Playin' to Win

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Playin' to Win
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1978
RecordedStudio One, Doraville, Georgia
Length34:27
Label Arista
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Outlaws chronology
Bring It Back Alive
(1978)
Playin' to Win
(1978)
In the Eye of the Storm
(1979)
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Playin' to Win is the fourth album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1978. The album was their first studio project with guitarist/singer/songwriter Freddie Salem. Salem had replaced founding member/guitarist/singer/songwriter Henry Paul, who had acted as the second frontman behind Hughie Thomasson. It was not as well-received as their previous three albums. Notwithstanding, it still featured half of the original lineup, which would remain until the departure of guitarist Billy Jones in 1981.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Take It Any Way You Want It" (Billy Jones, Hughie Thomasson) – 3:15
  2. "Cry Some More" (Jones, Thomasson) – 3:40
  3. "You Are the Show" (Thomasson) – 4:56
  4. "You Can Have It" (Harvey Dalton Arnold) – 3:04
  5. "If Dreams Came True" (Jones, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 2:48
  6. "A Real Good Feelin'" (Jones) – 4:30
  7. "Love at First Sight" (Thomasson) – 2:45
  8. "Falling Rain" (Freddie Salem) – 4:09
  9. "Dirty City" (Iain Sutherland) – 5:27

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1978Pop Albums60

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