Wild-Eyed Dream is the debut studio album by American country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. The first singles released from the album from 1986 to 1988 were "Wild-Eyed Dream" and "Crime of Passion", which charted at #24 and #7, respectively. The last three singles, "Somebody Lied", "Life Turned Her That Way", and "Don't We All Have The Right" all reached #1. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on July 24, 1989.
Half of the songs on the album were originally recorded by other artists. "Working Man's Blues" is a cover of the Merle Haggard song. "Life Turned Her That Way" was previously a #11 single in 1967 for Mel Tillis, and "I Don't Care" a #1 single for Buck Owens in 1964. Conway Twitty also recorded "Somebody Lied" for his 1985 album Don't Call Him a Cowboy. "Don't We All Have the Right" was originally recorded by Roger Miller on his 1970 album Trip in the Country.
"Crazy Over You" was recorded by the duo Foster & Lloyd and released in September of 1987 as their debut single.
Track listing
Personnel
Eddie Bayers – drums Richard Bennett – electric guitar Steve Buckingham – acoustic guitar Mark Casstevens- acoustic guitar Dennis Burnside – piano Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Sonny Garrish – steel guitar Steve Gibson – electric guitar Hoot Hester – fiddle, mandolin David Hungate – bass guitar Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass Randy McCormick – piano Tony Migliore – piano Don Potter – acoustic guitar Tom Robb – bass guitar Michael Rhodes – bass guitar John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals Harry Stinson – percussion Ricky Van Shelton – acoustic guitar, lead vocals Tommy Wells – drums Bergen White – backing vocals Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1987–88) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1987) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 26 Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 2 Chart (1989) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 19 Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 54
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