Running Like the Wind

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Running Like the Wind
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Studio album by
Released1979
Genre
Length38:42
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Stewart Levine
Marshall Tucker Band chronology
Together Forever
(1978)
Running Like the Wind
(1979)
Tenth
(1980)

Running Like the Wind is The Marshall Tucker Band's ninth studio album (including the band's 1978 compilation, Greatest Hits) with its title track, "Running Like the Wind," being one of the band's most popular songs. The more jazzy "Last of the Singing Cowboys" was the single from the album, reaching #42 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It is their first album recorded for Warner Bros. after the collapse of Capricorn Records.

Contents

Musical style

In contrast to the band's earlier albums, the sound of Running Like the Wind draws from pop rock. [1] Jazz fusion also plays a part of the album's sound. [1]

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Track listing

All songs written by Toy Caldwell except where noted.

  1. "Running Like the Wind" 9:11
  2. "Last of the Singing Cowboys" (George McCorkle) 4:16
  3. "Answer to Love" 3:43
  4. "Unto These Hills" 7:02
  5. "Melody Ann" (Tommy Caldwell) 5:27
  6. "My Best Friend" (McCorkle) 4:58
  7. "Pass It On" 3:46

Charts

Chart (1979)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 99

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Recent Discussions on GDM | music reviews".
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 193. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.