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The First of Me | ||||
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Released | May 5, 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 37:57 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Eddie Kilroy Dennis Robbins | |||
Dennis Robbins chronology | ||||
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Singles from Man with a Plan | ||||
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The First of Me is the debut solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Dennis Robbins. It was released on May 5, 1986, via MCA Records. This is the only album Robbins released with MCA.
"Setting Me Up" was written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, who recorded this song first, but the song became a hit for country group Highway 101, when released it as a single off their second album, 101² .
"You're Not Drinking Enough" was written by Danny Krotchmar, who recorded this song first, but the song became a hit for Earl Thomas Conley, when released it as a single and peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, under the title "You Must Not Be Drinking Enough."
"Watermelon Time in Georgia" was written by Harlan Howard and has been recorded by several artist. Vernon Oxford was the first artist to record this song in 1966. Lefty Frizzell and Levon Helm are among some of the other artists who recorded this song.
"Rollin' Dice" co-written by Robbins was later re-recorded by Robbins and the other co-writers, Bob DiPiero and John Scott Sherrill, when they formed the country group Billy Hill on the album I Am Just a Rebel . It was also released on the soundtrack to the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood.
Billboard gave the album a review stating "Robbins draws on some heavyweight material from both the rock and country idioms for this uniformly strong launch project." [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The First of Me" | Dennis Robbins, Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill | 3:09 |
2. | "Hard Lovin' Man" | Robbins, Bruce McTaggart, Warren Haynes | 2:53 |
3. | "Setting Me Up" | Mark Knopfler | 3:18 |
4. | "You're Not Drinking Enough" | Danny Krotchmar | 4:19 |
5. | "Rollin' Dice" | Robbins, DiPiero, Sherrill | 3:26 |
6. | "Watermelon Time in Georgia" | Harlan Howard | 4:44 |
7. | "The Mountain Man and Me" | Robbins, Haynes, DeWayne Mize | 5:32 |
8. | "Baby It's You" | Robbins, Haynes | 4:38 |
9. | "Sweet Sweet Lovin'" | Robbins, Haynes | 2:38 |
10. | "Full Moon Rising" | Robbins, McTaggart, Haynes, Steve Dansby, Ron Reynolds | 3:20 |
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