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singing backup. The album reached number 62 on the US ''Billboard'' 200

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tune, "Anxious Heart".

Track listing

#"Make a Little Magic" (Hanna, Hathaway, Carpenter) – 3:55 #"Badlands" (Hathaway, Carpenter, Hanna) – 4:14 #"High School Yearbook" (Hanna, Hathaway, Carpenter) – 2:44 #"Leigh Anne" (Holster) – 4:10 #"Riding Alone" (Hathaway, Carpenter, Hanna) – 2:20 #"Anxious Heart" (Bullens, Veitch) – 2:43 #"Do It! (Party Lights)" (Fadden, Carpenter, Hathaway, Hanna) – 4:24 #"Harmony" (Hanna, Fadden) – 4:22 #"Too Good to Be True" (Carpenter, Hanna) – 3:38 #"Mullen's Farewell to America" (McEuen, Garth) – 1:48

Personnel

*Jimmie Fadden – electric and acoustic harmonica *

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– lap steel guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar on "Mullen's Farwell" *Jeff Hanna – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, background vocals *Bob Carpenter – lead vocals on "Leigh Ann" and "Harmony" *Richard Hathaway – electric bass, background vocals *Al Garth – keyboards, alto and tenor saxophone, violin, viola Additional Musicians *

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– drums and programming *

– background and harmony vocals on "Make A Little Magic", "Do It" and "Harmony" *Haden Gregg – background vocals on "Anxious Heart" and "Badlands" *Geoffrey Morris – slide guitar on "Too Good To Be True"

Production

*Producer – Jeff Hanna and Bob Edwards

Chart performance

References

All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted''Make A Little Magic'', The Dirt Band, Liberty (1980) CD {{Authority control Nitty Gritty Dirt Band albums 1980 albums Liberty Records albums