Southern Pacific (album)

Southern Pacific
Studio album by Southern Pacific
Released	1985
Studio	Lizard Rock Studio (Solvang, California) One On One Studios (North Hollywood, California) Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	38:29
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Jim Ed Norman Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific chronology
Southern Pacific (1985) Killbilly Hill (1986)

Southern Pacific is the debut studio album by American country music group Southern Pacific. It was released in 1985 via Warner Bros. Records. The album includes the singles "Someone's Gonna Love Me Tonight", "Thing About You", "Perfect Stranger" and "Reno Bound". ^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"First One to Go"	Chuck Pyle	3:32
2.	"Someone's Gonna Love Me Tonight"	Bruce Gowdy, Tim Goodman	3:36
3.	"Thing About You"	Tom Petty	3:50
4.	"Perfect Stranger"	Goodman, John McFee	4:06
5.	"Send Me Somebody to Love"	Tim Krekel	3:23
6.	"Reno Bound"	McFee, Andre Pessis	3:23
7.	"The Blaster"	Goodman, McFee, Keith Knudsen, Glen Hardin, Jerry Scheff	4:47
8.	"Luanne"	Lou Gramm, Mick Jones	3:18
9.	"Bluebird Wine"	Rodney Crowell	3:55
10.	"Heroes"	Jennifer Kimball, Tom Kimmel	4:25

Personnel

Southern Pacific

• Tim Goodman – lead vocals, backing vocals, synthesizers, acoustic guitars
• Glen Hardin – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
• John McFee – electric guitars, pedal steel guitar, dobro, violin, backing vocals
• Jerry Scheff – electric bass, electric upright bass, backing vocals
• Keith Knudsen – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Rhett Lawrence – synthesizers (5), Fairlight programming (5)
• Jim Ed Norman – cymbal crashes (4)
• Emmylou Harris – lead vocals (3)

Production

• Southern Pacific – producers
• Jim Ed Norman – producer
• Bradley Hartman – co-producer, recording
• John McFee – recording
• Eric Prestidge – mixing, mastering
• Lee Groitzsch – mix assistant
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
• Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction, design
• Lori Lohstoeter – illustration
• Tom Hulett – management
• Concerts West – management

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [2]	25

References

1. "Southern Pacific - Southern Pacific(1985, Specialty Pressing, Vinyl) - Discogs". Discogs .
2. "Southern Pacific Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.