| Perfect Stranger | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:21 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros./Curb Records | |||
| Producer | Buddy Killen | |||
| T. G. Sheppard chronology | ||||
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Perfect Stranger is the tenth studio album by American country music artist T. G. Sheppard. It was released in 1982 via Warner Bros. and Curb Records. The album includes the singles "War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" and "Faking Love". [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" | Curly Putman Bucky Jones, Dan Wilson | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Back in Your Arms" | Joey Huffman | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Faking Love" (duet with Karen Brooks) | Matraca Berg, Bobby Braddock | 2:52 |
| 4. | "Reno and Me" | John Hadley | 3:11 |
| 5. | "The Sun's Gonna Shine on Me" | T. G. Sheppard, Ron Moore | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Where Did We Go Right" | Richard Grossman | 3:33 |
| 7. | "A Pretty Diamond Ring" | Glenn Martin | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Spare Hearts" | Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters | 3:09 |
| 9. | "Gonna Keep on Tryin'" | Sterling Whipple | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Close Brush with Life" | Larry Gatlin | 2:45 |
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [2] | 25 |
William Neal Browder is an American country music singer-songwriter, known professionally as T. G. Sheppard. He had 14 number-one hits on the US country charts between 1974 and 1986, including eight consecutive number ones between 1980 and 1982.
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