Starlite Lounge

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Starlite Lounge
Starlitelounge.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 1996 (1996-06-25)
Genre Country
Length40:18
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Steve Buckingham
Ed Seay
David Ball chronology
Thinkin' Problem
(1994)
Starlite Lounge
(1996)
Play
(1999)
Singles from Starlite Lounge
  1. "Circle of Friends"
    Released: May 1996
  2. "Hangin' In and Hangin' On"
    Released: August 1996
  3. "I'll Never Make It Through This Fall"
    Released: February 1997
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Starlite Lounge is the third studio album from American country music singer David Ball. It was his second album for Warner Bros. Records and was released in 1996. The album produced the singles "Circle of Friends" and "Hangin' In and Hangin' On", which respectively reached #49 and #67 on the Billboard country charts. The latter was previously recorded by McBride & the Ride (whose members also co-wrote it along with Gary Nicholson) on their 1994 album Hurry Sundown .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hangin' In and Hangin' On" (Terry McBride, Ray Herndon, Billy Thomas, Gary Nicholson) – 2:46
  2. "Circle of Friends" (David Ball, Billy Spencer) – 2:48
  3. "I've Got My Baby on My Mind" (Ball) – 3:07
  4. "What Kind of Hold" (Ball, Tommy Polk) – 2:52
  5. "I'll Never Make It Through This Fall" (Ball, Spencer) – 3:33
  6. "Bad Day for the Blues" (Ball, Polk) – 2:33
  7. "If You'd Like Some Lovin'" (Ball, Polk) – 3:12
  8. "No More Lonely" (Ball, Polk) – 2:54
  9. "I Never Did Know" (Ball, Dean Dillon) – 3:30
  10. "The Bottle That Pours the Wine" (Ball, Allen Shamblin) – 4:22

Personnel

As listed in linernotes. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1996)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums44

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Starlite Lounge (Media notes). David Ball. Warner Brothers Records. 1996. 9 46224-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)