''Outskirts of Town'' is the tenth studio album released by the American

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Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band. It was founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by Mark Miller (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (keyboards, vocals), Bobby Randall (lead guitar, vocals), Joe "Curly" Smyth (drums), and ...

, released in 1993 on

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. The third and final album of their career to receive

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gold certification, it produced four hit singles on the ''

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'' country charts: "Thank God for You" (the band's third and final #1), " The Boys and Me" (#4), the title track (#40), and "Hard to Say" (#5). A dance mix of "The Boys and Me" is also included as a bonus track.

Track listing

Personnel

Sawyer Brown * Mark Miller – lead vocals * Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals * Duncan Cameron – electric guitars, acoustic guitar,

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, backing vocals * Jim Scholten – bass guitar * Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion Additional musicians * James Hooker – keyboards *

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– synthesizers *

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– acoustic piano *

Mac McAnally Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. (; born July 15, 1957), known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. ...

– acoustic guitar *

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– mandolin *

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– drums * Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion *

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– lead vocals (8)

Production

* Mark Miller – producer * Mac McAnally – producer * Brian Tankersley – producer (12) * Alan Schulman – recording, mixing * Kent Bruce – recording assistant, mix assistant * Steve Lowery – recording assistant, mix assistant * Wayne Mehl – recording assistant, mix assistant * Martin Woodlee – recording assistant, mix assistant * Denny Purcell – mastering (1-11) * Hank Williams – mastering (12) * Virginia Team – art direction * Jerry Joyner – design * Monica Mercer – front cover concept, scene photography * Beth Horsley – band photography * Noel German – hair stylist * Lisa Miller – make-up Studios * Recorded at

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(Sheffield, Alabama); Scruggs Sound Studio, Treasure Isle Studios and The Dugout (Nashville, Tennessee). * Tracks 1-11 mixed at Scruggs Sound Studio * Track 12 remixed at Javelina Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee). * Tracks 1-11 mastered at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee). * Track 12 mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

External links

* Outskirts of Townat

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References

1993 albums Curb Records albums Sawyer Brown albums Albums produced by Mac McAnally {{1990s-country-album-stub