Can't Hold Back
Cover art by Shusei Nagaoka
Studio album by
Pure Prairie League
ReleasedJune 1979
RecordedCriteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida
GenreCountry rock
Length38:08
LabelRCA
ProducerHoward Albert, Ron Albert
Pure Prairie League chronology
Just Fly
(1978)		 Can't Hold Back
(1979)		 Firin' Up
(1980)
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Can't Hold Back is the seventh studio album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League, released by RCA Records. It was the first album to feature future country music star Vince Gill, who had auditioned to replace one of the Goshorn brothers. (Both brothers would ultimately leave the band, along with guitarist George Powell before the release of the album.) Gill jammed with the band and they offered him the position of vocalist and guitar immediately. They were not unfamiliar with Gill as, according to band member Michael Reilly:

“We had seen him play in 1976 when the band he was playing with opened up for us in Oklahoma City. We offered him the gig then, but he said, 'Oh no, I’m playing bluegrass.' Two years later he came to Los Angeles with Byron Berline and Sundance, and after we jammed again for a few hours, we offered him the job on the spot and he accepted”.[1]

Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007 after decades as an award winning (21 Grammys) solo act.[2] Gill remained with Pure Prairie League for three albums.

Track listing

  1. "Can't Hold Back" (Vince Gill) - 2:44
  2. "I Can't Believe" (Gill) - 4:37
  3. "Rude Rude Awakening" (Bruce Miller) - 3:52
  4. "White Line" (Willie P. Bennett) - 4:25
  5. "Misery Train" (Gill) - 4:30
  6. "Restless Woman" (Steve Patrick Bolen, Michael Reilly) - 3:48
  7. "I'm Goin' Away" (Gill) - 3:03
  8. "Jerene" (Gill) - 0:58
  9. "Livin' It Alone" (Bolen) - 3:11
  10. "Fool Fool" (Max D. Barnes, Jerry McBee, Troy Seals) - 4:00
  11. "Goodbye So Long" (Bolen, Reilly) - 3:00

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

  • Producers: Howard Albert, Ron Albert
  • Engineers: Pure Prairie League, Don Gehman
  • Assistant engineer: Kevin Ryan
  • Mixing: Don Gehman
  • String arrangements: Jimmie Haskell, Mike Lewis
  • Horn arrangements: Mike Lewis
  • Artwork: Shusei Nagaoka
  • Photography: Nick Sangiamo
  • Art Direction & Design: Tim Bryant

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1979 Pop Albums 124

References

  1. ↑ "look back | Pure Prairie League". Archived from the original on 2014-03-03.
  2. ↑ "Vince Gill | Artist Bio | Country Music Hall of Fame".
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