Running (The Desert Rose Band album)

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Running
RunningDRB.jpg
Studio album by
The Desert Rose Band
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1988 (1988-09-06)
Recorded1988
GenreCountry, country rock
Length34:46
LabelMCA/Curb
ProducerEd Seay
Paul Worley
The Desert Rose Band chronology
The Desert Rose Band
(1987) 		Running
(1988) 		Pages of Life
(1990)
Singles from Running
  1. "Summer Wind"
    Released: July 30, 1988
  2. "I Still Believe in You"
    Released: October 1988
  3. "She Don't Love Nobody"
    Released: March 1989
  4. "Hello Trouble"
    Released: July 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]

Running is the second studio album by the American country music/country rock group The Desert Rose Band. It was released September 6, 1988 via MCA/Curb. The album peaked at #26 on the Top Country Albums chart.[2]

Song information[]

"Summer Wind" is written about a daughter of divorced parents, who has to live with the frequent absence of her father.[3][4] Chris Hillman was inspired to write "For the Rich Man" after watching the 1983 film El Norte.[5] Hillman described "Our Songs" as a "tribute to that feeling of the '60s". He added: "I don't see the college kids addressing issues in this country."[5]

"Homeless" tells the story of a woman and her children living on the streets. Hillman told The Tennessean in 1988: "I saw a woman who had the look in her, not of a drug addict or a mental patient, but just of a person. Steve Hill and I concocted a scenario based on that."[5]

Track listing[]

  1. "She Don't Love Nobody" (John Hiatt) – 2:56
  2. "Running" (Steve Hill, Chris Hillman) – 4:08
  3. "Hello Trouble" (Orville Couch, Eddie McDuff) – 2:03
  4. "I Still Believe in You" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:12
  5. "Summer Wind" (Hill, Hillman) – 3:26
  6. "For the Rich Man" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:19
  7. "Step on Out" (Hillman, Peter Knobler) – 2:44
  8. "Homeless" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:45
  9. "Livin' in the House" (Hill, Hillman) – 2:47
  10. "Our Songs" (Hill, Hillman) – 3:26

Personnel[]

The Desert Rose Band[]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26

References[]

  1. ^ Pendragon, Jana. "Running review". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Running Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  3. ^ Gleason, Holly (May 3, 1988). "Oak Ridge Boys slice it thin in Irvine with pretty cheesy poses". The Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ http://drb-fans.com/images/reviews/DRB%201988%2007-01.pdf
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Goldsmith, Thomas (October 8, 1988). "'Troubles and trials in three-part harmony'". The Tennessean.
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