Hurry Sundown (Outlaws album)

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Hurry Sundown
The Outlaws - Hurry Sundown.jpg
Studio album by
Released1977 (1977)
RecordedCriteria Sound
Genre Southern rock [1]
Length38:01
Label Arista
Producer Ed Mashal,
Bill Szymczyk
Outlaws chronology
Lady in Waiting
(1976)
Hurry Sundown
(1977)
Bring It Back Alive
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Hurry Sundown is the third album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1977. The title track became a concert staple and fan favorite. Four members of the band, Hughie Thomasson, Henry Paul, Billy Jones, and Harvey Dalton Arnold (who replaced Frank O'Keefe on bass) contributed songwriting and lead vocals. Paul would leave the band after the album's release.

Contents

Thomasson plays pedal steel on some tracks, and banjo on the bluegrass track "So Afraid".

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gunsmoke"Henry Paul, Monte Yoho4:18
2."Hearin' My Heart Talkin'"Tim Martin, Walter Meskell 4:11
3."So Afraid"Harvey Dalton Arnold3:17
4."Holiday"Billy Jones4:02
5."Hurry Sundown" Hughie Thomasson 4:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cold and Lonesome"Arnold3:19
2."Night Wines"Jones4:50
3."Heavenly Blues"Paul [lower-alpha 1] 3:47
4."Man of the Hour"Jones, Thomasson6:12

Personnel

Guests
Production

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape 51

Notes

  1. Per BMI records (see BMI Work #550628). Some copies of the album credit Billy Jones instead.

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