American Dreams (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

American Dreams is a studio album by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in 1989 via MCA Records. The album peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1] It includes the singles "An American Family" and "No Matter How High", the latter of which was the group's last number one hit on Hot Country Songs. "Turning for Home" later served as the title track to Mike Reid's 1991 debut album Turning for Home.

American Dreams
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 1989 (1989-08-30)
GenreCountry
Length38:24
LabelMCA
ProducerJimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Greatest Hits 3
(1989)
American Dreams
(1989)
Unstoppable
(1991)
Singles from American Dreams
  1. "An American Family"
    Released: August 19, 1989
  2. "No Matter How High"
    Released: December 1989

The album cover shows The Oak Ridge Boys standing in the seats along the left field line of Nashville, Tennessee's, Herschel Greer Stadium. Richard Sterban was a minority shareholder of the Nashville Sounds, who played their home games at Greer.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cajun Girl"Martin Kibbee, William Payne4:42
2."Baby, You'll Be My Baby"Gene Pistilli, Troy Seals3:41
3."An American Family"Bob Corbin3:01
4."No Matter How High"Joey Scarbury, Even Stevens2:51
5."If I Was to Start Crying"Michael Smotherman5:09
6."Turning for Home"Mike Reid3:46
7."In My Own Crazy Way"Seals, Eddie Setser, Ralph Stanley, Rod Stewart3:25
8."Don't Give Up"Jerry Hludzik, Rick Manwiller3:27
9."Bed of Roses"Rex Benson, Steve Gillette3:45
10."The American Dream"Gary Harrison, Keith Stegall4:37

Personnel

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The Oak Ridge Boys

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  • Duane Allen - lead vocals
  • Joe Bonsall - tenor vocals
  • Steve Sanders - baritone vocals
  • Richard Sterban - bass vocals

Additional musicians

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Chart performance

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Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 24

References

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  1. ^ "American Dreams Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  2. ^ O'Neal, Bill (1994), The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994, Eakin Press, p. 285, ISBN 0890159521