Seminole Wind is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist John Anderson, released on February 11, 1992. This is also known as his comeback album. It features the singles: "Who Got Our Love", "Straight Tequila Night", "Let Go of the Stone", "When It Comes to You", and the title track, all of which (Except for "Who Got Our Love") reached the country top ten, and the second of which was his first number one country hit since "Black Sheep" in 1983. This is also Anderson's highest-certified album, having achieved 2× Platinum certification by the RIAA. This was also Anderson's first album for BNA Records.
"Steamy Windows" was originally recorded by Tina Turner in 1989, and was later recorded by Kenny Chesney on his 1997 album I Will Stand. In addition, "Seminole Wind" was recorded by James Taylor on his 2008 release Covers.
Track listing
Personnel John Anderson – lead vocals, banjo, harmonica Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar on "Straight Tequila Night" Buddy Emmons – steel guitar Sonny Garrish – steel guitar and Dobro on "Straight Tequila Night" Dann Huff – electric guitar Carl Jackson – backing vocals Jana King – backing vocals Mark Knopfler – electric guitar on "When It Comes to You" Gary Lunn – bass guitar on "Straight Tequila Night" Milton Sledge – drums Gary W. Smith – keyboards, piano, synthesizer Joe Spivey – fiddle James Stroud – drums on "Straight Tequila Night" Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar Glenn Worf – bass guitar Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production Produced by James Stroud Recorded & Mixed by Lynn Peterzell, Julian King and John Kunz Mastered by Glenn Meadows Digital Editing by Milan Bogdan
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1992) Peakposition Canadian RPM Country Albums 11
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country CAN Country 1991 "Who Got Our Love" 67 — 1992 "Straight Tequila Night" 1 1 "When It Comes to You" 3 2 "Seminole Wind" 2 1 1993 "Let Go of the Stone" 7 11 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position US Billboard 200 99 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 16 Chart (1993) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 21
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