Playin' to Win

Playin' to Win is the 5th album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1978. (See 1978 in music). The album is the first not to feature guitar player and singer Henry Paul, who had acted as the second frontman behind Hughie Thomasson. The album was not as well received as the band's previous three albums, and the direction they were taking brought misery with many southern rock fans. However, the main factor that Outlaws had maintained since their debut album in 1975, playing like an outlaw, singing like The Eagles, was still there, and it would remain that way until the critically panned Los Hombres Malo from 1982, the album that totally changed the band's direction, arguably for the worse.

Track listing

1. "Take It Any Way You Want It" (Jones, Thomasson) – 3:15
2. "Cry Some More" (Jones, Thomasson) – 3:40
3. "You Are the Show" (Thomasson) – 4:56
4. "You Can Have It" (Arnold) – 3:04
5. "If Dreams Came True" (Jones, Lange) – 2:48
6. "A Real Good Feelin'" (Jones) – 4:30
7. "Love at First Sight" (Thomasson) – 4:09
8. "Falling Rain" (Salem) – 2:45
9. "Dirty City" (Sutherland) – 5:27

Personnel

• Harvey Dalton Arnold - bass, guitar, vocals
• David Dix - percussion, conga, drums
• Mike Duke - keyboards
• Bill Jones - electric guitar, vocals
• Freddie Salem - guitar, vocals, slide guitar
• Hughie Thomasson - acoustic guitar, banjo, guitar, pedal steel, electric guitar, vocals
• Monte Yoho - percussion, drums

Production

• Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
• Engineer: Rodney Mills
• Arranger: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
• Art Direction: Ron Kellum
• Design: Gerard Huerta, Ron Kellum
• Photography: John Barrett

Charts

Album

Notes