John Anderson (album)

John Anderson
John Anderson
Studio album by John Anderson
Released	July 1, 1980
Recorded	1978–1979
Genre	Country
Length	33:34
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Norro Wilson
John Anderson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]

John Anderson is the debut studio album by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in 1980 on the Warner Bros. Records label. The album produced the singles "The Girl at the End of the Bar", "Low Dog Blues", "1959", "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs", "If There Were No Memories" and "Your Lying Blue Eyes".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Havin' Hard Times"	John Anderson, Lionel Delmore	3:18
2.	"Something Borrowed, Something Blue"	Wayland Holyfield, Norro Wilson	3:07
3.	"Shoot Low, Sheriff!"	Monroe Fields, Carmol Taylor	2:12
4.	"The Girl at the End of the Bar"	Anderson, Delmore	3:28
5.	"Low Dog Blues"	Anderson, Delmore	2:56
6.	"1959"	Gary Gentry	3:00
7.	"She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs"	Kent Robbins	2:24
8.	"The Arms of a Fool"	Ronal McCown	2:38
9.	"It Looks Like the Party Is Over"	Anderson, Delmore	2:49
10.	"If There Were No Memories"	McCown	2:18
11.	"Your Lying Blue Eyes"	Ken McDuffie	3:03
12.	"You're Right, I'm Wrong, I'm Sorry"	Anderson, Betty Gallup, Ervan James Parker	2:21

Personnel

Tommy Allsup - acoustic guitar
John Anderson - lead vocals, background vocals
Phil Baugh - electric guitar
Harold Bradley - six string bass guitar
David Briggs - piano
Tommy Cogbill - bass guitar
Pete Drake - steel guitar
Ray Edenton - electric guitar
Ralph Gallant (Larrie Londin) - drums
Tommy Jackson - fiddle
Terry McMillan - harmonica
Kenny Malone - drums
Bob Moore - upright bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
Billy Sanford - electric guitar
Henry Strzelecki - bass guitar
Pete Wade - electric guitar
Bobby Wood - piano
Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	61

References

^ John Anderson at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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[1] John Anderson at AllMusic

[Christgau-2] Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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Studio albums	John Anderson John Anderson 2 I Just Came Home to Count the Memories Wild & Blue All the People Are Talkin' Eye of a Hurricane Tokyo, Oklahoma Countrified Blue Skies Again 10 Too Tough to Tame Seminole Wind Solid Ground Country 'til I Die Paradise Takin' the Country Back Nobody's Got It All Easy Money Bigger Hands Goldmine Years
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1984) Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits (1996)
Notable singles	"Your Lying Blue Eyes" "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs" "1959" "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" "Chicken Truck" "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" "Would You Catch a Falling Star" "Wild and Blue" "Swingin'" "Goin' Down Hill" "Black Sheep" "Let Somebody Else Drive" "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" "Eye of a Hurricane" "It's All Over Now" "Down in Tennessee" "Honky Tonk Crowd" "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings) "Straight Tequila Night" "When It Comes to You" "Seminole Wind" "Let Go of the Stone" "Money in the Bank" "I Fell in the Water" "I've Got It Made" "I Wish I Could Have Been There" "Bend It Until It Breaks" "Mississippi Moon" "Paradise" "Somebody Slap Me" "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" "Years" "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"
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