Won't Be Blue Anymore
Studio album by
Released1985
GenreCountry
Length40:00
LabelEMI America
ProducerKyle Lehning (all tracks), Paul Worley (track 8)
Dan Seals chronology
San Antone
(1984)
Won't Be Blue Anymore
(1985)
On the Front Line
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Won't Be Blue Anymore is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was his most successful studio album; the only one to reach No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album featured some of Seals most popular songs, including "Bop" and "Meet Me in Montana", a duet with Marie Osmond. These and the third single, "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)", all reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. "Bop" was a major crossover hit, peaking at No. 10 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The compact disc format of this album was released on the album's initial release. It has been out-of-print for more than 20 years and is highly collectible.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Headin West"Dan Seals3:00
2."I Won't Be Blue Anymore"Seals3:03
3."Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)"Seals, Bob McDill4:50
4."Tobacco Road"John D. Loudermilk3:15
5."Your Love"Beckie Foster, Tommy Rocco3:00
6."You Plant Your Fields"Wendy Waldman, Donny Lowery3:34
7."Still a Little Bit of Love"Jim Scott, Walker Inglehart4:09
8."Meet Me in Montana" (duet with Marie Osmond)Paul Davis3:54
9."Bop"Jennifer Kimball, Davis3:45
10."So Easy to Need"John Porter McMeans4:02
11."City Kind of Girl"Robert Gundry3:28

Personnel

  • Dan Seals – lead and backing vocals
  • Barry Beckett – acoustic piano (1, 2, 7, 10), Wurlitzer electric piano (4), electric piano (5)
  • Shane Keister – acoustic piano (2, 10), Fairlight CMI (6, 7, 10), synthesizers (9), Yamaha DX7 (10)
  • Dennis Burnside – electric piano (3), acoustic piano (8)
  • David Innis – synthesizers (8)
  • Paul DavisSynclavier (9), drum programming (9)
  • Larry Byrom – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10)
  • Jerry Douglasdobro (1, 2, 4, 7)
  • Brent Mason – guitar solo (1)
  • Joe Stanley – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 7, 10), electric guitar fills (3), electric guitar solo (4), guitar (9)
  • Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 10)
  • Doyle Grisham – steel guitar (2, 3)
  • Rafe Van Hoy – acoustic guitar (2, 3, 11)
  • Kenny Mims – electric guitar (3)
  • Steve Gibson – electric guitar fills (5), electric guitar (8), guitar (9)
  • Larry Shell – acoustic guitar (6)
  • Wendy Waldman – acoustic guitar (6), backing vocals (6)
  • Greg Jennings – electric guitar (7, 11)
  • Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (8)
  • Paul Worley – acoustic guitar (8)
  • John Porter McMeans – electric guitar (10)
  • Bob Gundry – guitar solo (11), acoustic piano (11), LinnDrum programming (11), arrangements (11)
  • David Hungate – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11)
  • Bob Wray – bass (3)
  • Michael Rhodes – bass (8)
  • Larrie Londin – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11)
  • Eddie Bayers – drums (3, 8, 11)
  • Kyle Lehning – drum programming (9)
  • Farrell Morris – percussion (4, 5, 6)
  • Mark O'Connorfiddle (4, 5, 6)
  • Jim Horn – saxophone (9)
  • Bergen White – string arrangements (8)
  • Marie Osmond – lead and backing vocals (8)
  • The Cherry Sisters – backing vocals (9)

Production

  • Producer – Kyle Lehning
  • Co-Producer on Track 8 – Paul Worley
  • Engineers – Joseph Bogan and Kyle Lehning
  • Assistant Engineers – Russ Martin and Kirt Odle
  • Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios, Audio Media Recorders and Master’s Touch (Nashville, TN); Morningstar Sound Studio (Hendersonville, TN).
  • Mixed at The Bennett House (Franklin, TN) and Morningstar Sound Studio.
  • Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).
  • Art Direction – Henry Marquez
  • Design – Carol Chen
  • Photography – Alan Dockery and Paul Maxon
  • Management – Tony Gottlieb at Morningstar Management.

Charts

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1985 "Meet Me in Montana" (featuring Marie Osmond) 1 19
"Bop" 1 42 10 1 1 6
1986 "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" 1 1

Production

  • Produced by Paul Worley & Kyle Lehning
  • Engineers: Joseph Bogan, Kyle Lehning, Marshall Morgan, Kirt Odle
  • Assistant Engineers: Russ Martin, Kirt Odle

Personnel

References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r445121
  2. "Dan Seals Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. "Dan Seals Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
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