''Rodney Crowell'' is the third studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. ...

. It was released in 1981 (see 1981 in country music) by

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and was his last album on that label before switching to Columbia. It was the first album Crowell produced by himself. It reached #47 on the

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chart and #105 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. The songs, "Stars on the Water" and "Victim or a Fool" were released as singles. "Stars on the Water" reached #30 on the Hot Country Songs chart, his highest-charting song up to that point. It peaked at #21 on the Canadian country charts. "Victim or a Fool" reached #34 in the U.S. The album was rereleased on

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in 2005 paired with his previous album '' But What Will the Neighbors Think''.

Content

"She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" was written and recorded by

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in 1975 for his debut album '' Old No. 1''. Later versions of the song change the "Goin'" to "going". "Old Pipeliner" was first recorded in 1967 by

Red Sovine Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 7, 1917 – April 4, 1980) was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music. His most noted examples are "Giddy ...

on his album ''Dear John Letter''. “Pipeliner Blues” AKA “Old Pipeliner” was written, published, and first recorded in 1940 by, piano playing Grand Ole Opry Star, Moon Mullican. The opening track, "Stars on the Water" was first covered in 1983 by Jimmy Buffett on his album '' One Particular Harbour''. George Strait included a cover on his album '' The Road Less Traveled'' in 2001. " Shame on the Moon" was covered in 1982 by Mac Davis and

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Robert Clark Seger ( ; born May 6, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and The Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, break ...

. The latter released the song as a single from their album '' The Distance'' where it became a #2 hit.

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also covered the song in 1983 for her album ''

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''. "'Til I Gain Control Again" had been recorded by Emmylou Harris on her 1975 album '' Elite Hotel'', by

Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...

on his 1977 album '' Ol' Waylon'', and by

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album '' Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (1 ...

on '' Willie and Family Live''. It became a number 1 hit for Crystal Gayle in late 1982. In 1993, the song was covered by Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo for their album '' Five Days in July''. Released as a single in 1994, the song peaked at number 24 on the RPM Country Tracks chart. Guitarist

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would record a version in 2002 for his album ''Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

; except where indicated

Personnel

* Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Tony Brown - piano, electric piano, keyboards, background vocals *

Rosemary Butler Rosemary Ann Butler (born April 6, 1947) is an American singer. She began her career playing bass guitar and singing in an all-female band named the Ladybirds while attending Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California. The band appeared ...

- background & harmony vocals *

Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, Johnny Cash's first wife. Although she is often classified as a country art ...

- background & harmony vocals *Rodney Crowell - lead vocals, acoustic guitar *

Hank DeVito Henry M. "Hank" DeVito is an American musician and photographer known primarily for his pedal steel guitar work and songwriting. Biography After high school, DeVito attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He studied graphic arts and ...

- electric guitar, steel guitar, slide guitar *

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist ...

- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony & background vocals * Emory Gordy Jr. - acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, upright bass, electric guitar, piano, string arrangements *

Booker T. Jones Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known art ...

- organ, piano, keyboards *Phil Kenzie - horns, saxophone *Bill Lamb - horn *

- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmony & background vocals *

Larrie Londin Ralph Gallant (October 15, 1943 − August 24, 1992), better known by the stage name Larrie Londin, was an American drummer and session musician. According to journalist James Byron Fox, "If not the best known, Larrie is one of the most liste ...

- drums, percussion *

Larry Willoughby Larry Willoughby (February 24, 1950 – January 14, 2021) was an American country music singer-songwriter and the vice president of Artist and repertoire, A&R at Capitol Records. Biography Willoughby's debut album, ''Building Bridges'', was rele ...

- background & harmony vocals

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Sources

* CMT {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodney Crowell (Album) 1981 albums Rodney Crowell albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Rodney Crowell