the Top Country Albums chart.[2]

Running
Studio album by
The Desert Rose Band
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1988 (1988-09-06)
Recorded1988
GenreCountry, country rock
Length34:46
LabelMCA/Curb
ProducerEd Seay
Paul Worley
The Desert Rose Band chronology
The Desert Rose Band
(1987)		 Running
(1988)		 Pages of Life
(1990)
Singles from Running
  1. "Summer Wind"
    Released: July 30, 1988
  2. "I Still Believe in You"
    Released: October 1988
  3. "She Don't Love Nobody"
    Released: March 1989
  4. "Hello Trouble"
    Released: July 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Song information

"Summer Wind" is written about a daughter of divorced parents, who has to live with the frequent absence of her father.[3][4] Hillman was inspired to write "For the Rich Man" after watching the 1983 film El Norte.[5] Hillman described "Our Songs" as a "tribute to that feeling of the '60s". He added: "I don't see the college kids addressing issues in this country."[5]

"Homeless" tells the story of a woman and her children living on the streets. Hillman told The Tennessean in 1988: "I saw a woman who had the look in her, not of a drug addict or a mental patient, but just of a person. Steve Hill and I concocted a scenario based on that."[5]

Track listing
  1. "She Don't Love Nobody" (John Hiatt) – 2:56
  2. "Running" (Steve Hill, Chris Hillman) – 4:08
  3. "Hello Trouble" (Orville Couch, Eddie McDuff) – 2:03
  4. "I Still Believe in You" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:12
  5. "Summer Wind" (Hill, Hillman) – 3:26
  6. "For the Rich Man" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:19
  7. "Step on Out" (Hillman, Peter Knobler) – 2:44
  8. "Homeless" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:45
  9. "Livin' in the House" (Hill, Hillman) – 2:47
  10. "Our Songs" (Hill, Hillman) – 3:26

Personnel

The Desert Rose Band

Chart performance
Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26
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References
  1. Pendragon, Jana. "Running review". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  2. "Running Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  3. Gleason, Holly (May 3, 1988). "Oak Ridge Boys slice it thin in Irvine with pretty cheesy poses". The Los Angeles Times.
  4. http://drb-fans.com/images/reviews/DRB%201988%2007-01.pdf
  5. Goldsmith, Thomas (October 8, 1988). "'Troubles and trials in three-part harmony'". The Tennessean.
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