On the Front Line (Dan Seals album)

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On the Front Line
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Studio album by
Released1986
StudioMorningstar Sound Studio (Hendersonville, Tennessee); GroundStar Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre Country
Label EMI America
Producer Kyle Lehning
Dan Seals chronology
Won't Be Blue Anymore
(1985)
On the Front Line
(1986)
The Best
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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On The Front Line is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Dan Seals. It reached #12 on the Top Country Albums chart. "You Still Move Me", "I Will Be There", and "Three Time Loser" were all number one singles.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Out on the Front Line"Dan Seals4:38
2."Three Time Loser"Seals3:04
3."Loves Have Been Woven from Fewer Threads Than These"Bucky Jones, Gary Nicholson, Kevin Welch 3:18
4."It's Gonna Be Easy Now"Seals3:11
5."Guitar Man Out of Control"Seals3:36
6."I Will Be There" Tom Snow, Jennifer Kimball 3:49
7."You Still Move Me"Seals5:07
8."While I'm Here" Rory Bourke, Mike Reid 3:34
9."I'm Still Strung Out on You" Wendy Waldman, Seals3:34
10."Lullaby"Seals, Rafe Van Hoy3:00

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [1]

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums12

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1986"You Still Move Me"11
1987"I Will Be There"11
"Three Time Loser"11

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References

  1. On the Front Line (CD booklet). Dan Seals. EMI America. 1986. PW-17231.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)