Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

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Fancy Free
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Studio album by
The Oak Ridge Boys
ReleasedMarch 26, 1981
StudioWoodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN[1]
GenreCountry
Length34:58
LabelMCA
ProducerRon Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Greatest Hits
(1980) 		Fancy Free
(1981) 		Bobbie Sue
(1982)
Singles from Fancy Free
  1. "(I'm Settin') Fancy Free"
    Released: August 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic4.5/5 stars[2]

Fancy Free is the fifth country studio album by the Oak Ridge Boys, released on March 26, 1981. It featured their biggest hit "Elvira". "Somewhere in the Night" was covered by Sawyer Brown in 1987 from their album of the same name. The title of the album was suggested by longtime Oak Ridge Boys personal assistant Charles Daunis, and he is thanked for this contribution in the liner notes.

The album is certified double platinum by the RIAA. It was also one of the first albums ever to achieve multi-platinum certification in the US, achieving the certification on October 12, 1984.

Track listing[]

  1. "Elvira" (Dallas Frazier) - 3:52
  2. "Somewhere in the Night" (Don Cook, Rafe Van Hoy) - 3:30
  3. "She's Gone to L.A. Again" (Mickey Clark) - 3:00
  4. "When I'm With You" (Mitch Humphries, Jerry Michael) - 3:50
  5. "Another Dream Just Came True" (Don Schlitz) - 2:54
  6. "(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" (Roy August, Jimbeau Hinson) - 3:49
  7. "Dream of Me" (Buddy Cannon, Jimmy Darrell, Raleigh Squires) - 2:58
  8. "When Love Calls You" (Michael Foster) - 4:14
  9. "How Long Has It Been" (Foster, Marshall Morgan) - 3:42
  10. "I Would Crawl All the Way (To the River)" (Bucky Jones, Curly Putman, Dan Wilson) - 4:45

Personnel[]

The Oak Ridge Boys[]

The Band[]

  • Drums, Percussion: Kenneth A. Buttrey, Jerry Carrigan
  • Bass: John C. Williams
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitars: Barry Burton, James Capps, Chip Young, Billy Sanford, Reggie Young
  • Steel: Weldon Myrick
  • Keyboards: Ron Oates
  • Banjo: Bobby Thompson
  • Trumpet: Harrison Calloway, Jr.
  • Trombone: Charles Rose
  • Saxophone: Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson
  • Oboe: Bobby G. Taylor
  • Strings: John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Connie Ellison, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Dennis Molchan, Samuel Terranova, Gary VanOsdale, Stephanie Woolf
  • String Arrangements: D. Bergen White

Production[]

  • Produced By Ron Chancey
  • Engineers: Les Ladd
  • Assistant Engineers: Steve Ham, Bob Krusen, Russ Martin, Steve Melton
  • Mastering: Hank Williams

Charts[]

Singles[]

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1981 "Elvira" 1 5 8 1 26 13
"(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" 1 104 17 2 — —

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Fancy Free".
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r45917
  3. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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