Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Infobox Album
Name = Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch…
Type = cover
Artist = Texas Lightning


Released = 2005
Recorded = 11th July - 17th July 2005
Genre = Pop Country
Length = 51:35
Label = Sony BMG
Producer = Stephan Gade, Co-produced by Texas Lightning
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Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Special Edition Re-release cover
Type = cover


Lower caption = Meanwhile, Back at the Golden Ranch

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... was a phrase frequently used by narrators of black & white American cowboy movies and TV shows of the 1940s and 1950s as a segue from one scene to another. It was so heavily used that the phrase took on a life of its own and became a part of common language.Fact|date=July 2008 Use of the phrase has been resurrected in the last decade, as evidenced by its use as the title for this album, and its adaption and use by others. [Examples of adaptions of the phrase "Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... " include Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia... and Meanwhile In Hollywood...]

"Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch…" is a pop/country album by Texas Lightning. It is made up of covers of pop songs, sung in a country style. The album was re-released on 3 March 2006 including the song "No No Never" from Texas Lightning's Eurovision entry. "No No Never" has music & lyrics written by Jane Comerford. "No No Never" was a huge hit all over Europe in 2006, even though it did not win in the Eurovision finals (many Europeans cried "foul" about the lopsided eastern bloc voting).Fact|date=October 2007

The band Texas Lightning was created by Jon Flemming Olsen and the graphic designerPOV-statement|date=September 2008 who designs all their CD covers and promotional material.Fact|date=October 2007 Olsen, whose Texas Lightning persona is "Johnny "the Flame" Olsen" is also on a popular German television show,Fact|date=October 2007 a contemporary-events conversational satire named "Ditsche", which stars another member of the band, drummer Olli Dittrich.

Track listing

# "Bad Case of Loving You" – 2:54 covering Robert Palmer
# "Like a Virgin" – 3:24 covering Madonna
# "No No Never" – 3:01 Eurovision entry written by Jane
# "Kiss" – 4:08 covering Prince
# "Over The Mountains" – 4:30 Translation of "Über den Wolken" by Reinhard Mey. Translated into English by Jon Flemming Olsen.
# "C'est La Vie" – 2:50 covering Chuck Berry
# "Highway to Hell" – 3:49 covering AC/DC
# "Dancing Queen" – 3:31 covering ABBA
# "Man in the Mirror" – 4:12 covering Michael Jackson
# "Norwegian Wood" – 2:17 covering The Beatles
# "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)" – 3:23 covering Tex Williams
# "Walking After Midnight" – 2:15 covering Patsy Cline
# "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" – 2:26 covering B. J. Thomas
# "Walk On The Wild Side" – 4:10 covering Lou Reed
# "Blue Bayou" – 4:18 covering Roy Orbison

Golden Ranch

The album was re-released again a second time on 13 October 2006, titled "Meanwhile, Back At The Golden Ranch" and containing six new songs but removing "Walking After Midnight". Because of the new material, the CD-ROM bonus content was removed from the CD, but the album is available with a live DVD containing concert footage.
# "Bad Case Of Loving You" - 02:54
# "Like A Virgin" - 03:22
# "I Promise" - 03:12
# "No No Never" - 03:01
# "Kiss" - 04:07
# "Enjoy The Silence" -03:22
# "C'est La Vie" - 02:50
# "Over The Mountains" - 04:30
# "Man In The Mirror" - 04:12
# "Dancing Queen" - 03:31
# "Highway To Hell" - 03:48
# "You're The Voice" - 04:00
# "Norwegian Wood" - 02:17
# "Nothing Compares 2 U" - 03:33
# "Out There Somewhere" - 03:24
# "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - 02:27
# "Blue Bayou" - 04:19
# "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)" - 03:23
# "Walk On The Wild Side" - 04:08
# "This Is Me" - 03:52

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