Sawyer Brown (album)

Sawyer Brown
Sawyer Brown
Studio album by Sawyer Brown
Released	1984
Studio	Scruggs Sound Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	30:18
Label	Capitol/Curb
Producer	Randy Scruggs
Sawyer Brown chronology
Singles from Sawyer Brown
	"Leona"; Released: October 6, 1984; "Step That Step"; Released: January 28, 1985; "Used to Blue"; Released: May 1985;

Sawyer Brown is the self-titled debut album of American country music band Sawyer Brown. It features the singles "Leona" (#16 on Hot Country Songs), "Step That Step" (their first #1), and "Used to Blue" (#3). "Staying Afloat" was first recorded two years earlier by The Oak Ridge Boys on their album, Step on Out.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Leona"	Bill Shore, David Wills	3:02
2.	"Feel Like Me"	Mark Miller, Randy Scruggs	3:05
3.	"Used to Blue"	J. Fred Knobloch, Bill LaBounty	3:20
4.	"It's Hard to Keep a Good Love Down"	Miller, Scruggs	3:04
5.	"Step That Step"	Miller	2:50
6.	"Smoking in the Rockies"	Frank Dycus, Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon, Gary Stewart	2:53
7.	"Staying Afloat"	J. D. Martin, Don King	2:44
8.	"Broken Candy"	Miller	3:27
9.	"The Sun Don't Shine on the Same Folks All the Time"	Mark Gray, Danny Morrison, Johnny Slate	2:49
10.	"Going Back to Indiana"	Berry Gordy, Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards	3:04

Personnel[edit]

Mark Miller – lead vocals
Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals
Bobby Randall – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, backing vocals
Jim Scholten – bass
Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion

Production[edit]

Randy Scruggs – producer, mixing
Tom Brown – engineer, mixing
David LaBarre – editing
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Roy Kohara – art direction
John O'Brien – design
Greg Gorman – photography

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]	140
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	2

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1985)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	13

References[edit]

^ "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

External links[edit]

Sawyer Brown at Allmusic

[ac_Billboard200_Sawyer_Brown-1] "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Sawyer_Brown-2] "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[3] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

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v t e Sawyer Brown
Studio albums	Sawyer Brown Shakin' Out Goin' Cattin' Somewhere in the Night Wide Open The Boys Are Back Buick The Dirt Road Cafe on the Corner Outskirts of Town This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All Six Days on the Road Drive Me Wild Can You Hear Me Now Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits 1990-1995 The Hits Live
Notable singles	"Leona" "Step That Step" "Used to Blue" "Betty's Bein' Bad" "Heart Don't Fall Now" "Shakin'" "Out Goin' Cattin'" "Gypsies on Parade" "Somewhere in the Night" "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" "Old Photographs" "My Baby's Gone" "The Race Is On" "Did It for Love" "Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night" "When Love Comes Callin'" "The Walk" "The Dirt Road" "Some Girls Do" "Cafe on the Corner" "All These Years" "Trouble on the Line" "Thank God for You" "The Boys and Me" "Hard to Say" "This Time" "I Don't Believe in Goodbye" "(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All" "'Round Here" "Treat Her Right" "Six Days on the Road" "This Night Won't Last Forever" "Drive Me Wild" "800 Pound Jesus" "Lookin' for Love"
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