Amigo (David Ball album)

Amigo
Studio album by David Ball
Released	October 2, 2001
Recorded	May 2001
Genre	Country
Length	45:26
Label	Dualtone
Producer	Wood Newton
David Ball chronology
Play (1999)Play1999 Amigo (2001) Freewheeler (2004)Freewheeler2004

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Amigo is the fifth studio album released by American country music singer David Ball. It was released in 2001 on the Dualtone Records label. The album produced a hit single in "Riding with Private Malone", which reached number 2 on the Billboard country charts and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first Top 40 hit since "Look What Followed Me Home" in 1995. Despite the success of the lead-off single, however, neither of the two follow-ups — "She Always Talked About Mexico" and "Whenever You Come Back to Me" — charted. The track "Texas Echo" is a re-recording of a song which Ball originally recorded on his 1989 self-titled debut.

Track listing

1. "Amigo" (David Ball, Kostas) – 3:12
2. "Missing Her Blues" (Ball, Luke Reed) – 3:46
3. "She Always Talked About Mexico" (Ball, Wood Newton) - 3:40
4. "Riding with Private Malone" (Newton, Thomas Shepherd) – 4:35
5. "Whenever You Come Back to Me" (Ball, Allen Shamblin) – 3:38
6. "Loser Friendly" (Paul Craft, Michael McGrew, Newton) – 3:41
7. "Linger Awhile" (Harry Owens, Vincent Rose) – 3:19
8. "Trying Not to Love You" (Merle Haggard) – 3:42
9. "New Shiner Polka" (Ball) – 2:47
10. "Texas Echo" (Ball) – 3:16
11. "Swing Baby" (Ball, Newton) – 2:16
12. "Just Out of Reach" (V. F. Stewart) – 3:46
13. "When the Devil Wants to Wrestle" (Ball) – 3:48

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Audrey Ball - background vocals
• David Ball - lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Vince Barranco - drums, percussion
• Chris Carmichael - fiddle
• Dan Frizsell - bass guitar
• Stephen Hill - background vocals
• Randy Khors - background vocals
• Steve Larios - steel guitar, Chromatic harmonica
• Scott Miller - trumpet
• Kim Morrison - background vocals
• Wood Newton - background vocals
• Billy Panda - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kenny Sears - fiddle
• Joe Spivey - fiddle
• Jeff Taylor - piano, accordion

Chart performance

References

• Allmusic (see infobox)