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American Made (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

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Released
  
January 20, 1983

Label
  
MCA

Artist
  
The Oak Ridge Boys

Producer
  
Ron Chancey

Length
  
36:34

American Made (1983)
  
Deliver (1983)

Release date
  
20 January 1983

Genre
  
Country music

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Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Similar
  
Fancy Free, Step On Out, Bobbie Sue, The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arri, Greatest Hits

American Made is the eighth country studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1983. It featured yet another "crossover hit" with the song "American Made", which hit #1 on the country charts (on April 23, 1983) and #72 on the U.S. Hot 100 singles chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Love Song" (Steven Runkle) - 3:53
  2. "She's Not Just Another Pretty Face" (Sam Lorber, J.D. Martin) - 3:26
  3. "Amity" (Doug Fleet, Guy Fletcher) - 3:47
  4. "You're the One" (Rock Killough, Bob Morrison) - 3:49
  5. "Down the Hall" (Mike Reid, Troy Seals) - 3:21
  6. "American Made" (Bob DiPiero, Pat McManus) - 2:42
  7. "Any Old Time You Choose" (Ken Bell, Terry Skinner, J.L. Wallace) - 3:54
  8. "Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator)" (Janet Willoughby, Larry Willoughby) - 3:07
  9. "You Made It Beautiful" (Richard Kerr, Seals) - 3:24
  10. "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) - 5:49

Personnel

As listed in Liner notes

The Oak Ridge Boys

  • Duane Allen
  • Joe Bonsall
  • William Lee Golden
  • Richard Sterban

    • Musicians

  • Barry Beckett - keyboards
  • Mickey Buckins - percussion
  • Jimmy Capps - acoustic guitar
  • Eugene Chrisman - drums, percussion
  • Lloyd Green - steel guitar
  • Roger Hawkins - drums
  • David Hood - bass guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson - lead guitar
  • Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle
  • Steve Nathan - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Ron Oates - keyboards
  • Wayne Perkins - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Billy Sanford - lead guitar, mandolin
  • Bobby Thompson - banjo
  • Jack William - bass guitar
  • Chip Young - acoustic guitar
  • Reggie Young - lead guitar
  • The Nashville Hornworks - horns

    • Production

  • Produced By Ron Chancey
  • Engineer & Mixing: Les Ladd
  • Assistant Engineers: Ken Corlew, Ken Criblez, Tim Farmer, Pete Greene, Russ Martin, David McKinley, Mary Beth McLemore

    • Songs

    1Love Song3:52
    2She's Not Just Another Pretty Face3:24
    3Amity3:46

    References

    American Made (The Oak Ridge Boys album) Wikipedia
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