Dance Ranch

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Dance Ranch
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Studio album by
Released1958
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Hank Thompson chronology
Hank!
(1957)
Dance Ranch
(1958)
Favorite Waltzes
(1959)

Dance Ranch is a studio album by country music artist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1958 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-875). [1]

In the annual poll of country music disc jockeys by Billboard magazine, Dance Ranch ranked as the No. 10 album of 1958. [2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars. [3] Reviewer Bruce Eder called it "one of the group's best albums." [3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Beaumont Rag"
  2. "Headin' Down the Wrong Highway"
  3. "After All the Things I've Done"
  4. "Woodchopper's Ball"
  5. "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin"
  6. "Klishama Klingo"

Side B

  1. "Bartenders' Polka"
  2. "Bubbles in My Beer"
  3. "Make Room in Your Heart (For a Memory)"
  4. "Summit Ridge Drive"
  5. "I Wouldn't Miss It for the World"
  6. "Lawdy, What a Gal"

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References

  1. "Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys - Dance Ranch". Discogs. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. "Favorite C&W Albums". The Billboard. November 17, 1958. p. 22.
  3. 1 2 "Dance Ranch". AllMusic . Retrieved December 18, 2020.