4 Runner (album)

Infobox Album
Name = 4 Runner
Type = studio
Artist = 4 Runner


Released = 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Polydor Nashville
Producer = Buddy Cannon
Larry Shell
Reviews =
*"Country Standard Time" – [http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2 link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" – (B-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297264,00.html link]
This album = "4 Runner"
(1995)
Next album = "Getaway Car"
(2003)

"4 Runner" is the debut album of the American country music group 4 Runner, released in 1995 on the Nashville division of Polydor Records. It produced the singles "Cain's Blood", "A Heart with a Four-Wheel Drive", "Home Alone", and "Ripples", all of which charted on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs charts. "Cain's Blood" was the group's only Top 40 hit, reaching #26 on the country charts. The other singles all charted as well, although neither made Top 40 due to restructuring of Polydor at the time.

"4 Runner" was followed in 1996 by a second album entitled "One for the Ages", on the A&M Records label. A&M closed that year, however, and "One for the Ages" was not released, although its lead-off single "That Was Him (This Is Now)" charted. 4 Runner disbanded in 1996, and remained inactive until three of its four members (plus Michael Lusk, who took Billy Crittenden's place as baritone vocalist) recorded a second album entitled "Getaway Car" in 2003.

"Oh No" was also recorded by Confederate Railroad on their 1995 album "When and Where", while "A Heart with a Four-Wheel Drive" was later recorded by Canadian group The Road Hammers on their 2005 self-titled debut album.

Track listing

#"A Heart with a Four-Wheel Drive" (Billy Maddox, Paul Thorn) – 3:42
#"Good Lookin'" (Chris East, Mickey Jupp) – 2:53
#"Cain's Blood" (Michael Johnson, Jack Sundrud) – 3:52
#"The House at the End of the Road" (Rock Killough, Larry T. Wilson) – 3:36
#"Ripples" (Tony Haselden) – 3:25
#"You Make the Moonlight" (Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro) – 2:51
#"Oh No" (Al Anderson, Mike Lawler) – 3:55
#"Let the Good Times Roll" (Tony Martin, Reese Wilson) – 3:31
#"Home Alone" (Dennis Wilson, Craig Morris) – 2:30
#"Southern Wind" (Walt Aldridge, James Hooker) – 4:26

Personnel

4 Runner

*Jim Chapman – bass vocals
*Billy Crittenden – baritone vocals
*Lee Hilliard – tenor vocals
*Craig Morris – lead vocals

Additional musicians

*Glen Duncan – fiddle
*Larry Franklin – fiddle
*Sonny Garrish – Dobro, steel guitar
*Tony Haselden – acoustic guitar
*John Hobbs – piano
*Mike Lawler – synthesizer
*Paul Leim – drums
*Brent Mason – electric guitar
*Terry McMillan – harmonica
*Steve Nathan – organ, piano, synthesizer
*Danny Parks – acoustic guitar
*Larry Paxton – bass guitar
*Don Potter – acoustic guitar
*Matt Rollings – piano
*Reggie Young – electric guitar

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of Carl Gorodetzky.

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fexqqhldfe "4 Runner"] at Allmusic