Del Rio, TX 1959 | ||||
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Released | September 29, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Studio | Treasure Isle and Champaign Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 39:19 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Steve Fishell Radney Foster | |||
Radney Foster chronology | ||||
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Singles from Del Rio, TX 1959 | ||||
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Allmusic | link |
Dan DeLuca (Knight-Ridder Newspapers) | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ link |
Del Rio, TX 1959 is the debut solo studio album by American country music artist Radney Foster. It was released in 1992 (see 1992 in country music) on the Arista Nashville label, and it produced five singles for Foster on the Billboard country charts: "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Nobody Wins", "Easier Said Than Done", "Hammer and Nails", and "Closing Time". All of these except "Closing Time" were Top 40 hits on the country charts; "Nobody Wins" was the highest-charting, reaching #2.
The album's title refers to Foster's birth year and birthplace.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Just Call Me Lonesome" | Radney Foster, George Ducas | 3:09 |
2. | "Don't Say Goodbye" | Foster | 3:30 |
3. | "Easier Said Than Done" | Foster | 3:39 |
4. | "A Fine Line" | Foster | 4:00 |
5. | "Went for a Ride" | Foster, Alice Randall | 4:06 |
6. | "Nobody Wins" | Foster, Kim Richey | 3:29 |
7. | "Louisiana Blue" | Foster, Beth Nielsen Chapman | 3:23 |
8. | "Closing Time" | Foster, Mark Sager | 3:38 |
9. | "Hammer and Nails" | Foster, Cindy Bullens | 5:00 |
10. | "Old Silver" | Foster | 5:25 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 46 |
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 11 |
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