Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing

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Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing
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Studio album by
Ronnie Milsap
Released1981
Studio Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length40:30
Label RCA Records
Producer Ronnie Milsap, Tom Collins
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Greatest Hits
(1980)		Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing
(1981)		 There's No Gettin' Over Me
(1981)
Singles from Milsap Magic
  1. "Am I Losing You"
    Released: February 1981

Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing is a studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap, released in 1981 by RCA Records. The album produced one single, "Am I Losing You", which was a #1 hit for Milsap. The album is a tribute to the late Jim Reeves, and all songs are covers of Reeves songs, except for two new tunes, which were written about Reeves specifically for this project. The two new songs are "Out Where the Bright Lights are Glowing" and "Dear Friend".

Contents

The album reached No. 6 on Billboard's country album chart and No. 89 on its Top LPs chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "Milsap has a stronger voice than did Reeves, and is able to summon forth emotions that Reeves smoothed over." [2]

Track listing

From the original album sleeve notes.

  1. "Out Where the Bright Lights are Glowing" (Gary Harrison, Kent Robbins) – 3:22 + "String Interlude" – 0.31
  2. "Four Walls" (Marvin Moore, George Campbell) – 3:15
  3. "Pride Goes Before a Fall" (Leon Payne) – 3:03 + "Guitar Interlude" – 0.28
  4. "I'm Beginning to Forget You" (Willie Phelps) – 3:02 + "String Interlude" – 0.23
  5. "He'll Have to Go" (Joe Allison, Audrey Allison) – 2:33
  6. "I'm Gettin' Better" (Jim Reeves) – 4:08
  7. "Am I Losing You" (Reeves) – 3:35 + "String Interlude" – 0.27
  8. "I Won't Forget You" (Harlan Howard) – 2:10 + "Dobro Interlude" – 0:31
  9. "I Guess I'm Crazy (For Loving You)" (Werly Fairburn) – 2:54
  10. "When Two Worlds Collide" (Roger Miller, Bill Anderson) – 2:29 + "String Interlude" – 0:19
  11. "Missing You" (Red Sovine, Dale Noe) – 2:55
  12. "Dear Friend" + Instrumental finale (Dennis Morgan, Kye Fleming) – 3:08

Personnel

From the original album sleeve notes.

Production

From the original album sleeve notes.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1981)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums6
U.S. Billboard 20089

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1981"Am I Losing You"11

References

  1. ↑ "Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing Ronnie Milsap". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 476.
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