4 Runner (album)

4 Runner
4 Runner
Studio album by 4 Runner
Released	May 9, 1995
Genre	Country
Label	Polydor Nashville
Producer	Buddy Cannon, Larry Shell
4 Runner chronology

4 Runner is the debut album of the 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[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive"	Billy Maddox, Paul Thorn	3:42
2.	"Good Lookin'"	Chris East, Mickey Jupp	2:53
3.	"Cain's Blood"	Michael Johnson, Jack Sundrud	3:52
4.	"The House at the End of the Road"	Rock Killough, Larry T. Wilson	3:36
5.	"Ripples"	Tony Haselden	3:25
6.	"You Make the Moonlight"	Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro	2:51
7.	"Oh No"	Al Anderson, Mike Lawler	3:55
8.	"Let the Good Times Roll"	Tony Martin, Reese Wilson	3:31
9.	"Home Alone"	Dennis Wilson, Craig Morris	2:30
10.	"Southern Wind"	Walt Aldridge, James Hooker	4:26

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.

Chart performance[]

Chart (1995)	Peak position
United States Billboard Top Country Albums	27
United States Billboard 200	144
United States Billboard Top Heatseekers	3
Canadian RPM Country Albums	7

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Wahlert, Brian. "4 Runner review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^ Nash, Alanna (19 May 1995). "4 Runner review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] Wahlert, Brian. "4 Runner review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[3] Nash, Alanna (19 May 1995). "4 Runner review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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