Wild & Blue

Wild & Blue
Wild & Blue
Studio album by John Anderson
Released	September 15, 1982
Genre	Country
Length	30:15
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	John Anderson ; Frank Jones
John Anderson chronology
Singles from Wild and Blue
	"Wild and Blue"; Released: September 1982; "Swingin'"; Released: January 10, 1983; "Goin' Down Hill"; Released: June 25, 1983;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]

Wild & Blue is the fourth studio album by country artist John Anderson. It was released in September 1982 under Warner Bros. Records. It includes the Number One country hits "Swingin'" and "Wild and Blue".

Track listing[]

"Wild and Blue" (John Scott Sherrill) – 2:53
"The Waltz You Save for Me" (Duet with Emmylou Harris) (Emil Flindt, Gus Kahn, Wayne King) – 2:45
"Honky Tonk Hearts" (Bob McDill) – 3:13
"Long Black Veil" (Guest vocals by Merle Haggard) (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) – 3:18
"She Never Looked That Good When She Was Mine" (Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison) – 2:34
"Disappearing Farmer" (James Cowan, Sandy Pinkard) – 3:03
"Honky Tonk Saturday Night" (Sanger D. Shafer) – 2:53
"Goin' Down Hill" (John Anderson, X Lincoln (aka Billy Lee Tubb)) – 3:37
"The Price of a Thin Silver Dime" (Ronal McCown) – 3:43
"Swingin'" (Anderson, Lionel Delmore) – 3:04
"If a Broken Heart Could Kill" (Allen Henson, Wayland Holyfield, Norro Wilson) – 3:03

Personnel[]

John Anderson - lead vocals
Fred Carter Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Beckie Foster - background vocals
Joy Gardner - background vocals
Dennis Good - trombone
Lloyd Green - dobro, steel guitar
Merle Haggard - vocals on "Long Black Veil"
Emmylou Harris - vocals on "The Waltz You Save for Me"
Allen Henson - background vocals
Mike Jordon - organ
Larrie Londin - drums
Cam Mullins - string arrangements
The Nashville String Machine - strings
Billy Puett - tenor saxophone
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
Don Sheffield - trumpet
Buddy Spicher - fiddle
Henry Strzelecki - bass guitar
Pete Wade - electric guitar
Bobby Thompson - banjo

Chart performance[]

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	58

References[]

^ Roland, Tom. Wild & Blue at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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[1] Roland, Tom. Wild & Blue at AllMusic

[Christgau-2] Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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Studio albums	John Anderson John Anderson 2 I Just Came Home to Count the Memories Wild & Blue All the People Are Talkin' Eye of a Hurricane Tokyo, Oklahoma Countrified Blue Skies Again 10 Too Tough to Tame Seminole Wind Solid Ground Country 'til I Die Paradise Takin' the Country Back Nobody's Got It All Easy Money Bigger Hands Years
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1984) Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits (1996)
Notable singles	"Your Lying Blue Eyes" "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs" "1959" "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" "Chicken Truck" "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" "Would You Catch a Falling Star" "Wild and Blue" "Swingin'" "Goin' Down Hill" "Black Sheep" "Let Somebody Else Drive" "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" "Eye of a Hurricane" "It's All Over Now" "Down in Tennessee" "Honky Tonk Crowd" "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings) "Straight Tequila Night" "When It Comes to You" "Seminole Wind" "Let Go of the Stone" "Money in the Bank" "I Fell in the Water" "I've Got It Made" "I Wish I Could Have Been There" "Bend It Until It Breaks" "Mississippi Moon" "Paradise" "Somebody Slap Me" "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" "Years" "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"
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