Drive (Steve Wariner album)

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Drive
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Studio album by
Steve Wariner
ReleasedJuly 27, 1993
Genre Country
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Scott Hendricks
Steve Wariner chronology
I Am Ready
(1991)
Drive
(1993)
No More Mr. Nice Guy
(1996)
Singles from Drive
  1. "If I Didn't Love You"
    Released: July 3, 1993
  2. "Drivin' and Cryin'"
    Released: November 13, 1993
  3. "It Won't Be Over You"
    Released: April 9, 1994
  4. "Drive"
    Released: August 1994

Drive is a 1993 studio album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was his second release for Arista Nashville. The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard country charts in "If I Didn't Love You" at number 8, "Drivin' and Cryin'" at number 24, "It Won't Be over You" at number 18, and the title track at number 63.

Contents

Critical reception

Patrick Davitt of The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan) rated the album 3 out of 5 stars. The reviewer felt that "It Won't Be Over You" was a "hard, bright highlight", while comparing "Drivin' and Cryin'" favorably to the Eagles, as well as the "simpler country tunes" of "(You Could Always) Come Back" and "The Same Mistake Again". He criticized the "unbearably thick and heavy choruses" of "Missing You" and "Married to a Memory", but praised "Sails" as a "pretty" song. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Drive" (Steve Wariner, Bill LaBounty) – 3:07
  2. "If I Didn't Love You" (Jon Vezner, Jack White) – 3:17
  3. "One Believer" (Walt Aldridge, Susan Longacre) – 3:53
  4. "It Won't Be Over You" (Trey Bruce, Thom McHugh) – 3:05
  5. "(You Could Always) Come Back" (Marc Beeson, Robert Byrne) – 3:59
  6. "Drivin' and Cryin'" (Rick Giles, Spike Blake) – 4:47
  7. "The Same Mistake Again" (Wariner, Carl Jackson) – 4:15
  8. "Missing You" (Giles, Longacre) – 3:25
  9. "Married to a Memory" (Dave Loggins) – 4:13
  10. "Sails" (Joanna Hall, John Hall) – 3:22

Production

Credits

Chart performance

Chart (1993)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums51
Canadian RPM Country Albums19

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