Plain Dirt Fashion

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Plain Dirt Fashion
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Studio album by
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Released1984
GenreCountry, country rock
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerMarshall Morgan, Paul Worley
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Let's Go
(1983) 		Plain Dirt Fashion
(1984) 		Partners, Brothers and Friends
(1985)
Singles from Plain Dirt Fashion
  1. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)"
    Released: May 21, 1984
  2. "I Love Only You"
    Released: September 17, 1984
  3. "High Horse"
    Released: January 7, 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2/5 stars[1]

Plain Dirt Fashion is the fifteenth album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1984[2] by the record label Warner Bros. Records. This album went to #8 on the US Country charts.[3] The three singles from this album all charted in the top 3. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" went to 1, "I Love Only You" went to 3, and "High Horse" went to 2. The album is noteworthy for the remake of both Meat Loaf's 1978 hit Two Out of Three Ain't Bad and Bruce Springsteen's 1981 single Cadillac Ranch.

Track listing[]

  1. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" (Rodney Crowell) - 3:20
  2. "High Horse" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 3:15
  3. "Face on the Cutting Room Floor" (Steve Goodman, Jeff Hanna, Ibbotson) - 3:11
  4. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" (Jim Steinman) - 3:20
  5. "Must Be Love" (Bob Carpenter, Hanna, Parsons) - 3:37
  6. "I Love Only You" (Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz) - 3:29
  7. "Run With Me" (Marshall Crenshaw) - 2:58
  8. "Cadillac Ranch" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:43
  9. "'Til The Fire's Burned Out" (Hugh Moffatt) - 3:29
  10. "Video Tape" (Goodman) - 3:00

Personnel[]

  • Jeff Hanna - guitars and vocals
  • Jimmy Ibbotson - bass, guitars, mandolin, vocals
  • Jimmie Fadden - drums and harmonica
  • Bob Carpenter - Keyboards and vocals
  • John McEuen - guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and lap steel

Additional Musicians

Production[]

  • Producer - Marshall Morgan and Paul Worley for Morley Productions

Charts[]

References[]

All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[6]

  1. ^ Jim Worbois. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
  2. ^ NittyGritty.com
  3. ^ Billboard - Google Books. February 16, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Plain Dirt Fashion, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Warner Brothers (LP) 25113-1
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