Looking Ahead (Billy Joe Royal album)

Looking Ahead
Studio album by Billy Joe Royal
Released	1987
Genre	Country
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Nelson Larkin
Billy Joe Royal chronology
Billy Joe Royal (1980) Looking Ahead (1987) The Royal Treatment (1987)
Singles from Looking Ahead
"Burned Like a Rocket" Released: October 26, 1985 "I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone)" Released: August 23, 1986 "Old Bridges Burn Slow" Released: February 7, 1987

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Allmusic	[1]

Looking Ahead is the fifth studio album by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal, released in 1987.

Three singles from this album charted on the Country Singles chart. The first was Burned Like a Rocket , which peaked at #10. This was followed by I Miss You Already (#14) and Old Bridges Burn Slow (#11).

The album also landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #23.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Burned Like a Rocket"	Gary Burr	3:35
2.	"Run Around Town"	Buddy Buie, Burr, Ronnie Hammond	3:13
3.	"Old Bridges Burn Slow"	Sanford Brown, Jerry Meadors, Joe South	3:28
4.	"Good Thing"	Len Chera, Bob Morrison	2:35
5.	"The Hard Times"	Joe Iantosca, Rick Iantosca	3:10
6.	"I'm Not a Rock (I'm a Rolling Stone)"	Don Goodman, John Wesley Ryles, Mark Sherrill	3:03
7.	"Boardwalk Angel"	John Cafferty	3:45
8.	"Sad Cliches"	Buie, Hammond	3:14
9.	"You'd Better Go"	Buie, Burr, Hammond	4:03
10.	"I Miss You Already"	Marvin Rainwater, Faron Young	3:!3
11.	"We've Both Got a Lot to Learn"	Buie, Burr, Hammond	3:06
12.	"Another Endless Night"	Mike Curtis, Mickey Buckins	3:40

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	21

References

1. Chrispell, James. Looking Ahead at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2025.