Looking Ahead (album)

Looking Ahead
Studio album by Billy Joe Royal
Released 1987
Genre Country
Label Reprise
Producer Nelson Larkin
Billy Joe Royal chronology

Billy Joe Royal
(1980)
Looking Ahead
(1987)
The Royal Treatment
(1987)
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Looking Ahead is the fifth studio album by Billy Joe Royal released in 1987.

Three singles from this album charted on the Country Singles chart. The first was Burned Like a Rocket, which peaked at #10. This was followed by I Miss You Already (#14) and Old Bridges Burn Slow (#11).

The album also landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #23.

Track listing

  1. "Burned Like a Rocket" (G. Burr)
  2. "Run Around Town" (B. Buie, G. Burr, R. Hammond)
  3. "Old Bridges Burn Slow" (S. Brown, S. Meadows, South)
  4. "Good Thing"
  5. "Hard Times" (J. Iantosca, R. Iantosca)
  6. "I'm Not a Rock" (D. Goodman, J.W. Ryles, M. Sherrill)
  7. "Boardwalk Angel"
  8. "Sad Cliches"
  9. "You'd Better Go" (B. Buie, G. Burr, R. Hammond)
  10. "I Miss You Already" (M. Rainwater, F. Young)
  11. "We've Both Got a Lot to Learn" (B. Buie, G. Burr, R. Hammond)
  12. "Another Endless Night"

Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 21