American Dreams (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

American Dreams
Studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys
Released August 30, 1989
Genre Country
Length 38:24
Label MCA
Producer Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology

Greatest Hits 3
(1989)		 American Dreams
(1989)		 Unstoppable
(1991)

American Dreams is a studio album by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in 1989 via MCA Records. The album peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1] It includes the singles "An American Family" and "No Matter How High", the latter of which was the group's last number one hit on Hot Country Songs. "Turning for Home" later served as the title track to Mike Reid's 1991 debut album Turning for Home.

The album cover shows The Oak Ridge Boys standing in the seats along the left field line of Nashville, Tennessee's, Herschel Greer Stadium. Richard Sterban was a minority shareholder of the Nashville Sounds, who played their home games at Greer.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Cajun Girl" (Martin Kibbee, William Payne) — 4:42
  2. "Baby, You'll Be My Baby" (Gene Pistilli, Troy Seals) — 3:41
  3. "An American Family" (Bob Corbin) — 3:01
  4. "No Matter How High" (Joey Scarbury, Even Stevens) — 2:51
  5. "If I Was to Start Crying" (Michael Smotherman) — 5:09
  6. "Turning for Home" (Mike Reid) — 3:46
  7. "In My Own Crazy Way" (Seals, Eddie Setser, Ralph Stanley, Rod Stewart) — 3:25
  8. "Don't Give Up" (Jerry Hludzik, Rick Manwiller) — 3:27
  9. "Bed of Roses" (Rex Benson, Steve Gillette) — 3:45
  10. "The American Dream" (Gary Harrison, Keith Stegall) — 4:37

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 24

References

  1. ↑ "American Dreams Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  2. ↑ O'Neal, Bill (1994), The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994, Eakin Press, p. 285, ISBN 0890159521