Zuma is the third studio album by American country music group Southern Pacific. It was released in 1988 via Warner Bros. Records. The album includes the singles "Midnight Highway", "New Shade of Blue", and "Honey I Dare You" and "All Is Lost". It was the band's first album with David Jenkins. Huey Lewis plays harmonica on the songs "Wheels on the Line" and "Bail Out".
Critical reception The Toronto Star wrote that "what these guys have in their favor is a sense of the romance of West Coast country-rock; they're not just Nashvillers on a lark or neo-country twangers, but genuine inheritors of a tradition."
Track listing
Personnel
Southern Pacific Kurt Howell – keyboards, vocals, lead vocals (3, 8) David Jenkins – guitars, vocals, lead vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 9) John McFee – guitars, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals, lead vocals (4, 6, 10) Stu Cook – bass, vocals Keith Knudsen – drums, vocals
Guest musicians Huey Lewis – harmonica (6, 9) The Nashville String Machine – strings (10) Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster (10)
Production Southern Pacific – producers, arrangements Jim Ed Norman – producer, arrangements Csaba Pectoz – recording, mixing Robert Missbach – additional engineer Eric Prestidge – additional engineer Will Rogers – additional engineer Sally Browder – assistant engineer Jim Dineen – assistant engineer Peter Doell – assistant engineer Jared Held – assistant engineer Stuart Hirotsu – assistant engineer Danny Johnston – assistant engineer Richard McKernan – assistant engineer Dan Marnien – assistant engineer Ray Pyle – assistant engineer Larry Walsh – assistant engineer Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York) Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction Carol Roy – design Lori Lohstoeter – illustration Jeff Katz – photography
Chart performance Chart (1988) Peakposition
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