''Breaking New Ground'' is the debut studio album by American

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band Wild Rose. Originally issued in 1988 via

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, it was rereleased on April 9, 1990 via

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. The album includes the singles " Breaking New Ground" and "Go Down Swingin'".

Critical reception

Giving it a "B",

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of ''

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'' wrote that "the band offers a kicky program of country-rock, bluegrass, Texas swing, Louisiana spice, honky-tonk, and jazzy 'dawg' music…Little of this is combined into a cohesive sound, but whatever Wild Rose is, it's never boring."

Track listing

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. ;Wild Rose * Pam Gadd – lead vocals, background vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar * Nancy Given Prout – drums, background vocals * Kathy Mac – bass guitar, background vocals * Pam Perry – lead vocals, background vocals,

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, acoustic guitar * Wanda Vick – electric guitar, fiddle,

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, mandolin, acoustic guitar ;Additional musicians * Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar * Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar *

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– acoustic guitar *

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– piano * Randy McCormick – piano * Bobbe Seymour – pedal steel guitar * "Hurricane" James Stroud – percussion ;Technical * Milan Bogdan – digital editing * John Guess – mixing * Glenn Meadows – mastering * James Stroud – production * Ron Treat – digital recording, overdubbing * Wild Rose – arranging

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 1990 debut albums Wild Rose (band) albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by James Stroud Universal Records (1988) albums