Rock 'n' Country

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Rock 'n' Country
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Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedSugar Hill Studios, Houston, Texas
Genre Tejano
Label Dot
Producer Huey P. Meaux
Freddy Fender chronology
Since I Met You Baby
(1975)
Rock 'n' Country
(1976)
Your Cheatin' Heart
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [1]

Rock 'n' Country is an album by Freddy Fender that was released in 1976. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Vaya con Dios" (Buddy Pepper, Inez James, Larry Russell)
  2. "You'll Lose a Good Thing" (Barbara Lynn Ozen, Huey P. Meaux)
  3. "I Need You So" (Tommy McLain)
  4. "Mathilda" (George Khoury, Huey Thierry)
  5. "My Happiness" (Betty Peterson, Borney Bergantine)
  6. "Just Out of Reach of My Two Open Arms" (Virgil F. Stewart)
  7. "The Rains Came" (Huey P. Meaux)
  8. "Take Her a Message! I'm Lonely" (Baldemar Huerta)
  9. "Since I Met You Baby" (Ivory Joe Hunter)
  10. "Big Boss Man" (Al Smith, Luther Dixon)
  11. "I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You" (Hank Williams)

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)98 [3]

Personnel

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References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  2. "Rock 'n' Country". Discogs . 1976.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 110. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.