The Coast of Colorado

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The Coast of Colorado
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 4, 1988 (1988-04-04)
Genre Country
Length33:29
Label MCA
Producer Jimmy Bowen, Skip Ewing
Skip Ewing chronology
The Coast of Colorado
(1988)
The Will to Love
(1989)
Singles from The Coast of Colorado
  1. "Your Memory Wins Again"
    Released: March 5, 1988
  2. "I Don't Have Far to Fall"
    Released: August 1988
  3. "Burnin' a Hole in My Heart"
    Released: November 1988
  4. "The Gospel According to Luke"
    Released: February 1989
  5. "The Coast of Colorado"
    Released: June 24, 1989
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The Coast of Colorado is the debut studio album by American country music artist Skip Ewing. It was released on April 4, 1988, via MCA Records. The album includes the singles "Your Memory Wins Again", "I Don't Have Far to Fall", "Burnin' a Hole in My Heart", "The Gospel According to Luke" and the title track, all of which reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Contents

"Don't Mind If I Do" was previously recorded by George Strait on his 1988 album If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' . "Lighter Shade of Blue" was covered by Shelby Lynne on her 1991 album Soft Talk and Reba McEntire on her 1993 album It's Your Call . "Autumn's Not That Cold" was covered by Lorrie Morgan on her 1991 album Something in Red . "Still Under the Weather" was covered by Andy Williams on his 1991 album Nashville and Shania Twain on her 1993 self-titled debut album.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burnin' a Hole in My Heart" Skip Ewing, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis3:16
2."Lighter Shade of Blue"Ewing, Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals 3:30
3."I Don't Have Far to Fall"Ewing, Don Sampson3:28
4."Autumn's Not That Cold"Ewing, Barnes3:34
5."The Coast of Colorado"Ewing, Barnes3:50
6."Your Memory Wins Again"Ewing, Geiger, Mullis3:07
7."Dad"Ewing3:28
8."Don't Mind If I Do"Ewing, Sampson2:46
9."The Gospel According to Luke"Ewing, Sampson3:43
10."Still Under the Weather"Ewing, L. E. White, Michael White 2:47

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [2]

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
US Country CAN Country
1988"Your Memory Wins Again"17
"I Don't Have Far to Fall"8*
"Burnin' a Hole in My Heart"3*
1989"The Gospel According to Luke"1011
"The Coast of Colorado"1524
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
* denotes unknown peak positions

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References

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  2. The Coast of Colorado (CD booklet). Skip Ewing. MCA Records. 1988. MCA-42128.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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