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Kentucky Thunder (album)

Kentucky Thunder is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1989 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1]

Kentucky Thunder
Studio album by
Ricky Skaggs
ReleasedMay 26, 1989 (1989-05-26)
Recorded1988
StudioTreasure Island Studios, Digital Recorders, Eleven Eleven Studio and Nightingale Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Morningstar Studios (Spring House, Pennsylvania).
GenreCountry
Length29:59
LabelEpic
ProducerSteve Buckingham
Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Comin' Home to Stay
(1988) 		Kentucky Thunder
(1989) 		My Father's Son
(1991)
Singles from Kentucky Thunder
  1. "Lovin' Only Me"
    Released: February 1989
  2. "Let It Be You"
    Released: July 1989
  3. "Heartbreak Hurricane"
    Released: December 9, 1989
  4. "Hummingbird"
    Released: April 21, 1990
  5. "He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)"
    Released: September 1, 1990

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hummingbird"Tim DuBois, Greg Jennings3:08
2."Lovin' Only Me"Hillary Kanter, Even Stevens3:33
3."The Fields of Home"Larry Cordle, Larry Shell3:56
4."Heartbreak Hurricane"Cordle, Jim Rushing2:37
5."Let It Be You"Harry Stinson, Kevin Welch2:41
6."Lonesome for You"Cordle, Shell2:21
7."Kentucky Thunder"Cordle, Rushing2:55
8."When I Love"Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz3:02
9."He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)"Sonny Curtis2:37
10."Casting My Shadow in the Road"Rushing, Randy Scruggs3:34
11."Saviour, Save Me from Myself"Cordle, Rushing2:30

Personnel edit

Production edit

  • Steve Buckingham – producer
  • Ricky Skaggs – producer
  • John Abbott – engineer
  • Joe Bogan – engineer
  • Rodney Good – engineer
  • Patrick Hutchinson – engineer
  • John Hurley – engineer
  • Doug Johnson – engineer, mixing (2)
  • Brad Jones – engineer
  • Kyle Lehning – engineer
  • George Massenberg – engineer, mixing (1, 3-10)
  • Pat McMakin – engineer
  • Gary Paczosa – electric
  • Mike Poole – engineer
  • Dennis Ritchie – engineer
  • Ed Seay – engineer
  • Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Bill Johnson – art direction
  • Rollow Welch – art assistance
  • Michael Rutherford – photography
  • Earl Cox – hair stylist
  • Elizabeth Linamen – make-up
  • Ricky Skaggs Enterprises – management

Charts edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Kentucky Thunder Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
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