Heroes & Friends | ||||
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Released | August 31, 1990 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 37:12 | |||
Label | Warner Records | |||
Producer | Kyle Lehning | |||
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Singles from Heroes & Friends | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | D+ [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
Q | [6] |
Heroes & Friends is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on August 31, 1990 by Warner Records. Except for the title track (which is reprised at the end), every song on this album is a duet with another recording artist. "A Few Ole Country Boys" (a duet with George Jones) and the title track were both released as singles from this album, peaking at numbers 8 and 3, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1990.
"We're Strangers Again" was originally recorded by Merle Haggard and Leona Williams on their 1983 album Heart to Heart. The version here, a duet between Travis and Tammy Wynette, was later included on Wynette's Best Loved Hits album, from which it was released as a single in late 1991.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Duet partner | Length |
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1. | "Heroes and Friends" | Randy Travis, Don Schlitz | n/a | 2:09 |
2. | "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" | Dolly Parton | Dolly Parton | 2:46 |
3. | "The Birth of the Blues" | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Willie Nelson | 2:38 |
4. | "All Night Long" | Johnny Gimble, Bob Wills | Merle Haggard | 3:04 |
5. | "The Human Race" | Tim Mensy, Jimmy Phillips, Gene Dobbins | Vern Gosdin | 2:27 |
6. | "Shopping for Dresses" | Merle Haggard, "Little" Jimmy Dickens | Loretta Lynn | 3:00 |
7. | "Waiting on the Light to Change" | Gary Nicholson, Richard Leigh | B.B. King | 2:44 |
8. | "A Few Ole Country Boys" | Troy Seals, Mentor Williams | George Jones | 3:37 |
9. | "Walk Our Own Road" | Bernie Nelson, Lisa Palas | Kris Kristofferson | 2:44 |
10. | "We're Strangers Again" | Haggard, Leona Williams | Tammy Wynette | 2:45 |
11. | "Smokin' the Hive" | Byron Hill, J. Remington Wilde | Clint Eastwood | 2:23 |
12. | "Come See About Me" | Conway Twitty | Conway Twitty | 2:46 |
13. | "Happy Trails" | Dale Evans | Roy Rogers | 2:13 |
14. | "Heroes and Friends (Reprise)" | Travis, Schlitz | n/a | 1:56 |
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