Montana Cafe

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Montana Cafe
MontanaCafe.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1986 (1986-07)
Length34:45
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Barry Beckett
Jim Ed Norman
Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
Five-O
(1985)
Montana Cafe
(1986)
Hank Live
(1987)
Singles from Montana Cafe
  1. "Country State of Mind"
    Released: June 9, 1986
  2. "Mind Your Own Business"
    Released: October 1986
  3. "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)"
    Released: February 1987
Professional ratings
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Montana Cafe is the thirty-ninth studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in July 1986. "Country State of Mind," "Mind Your Own Business" and "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)" were released as singles. The album reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart [2] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Country State of Mind"" Hank Williams Jr., Roger Alan Wade 4:00
2."Montana Cafe"Williams Jr.4:13
3."My Girl Don't Like My Cowboy Hat"Williams Jr.2:14
4."When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)"Williams Jr.3:25
5."Medley: Harvest Moon/St. Louis Blues"Frank E. Tours, W. C. Handy 5:01
6."You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)" (duet with Huey Lewis) Willie Dixon 4:00
7."My Name Is Bocephus"Williams Jr.4:41
8."Loving Instructor"Williams Jr.2:44
9."Fat Friends"Paul Hatfield, Eddie Long, Bill Marshall, Williams Jr.2:02
10."Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson) Hank Williams 2:27

Personnel

Charts

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