Reality Check (The Bellamy Brothers album)

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Reality Check
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Studio album by
Released1990
Genre Country
Length32:38
Label MCA/Curb
Producer Emory Gordy Jr.
The Bellamy Brothers chronology
Greatest Hits Volume III
(1989)
Reality Check
(1990)
Rollin' Thunder
(1991)

Reality Check is the fourteenth studio album by American country music group The Bellamy Brothers. It was released in 1990 via MCA and Curb Records. The album includes the single "I Could Be Persuaded". [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Late"David Bellamy, Howard Bellamy, Kostas 2:54
2."I Could Be Persuaded"D. Bellamy, H. Bellamy, Don Schlitz 3:20
3."Have a Little Compassion"D. Bellamy2:51
4."Was There Life Before This Love"D. Bellamy3:27
5."Makin' Promises"D. Bellamy, Schlitz3:38
6."What's This World Coming To"D. Bellamy3:40
7."Forever Ain't Long Enough"D. Bellamy3:27
8."How Can You Be Anywhere at the Same Time"D. Bellamy, H. Bellamy, Schlitz3:18
9."I Don't Wanna Lose You"D. Bellamy, H. Bellamy, Schlitz3:07
10."Reality Check"D. Bellamy, Schlitz2:56

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [2]

The Bellamy Brothers

Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 71

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References

  1. "The Bellamy Brothers - Reality Check(1990, CD) - Discogs". Discogs .
  2. Reality Check (CD booklet). The Bellamy Brothers. MCA Records/Curb Records. 1990. MCAD-42340.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. "The Bellamy Brothers Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.