Looking for the Light

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Looking for the Light
Trevinolight.jpg
Studio album by
Rick Trevino
ReleasedFebruary 7, 1995
March 7, 1995 (Un Rayo de Luz) [1]
Recorded1994
Genre Country
Length34:52
Label Columbia Nashville
Producer Blake Chancey and Steve Buckingham
Cari Landers (Un Rayo de Luz)
Rick Trevino chronology
Rick Trevino
(1994)		Looking for the Light
(1995)		 Learning as You Go
(1996)
Un Rayo de Luz
Rick Trevino - Un Rayo de Luz.jpg

Looking for the Light is the third studio album by Hispanic-American country music artist Rick Trevino, released on February 7, 1995. Although its second single "Bobbie Ann Mason" was a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1995, neither of the album's other singles — "Save This One for Me" or the title track — reached Top 40.

Contents

The album was also released in Spanish under the title Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light"), with Spanish-language versions of most of the songs on Looking for the Light. This version charted at #22 on the Top Latin Albums charts.

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B, saying that Trevino "mixes cliche-ridden heartbreak songs with muscular two-step" and citing "Poor, Broke, Mixed-Up Mess of a Heart" and "Save This One for Me" as standouts. [2] Chris Dickinson gave a three-star review in New Country magazine, comparing Trevino's voice to George Strait's and citing the title track as a "truly vulnerable" performance, although he thought that Trevino sounded too young and forced on "Save This One for Me" and "Bobbie Ann Mason". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Full Deck of Cards" Kostas, Melanie Dyer3:05
2."Looking for the Light" Liz Hengber, Tim Mensy 4:08
3."Family Reunion" Pebe Sebert, John Scott Sherrill 2:39
4."You Are to Me"Mark Cawley, Kye Fleming, Mary Ann Kennedy 3:32
5."She Used to Say That to Me" Jim Lauderdale, Sherrill2:52
6."Poor, Broke, Mixed-Up Mess of a Heart" Tommy Collins, Merle Haggard 2:15
7."I Want a Girl in a Pick-Up Truck"Bryan Kennedy2:34
8."Save This One for Me" Mark D. Sanders, Verlon Thompson 3:02
9."The Pain"Rusty Golden, Danny Mayo 3:13
10."Bobbie Ann Mason"Sanders3:16
11."San Antonio Rose to You"Rick Trevino4:16

Track listing (Un Rayo de Luz)

  1. "Perdí la Partida"
  2. "Un Rayo de Luz"
    • bilingual version
  3. "Tú Para Mi"
  4. "Eso Me Dijo"
  5. "Corazón Soñador"
  6. "Me la Guardan Para Mi"
  7. "Alivia el Dolor"
  8. "Tu Eres Mi Verdad"
  9. "Ella No Podrá Decir Que No Me Vió Llorar"
  10. "Un Rayo de Luz"

Personnel [4]

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 - 9, 11

Tracks 2, 5, 10

Charts

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References

  1. ↑ AOL music profile for "Un Rayo de Luz"
  2. ↑ Nash, Alanna (March 10, 1995). "Looking for the Light review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Dickinson, Chris (April 1995). "Album reviews: Rick Trevino — Looking for the Light". New Country. 2 (5): 61q. ISSN   1074-536X.
  4. ↑ Looking for the Light (CD). Rick Trevino. Columbia Records. 1995. 66771.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Florida Georgia Line Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Florida Georgia Line Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Florida Georgia Line Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
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