Английская Википедия:4 Runner (album)
4 Runner is the debut studio album by American country music group 4 Runner, released on May 9, 1995 on the Nashville division of Polydor Records. It produced the singles "Cain's Blood", "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive", "Home Alone", and "Ripples", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs charts. Of these four singles, "Cain's Blood" was the only one to chart within the Top 40, peaking at #26.[1]
Critical reception
Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time criticized some of the songs on 4 Runner for "cop[ying] the worst pop elements" of The Oak Ridge Boys, but said that the presence of bass singer Jim Chapman gave the material a "fresh sound." His review praised "Cain's Blood" and "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive" as the strongest tracks.[2] Entertainment Weekly critic Alanna Nash gave the album a B-minus rating. In her review, she said that "they can be as hokey as the Oaks, but unlike the Statlers, they're sentimental without being mawkish."[3]
Track listing
Personnel
4 Runner
- Jim Chapman – bass vocals
- Billy Crittenden – baritone vocals
- Lee Hilliard – tenor vocals
- Craig Morris – lead vocals
Additional musicians
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Sonny Garrish – Dobro, steel guitar
- Tony Haselden – acoustic guitar
- John Hobbs – piano
- Mike Lawler – synthesizer
- Paul Leim – drums
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Terry McMillan – harmonica
- Steve Nathan – organ, piano, synthesizer
- Danny Parks – acoustic guitar
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar
- Don Potter – acoustic guitar
- Matt Rollings – piano
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of Carl Gorodetzky.
Charts
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 144 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 27 |
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers | 3 |
| Canada RPM Country Albums | 7 |
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