Burnin' the Roadhouse Down

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Burnin' the Roadhouse Down
Burnin' the Roadhouse Down cover
Studio album by Steve Wariner
Released April 21, 1998 (1998-04-21)
Genre Country
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Steve Wariner (tracks 1-11)
Anita Cochran, Ed Norman (track 12)
Professional reviews

All Music Guide – 4/5 stars4/5 stars4/5 stars4/5 stars4/5 stars link
Steve Wariner chronology
No More Mr. Nice Guy
(1996)		 Burnin' the Roadhouse Down
(1998)		 Two Teardrops
(1999)

Burnin' the Roadhouse Down is the title of an album released in 1998 (see 1998 in country music) by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was the first of three albums that he recorded for the Capitol Records Nashville label after having been dropped from Arista Records' roster in 1996. It was the second album of Wariner's career to achieve RIAA gold certification for U.S. sales of 500,000 copies, and it produced four Top 40 hit singles for Wariner on the Billboard country charts.

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[edit] About the album

Despite having not charted a single since 1994's "Drive", Steve Wariner had been finding success in the late 1990s as a songwriter, writing the Number One hits "Longneck Bottle" for Garth Brooks and "Nothin' but the Taillights" for Clint Black, as well as Bryan White's Top 20 country hit "One Small Miracle".[1] Wariner also sang duet vocals on Anita Cochran's Number One single "What If I Said"; this song, and the three singles co-written by Wariner, were sometimes played on radio in dedicated "blocks".[1] The success of the singles that he had written lead to Wariner's signing with Capitol Records Nashville in late 1997.

"What If I Said" was the second single from Cochran's debut album Back to You, released on Warner Bros. Records shortly before Burnin' the Roadhouse Down was issued. This song, which was recorded as a duet with Wariner, was the second single from Back to You; it was not only Anita's first Number One country hit, but also her only Top 40 country hit, and Wariner's first Number One since 1989's "I Got Dreams". This duet is also included on this album as a bonus track.

Three of Wariner's own singles were released from this album, starting with the ballad "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", which peaked at #2 on the country charts. Following it was the title track, a duet with Garth Brooks, which peaked at #26; finally, "Every Little Whisper" reached #36 in early 1999.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" (Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner) – 2:07
    • duet with Garth Brooks
  2. "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" (Billy Kirsch, Wariner) – 4:47
  3. "Every Little Whisper" (Kirsch, Wariner) – 3:02
  4. "A Six Pack Ago" (Jim Rushing, Wariner) – 3:40
  5. "Road Trippin'" (Marcus Hummon, Wariner) – 3:32
  6. "Love Me Like You Love Me" (Bill LaBounty, Wariner) – 4:06
  7. "Smoke from an Old Flame" (Jim Weatherly, Wariner) – 3:30
  8. "I Don't Know How to Fix It" (Bill Anderson, Wariner) – 3:49
  9. "Big Ol' Empty House" (Mac McAnally, Wariner) – 3:26
  10. "Closer I Get to You" (Keith Sewell, Wariner) – 3:17
  11. "Big Tops" (Hummon, Wariner) – 3:29
  12. "What If I Said" (Anita Cochran) – 4:52
    • duet with Anita Cochran

[edit] Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[2]

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Pond, Neil (November 1998). "Suddenly Steve: After a dry spell, Steve Wariner is back... in a big way". Country America: 74-79. 
  2. ^ (1998) Album notes for Burnin' the Roadhouse Down by Steve Wariner [CD]. Nashville, Tennessee: Capitol Records Nashville (94482).