Crazy Nights (Lonestar album)

Crazy Nights
Studio album by Lonestar
Released	June 17, 1997
Recorded	1997 at The Soundshop Studio "A", Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	38:59
Label	BNA
Producer	Don Cook Wally Wilson
Lonestar chronology
Lonestar (1995) Crazy Nights (1997) Lonely Grill (1999)

Crazy Nights is the second album released by country music band Lonestar. Four singles were released from this album: "Come Cryin' to Me", "You Walked In", "Say When", and "Everything's Changed". "Come Cryin' to Me" reached number one on the Hot Country Songs charts. Also included is a cover of country rock band Pure Prairie League's single "Amie".^[1]

"Come Cryin' to Me" and "Say When" were both co-written by John Rich, who also sang lead on "John Doe on a John Deere" and "What Do We Do with the Rest of the Night". All the other tracks feature Richie McDonald on lead vocals. This was also Rich's last album as a member of the group. After being fired from the group in 1998,^[2] he began a solo career on BNA, and eventually joined Big Kenny in the duo Big & Rich.

"Cheater's Road" was later recorded by Chalee Tennison on her 2003 album Parading in the Rain.

Critical reception

Thom Owens of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that the singles and the "Amie" cover were "solid", but criticizing the other tracks for being "bland".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Come Cryin' to Me" (Mark D. Sanders, Wally Wilson, John Rich) – 3:42
2. "Everything's Changed" (Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Richie McDonald) – 3:54
3. "Cheater's Road" (Sharon Rice, Jason Sellers) – 3:50
4. "A Week in Juarez" (Sam Hogin, Jim McBride, Phil Barnhart) – 2:47
5. "John Doe on a John Deere" (Don Cook, Conley White, Rich) – 3:23
6. "You Walked In" (Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 4:30
7. "Say When" (Boone, Nelson, Rich) – 3:23
8. "Amie" (Craig Fuller) – 4:06
9. "Crazy Nights" (Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro, Rich) – 3:20
10. "Keys to My Heart" (Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams, McDonald) – 3:00
11. "What Do We Do With the Rest of the Night" (Rice, Wilson, Rich) – 3:01

Personnel

Taken from liner notes.^[3]

Lonestar

• Michael Britt - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• Richie McDonald - lead vocals
• Keech Rainwater - drums, percussion
• John Rich - bass guitar, background and lead vocals
• Dean Sams - piano, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro
• Dennis Burnside - piano, keyboards, B3 organ
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle, assorted hoedown tools
• David Hungate - bass guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis - piano, B3 organ
• Brent Mason - electric guitar, gut string guitar
• Duncan Mullins - bass guitar
• Tom Roady - percussion
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	16
U.S. Billboard 200	166
Canadian RPM Country Albums	28

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Owens, Thom. "Crazy Nights review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r277608. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 
2. ^ Protest From the Right Side of Country
3. ^ (1997) Album notes for Crazy Nights by Lonestar [CD]. BNA Records (67422).