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Sawyer Brown
Studio album by
Released1984
StudioScruggs Sound Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length30:18
Label Capitol/ Curb
Producer Randy Scruggs
Sawyer Brown chronology
Sawyer Brown
(1984)
Shakin'
(1985)
Singles from Sawyer Brown
  1. " Leona"
    Released: October 6, 1984
  2. " Step That Step"
    Released: January 28, 1985
  3. " Used to Blue"
    Released: May 1985

Sawyer Brown is the self-titled debut album of American country music band Sawyer Brown. It features the singles "Leona" (#16 on Hot Country Songs), "Step That Step" (their first #1), and "Used to Blue" (#3). "Staying Afloat" was first recorded two years earlier by The Oak Ridge Boys on their album, Step on Out.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Leona"Bill Shore, David Wills3:02
2."Feel Like Me"Mark Miller, Randy Scruggs3:05
3." Used to Blue" J. Fred Knobloch, Bill LaBounty3:20
4."It's Hard to Keep a Good Love Down"Miller, Scruggs3:04
5." Step That Step"Miller2:50
6."Smoking in the Rockies"Frank Dycus, Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon, Gary Stewart2:53
7."Staying Afloat"J. D. Martin, Don King2:44
8."Broken Candy"Miller3:27
9."The Sun Don't Shine on the Same Folks All the Time" Mark Gray, Danny Morrison, Johnny Slate2:49
10."Going Back to Indiana" Berry Gordy, Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards3:04

Personnel

  • Mark Miller – lead vocals
  • Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bobby Randall – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, backing vocals
  • Jim Scholten – bass
  • Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion

Production

  • Randy Scruggs – producer, mixing
  • Tom Brown – engineer, mixing
  • David LaBarre – editing
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • John O'Brien – design
  • Greg Gorman – photography

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

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