1993 studio album by Ronnie Milsap
True Believer is the twenty-first studio album by country music artist Ronnie Milsap . It was released in 1993, his first for Liberty Records . The album produced two singles, the title track, which peaked at #30 on country charts and "I'm Playing for You," which did not chart.
The album did not chart, his first to do so since his 1971 self-named debut album . Allmusic praised the title track, stating that the record would have been one "to reckon with" if the rest of the tracks "had the energy" of the title song.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Desire" Walt Aldridge , Jenny Yates4:38 2. "I'm Playing for You" Lewis Anderson, Keith Stegall 4:17 3. "Somebody's Gonna Get That Girl" Marc Beeson , Joanie Chappel-Beeson, Sonny LeMaire 3:52 4. "Better Off with the Blues" Donnie Fritts , Delbert McClinton , Gary Nicholson 3:59 5. "Hos Allen Sequé"" :41 6. "True Believer" John Hiatt 4:51 7. "These Foolish Things" Harry Link , Holt Marvell , Jack Strachey 3:49 8. "A Million Years Till Then" Dennis Morgan , Keith Thomas 4:27 9. "Desperate Man" Dave Gibson 4:08 10. "Civil War" Carol Chase, Cindy Richardson 4:07 11. "Please Jesus (Send My Baby Home to Me)" Michael Stewart 4:23
Production
Rob Galbraith – producer
Ronnie Milsap – producer
Mike Clute – recording, mixing
Keith Odle – recording, mixing, digital editing
Randy Gardner – recording assistant, mix assistant
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Doug Sax – mastering
Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
Personnel
Ronnie Milsap – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
Shane Keister – keyboards, synthesizers, programming
Brian D. Siewart – synthesizers
Jay Spell – keyboards
Catherine Styron – keyboards
Marc Beeson – acoustic guitar
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
Bruce Dees – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
John Hiatt – acoustic guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Walt Aldridge – electric guitar
Jamie Brantley – electric guitar, backing vocals
Larry Byrom – electric guitar
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Russ Pahl – electric guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
John Willis – gut-string guitar (8)
Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar , lap steel guitar
David Hungate – bass guitar
Warren Gowers – bass guitar
Alison Prestwood – bass guitar
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Bob Wray – bass guitar
James Ferguson – upright bass
Darryl Holden – drums
Kenny Malone – drums
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica
Farrell Morris – percussion
Sam Levine – saxophones, horn arrangements
Mike Haynes – trumpets
Ava Aldridge – backing vocals
Jana King – backing vocals
Marie Lewey – backing vocals
Cindy Richardson-Walker – backing vocals
Lisa Silver – backing vocals
Chart
Singles
Year
Song
US Country
1993
"True Believer"
30
1993
"I'm Playing for You"
-
References
Studio albums Compilation albums #1 singles Other songs Related articles