Version of the Truth

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Version of the Truth
Foster & Lloyd2.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 1990
Recorded1989 at Sixteenth Avenue Sound; Nashville, TN [1]
Genre Country
Length33:30
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Bill Lloyd
Radney Foster
Rick Will
Josh Leo
Foster & Lloyd chronology
Faster & Llouder
(1989)
Version of the Truth
(1990)
The Essential Foster and Lloyd
(1996)

Version of the Truth is the third studio album by American country music duo Foster & Lloyd. Despite it charting higher (#40) than their previous album, Faster & Llouder (#44), Its singles were less successful. The first, "Is It Love" peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart while the second "Can't Have Nothin'" reached #38, their most successful single since 1988's "Fair Shake". Jeff Hanna, a founding member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band makes a guest appearance singing harmony on the title track. Other guest musicians include Bernie Leadon from Eagles and Duane Eddy, among others.

Contents

"I Will Love You Anyhow" was a single for Tim Ryan in 1992.

Track listing

All songs written by Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd; "All Said and Done" co-written by Vince Gill. [2]

  1. "Is It Love" - 2:38
  2. "Version of the Truth" - 3:01
  3. "I Wishdaida Run Into You" - 3:59
  4. "Leavin' in Your Eyes" – 2:57
  5. "Side of the Road" - 3:51
  6. "It's a Done Deal" - 3:51
  7. "Lonesome Run" – 5:10
  8. "It's Over" - 2:40
  9. "All Said and Done" - 3:23
  10. "Workin' on Me" - 3:48
  11. "Whoa" - 2:41

Reissue track listing

  1. "Is It Love?" - 2:57
  2. "Can't Have Nothin'" - 3:27
  3. "I Will Love You Anyhow" - 3:08
  4. "Version Of the Truth" - 2:56
  5. "Leavin' In Your Eyes" - 2:58
  6. "Side Of The Road" - 3:53
  7. "It's A Done Deal" - 3:53
  8. "Take A Little Time For Love" - 2:47
  9. "I Wishdaida Run Into You" - 3:59
  10. "It's Over" - 2:40
  11. "All Said And Done" - 3:23
  12. "Whoa" - 2:29

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [1]

Foster & Lloyd

And... Our Band...

Our Guests...

The "Whoa" lineup

"Workin' on Me"

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1990)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums40

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1990"Is It Love"4326
"Can't Have Nothin'"3859

Sources

  1. 1 2 Version of the Truth (CD). Foster & Lloyd. RCA Records. 1990. 2113-2-R.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Version of the Truth (CD). RCA Records. 1990. #2453-2-R

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