Steve Wariner (album)

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Steve Wariner
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Studio album by
Released1982 (1982)
Recorded1980–82
Studio
  • The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country pop [1]
Length36:18
Label RCA Nashville
Producer
Steve Wariner chronology
Steve Wariner
(1982)
Midnight Fire
(1983)
Singles from Steve Wariner
  1. "Your Memory"
    Released: November 15, 1980
  2. "By Now"
    Released: April 11, 1981
  3. "All Roads Lead to You"
    Released: September 26, 1981
  4. "Kansas City Lights"
    Released: March 6, 1982
  5. "Don't It Break Your Heart"
    Released: July 1982
  6. "Don't Plan on Sleeping Tonight"
    Released: January 1983
Professional ratings
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Steve Wariner is the debut studio album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in 1982 by RCA Nashville. The album produced six singles overall on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart including "All Roads Lead to You" which stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Your Memory"Charles Quillen, John Schweers2:57
2."Don't Plan on Sleepin' Tonight"Gloria Sklerov, Sam Kunin3:38
3."We'll Never Know" Steve Wariner 3:54
4."She Never Meant a Thing to Me" Jack Tempchin, Chris Montan3:16
5."Well, Hello Again" Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan 3:36
6."Don't It Break Your Heart" Mack David, Archie Jordan2:54
7."Kansas City Lights"Fleming, Morgan3:35
8."All Roads Lead to You"Fleming, Morgan3:32
9."By Now" Dean Dillon, Don Pfrimmer, Quillen2:56
10."Daybreak"Schweers3:01
Total length:36:18

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1982)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 35

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Campbell, Al. "Steve Wariner review". Allmusic . Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 371.