Soldiers of Fortune (album)

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Soldiers of Fortune
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ReleasedSeptember 1986
Genre
Length42:32
Label Pasha
Producer Randy Bishop, Spencer Proffer
Outlaws chronology
Los Hombres Malo
(1982)
Soldiers of Fortune
(1986)
Hittin' the Road
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Soldiers of Fortune is the eighth studio album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1986 (See 1986 in music), and the first with original guitarist Henry Paul since 1977's Hurry Sundown. A video was shot for "One Last Ride", but the album sold poorly.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "One Last Ride" (Randy Bishop, Chuck Glass) – 4:26
  2. "Soldiers of Fortune" (R. Bishop, L.C. Cohen, Henry Paul, Hughie Thomasson, Alan Walden) – 3:32
  3. "The Night Cries" (R. Bishop, Cohen, Paul, Thomasson) – 4:36
  4. "The Outlaw" (Duane Evans, Steve Grisham, Paul) – 3:49
  5. "Cold Harbor" (Glass, Paul) – 4:26
  6. "Whatcha Don't Do" (Thomasson, Paul, John Townsend) – 3:50
  7. "Just the Way I Like It" (Spencer Proffer, Billy Thorpe) – 4:02
  8. "Saved by the Bell" (R. Bishop, Jon Butcher) – 3:56
  9. "Lady Luck" (Evans, Grisham, Paul) – 3:52
  10. "Racin' for the Red Light" (Bishop, Freddie Salem, Thomasson) – 6:03

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Album

YearChart [3] Position
1986The Billboard 200160

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References

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