Rhythm & Romance (Rosanne Cash album)

Rhythm & Romance
Studio album by Rosanne Cash
Released May 1985
Genre Country
Length 34:04
Label Columbia
Producer David Malloy, Rodney Crowell, David Thoener
Rosanne Cash chronology

Somewhere in the Stars
(1982)		 Rhythm & Romance
(1985)		 King's Record Shop
(1987)
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Rhythm & Romance was the fifth release and second No. 1 Billboard country album for Rosanne Cash. It was released in May of 1985. Her highest honor came when one of its tracks, "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me", won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a female artist. That song and "Never Be You" were both No. 1 Billboard country singles. Two other tracks rose to the No. 5 spot on the charts: "Hold On" and "Second to No One."

Although Cash had written at least one composition on each of her previous albums, this is the first of her albums on which she wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks.

Track listing

  1. "Hold On" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:36
  2. "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell) – 3:17
  3. "Never Be You" (Benmont Tench, Tom Petty) – 3:28
  4. "Second to No One" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:46
  5. "Halfway House" (Rosanne Cash) – 4:24
  6. "Pink Bedroom" (John Hiatt) – 3:09
  7. "Never Alone" (Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill) – 3:38
  8. "My Old Man" (Rosanne Cash) – 2:52
  9. "Never Gonna Hurt" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:05
  10. "Closing Time" (Rosanne Cash) – 2:49

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Chart performance

Chart (1985) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 101
Preceded by
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
by Ronnie Milsap		 Top Country Albums number-one album
December 7, 1985 		Succeeded by
Something Special
by George Strait