Can't Run from Yourself

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Can't Run from Yourself
TanyaTuckerCantRunfromYourself.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1992
StudioEmerald Sound, Imagine Studio, Javelina Studios, Nightingale Recording Studio, Scruggs Sound Studio, Sound Stage Studio, and Studio 6, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length35:26
Label Liberty
Producer Jerry Crutchfield
Tanya Tucker chronology
What Do I Do with Me
(1991)
Can't Run from Yourself
(1992)
Greatest Hits 1990–1992
(1993)
Singles from Can't Run from Yourself
  1. "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane"
    Released: September 22, 1992
  2. "It's a Little Too Late"
    Released: January 19, 1993
  3. "Tell Me About It"
    Released: April 6, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]

Can't Run from Yourself is the 20th studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker, it was released on October 6, 1992 as her first album for Liberty Records after Capitol Records dropped Tucker from the label in 1991. There were three Billboard Top Ten Country Singles from Can't Run from Yourself: "It's a Little Too Late" and "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" both at #2, and "Tell Me About It," a duet with Delbert McClinton, at #4. The album peaked at #12 on the Country Albums chart. Tammy Wynette would later cover "What Do They Know" for her 1994 album Without Walls.

Contents

Brian Mansfield of Allmusic rated it three stars out of five, saying that it was more "consistent" than her previous album. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's a Little Too Late"Pat Terry, Roger Murrah 2:39
2."Can't Run from Yourself" Marshall Chapman 4:13
3."Two Sparrows in a Hurricane"Mark Alan Springer4:08
4."Don't Let My Heart Be the Last to Know" Dennis Morgan, Billy Burnette 4:17
5."Tell Me About It" (duet with Delbert McClinton) Bill LaBounty, Pat McLaughlin 3:45
6."I've Learned to Live" Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus3:19
7."What Do They Know"Richard Ross, Donny Kees 3:16
8."Rainbow Rider"Bobby Fischer, Charlie Black, Austin Roberts 3:35
9."Half the Moon" Hugh Prestwood 2:58
10."Danger Ahead" Paul Kennerley 3:16

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums12
U.S. Billboard 20051
Canadian RPM Country Albums4

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