The Eagle (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Eagle
Type = Studio album
Artist = Waylon Jennings


Released = July 1990
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Outlaw country
Length = 29:54
Label = Epic
Producer = Richie Albright
Bob Montgomery
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mgeq97u7krst link]
Last album = "Highwayman 2"
(1990)
This album = "The Eagle"
(1990)
Next album = "Clean Shirt"
(1991)

"The Eagle" is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on Epic Records in 1990. It was the first of his two solo albums on the label, which he joined after a two-year stay at MCA. The selections themselves are a mixture of fast-paced songs and slower ballads. "Wrong", a humorous track about a relationship that turned awry, was Jennings' final top ten country hit, reaching #5 on the charts. The album also yielded the minor hits "What Bothers Me Most", "The Eagle" and "Where Corn Don't Grow", peaking at #66, #22 and #67, respectively; "Where Corn Don't Grow" was later covered by Travis Tritt on "The Restless Kind" (1996), Tritt's version bearing numerous similarities to Jennings'. Additionally, a music video for "Wrong", directed by Robert Deaton and George J. Flanigen IV, was filmed and released. "The Eagle" was the singer's final top ten record, reaching #9 on the country charts; it also briefly appeared on the pop charts, with its highest position being #172.

Two of this album's songs were later recorded by other artists, both in 1996: "Her Man" on Gary Allan's debut album "Used Heart for Sale", and "Where Corn Don't Grow" on Travis Tritt's album "The Restless Kind". Both of these versions were released as singles that year.

Track listing

#"Workin' Cheap" (Troy Seals, Max D. Barnes) – 2:55
#"What Bothers Me Most" (Seals, Barnes) – 3:25
#"The Eagle" (Hank Cochran, Red Lane, Mack Vickery) – 2:55
#"Her Man" (Kent Robbins) – 2:42
#"Wrong" (Steve Seskin, Andre Pessis) – 3:02
#"Where Corn Don't Grow" (Roger Murrah, Mark Alan Springer) – 3:17
#"Reno and Me" (John Hadley, Kevin Welch) – 3:11
#"Too Close to Call" (Chester Lester) – 2:44
#"Waking Up with You" (Murrah, Jennings, Charlie Craig) – 2:34
#"Old Church Hymns and Nursery Rhymes" (Beth Nielsen Chapman) – 3:48