A Street Man Named Desire | ||||
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Released | September 28, 1992 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 42:57 | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Producer | Rich Alves Jimmy Bowen | |||
Pirates of the Mississippi chronology | ||||
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A Street Man Named Desire is the third studio album by American country music band Pirates of the Mississippi. Released in 1992 as their first album for Liberty Records, it produced a minor chart single in its title track, which was also the only chart single from it.
Content
[edit]The album's title track charted on Billboard Hot Country Songs in 1992.[2] Members of the band noted that the song was subject to controversy: a representative of Bill Clinton, then the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States, wanted to use the song in Clinton's campaign. Conversely, a friend of George H. W. Bush, who was President at the time, called a station that was playing the song regularly and demanded that it be withdrawn from rotation.[3]
Critical reception
[edit]Rating it 3 out of 4 stars, Jack Hurst of Tribune Media wrote that the band "possess a swingy ear-friendliness as well as a gift for the occasional stunning lyric."[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "Don't Quit Your Day Job" (Rich Alves, Bill McCorvey, Roger Murrah) – 3:13
- "Room at the Bottom" (J. Fred Knobloch, Kevin Welch) – 4:45
- "Ain't Got No Idea" (Alves, McCorvey, Steve Dean) – 2:39
- "All That Your Eyes See" (Alves, McCorvey, Gary Harrison) – 3:44
- "Mystery Ship" (instrumental) (Alves, McCorvey, Pat Severs, Jimmy Lowe, Dean Townson) – 4:08
- "My Kinda Woman" (Danny Mayo, Freddy Weller) – 2:59
- "Some Things Never Change" (McCorvey, Harrison) – 3:41
- "Mississippi Homegrown" (Alves, McCorvey, Harrison) – 4:53
- "A Street Man Named Desire" (Alves, McCorvey, Harrison) – 4:53
- "The Hard Side of Love" (Alves, David Malloy, Jerry Taylor) – 3:51
- "Just for You" (Alves, McCorvey, Townson, John Paul Daniel) – 4:37
Personnel
[edit]- Pirates of the Mississippi
- Richard Alves - guitar, background vocals
- Jimmy Lowe - drums, background vocals
- Bill McCorvey - guitar, lead vocals
- Pat Severs - steel guitar, Dobro, lap steel guitar, "Cheezy organ steel", background vocals, acoustic guitar
- Dean Townson - bass guitar, background vocals
- Additional musician
- John Kelton - strings
- Technical
- Rich Alves - production
- Jimmy Bowen - production
- John Kelton - recording, overdubbing, mixing
- Tim Kish - recording, overdubbing, mixing
- Glenn Meadows - mastering, digital editing
Chart performance
[edit]Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 75 |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r109978
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "Social buccaneers". The Leader-Post. June 28, 1993. pp. C7. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "Lorrie's back on track". Abilene Reporter. November 27, 1992. pp. 8D. Retrieved May 30, 2022.