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.
"Working Man's Blues" is a cover of the Merle Haggard song, while "Crazy Over You" was also released by the duo Foster & Lloyd as their debut single. "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.
Track listing
Personnel
Eddie Bayers – drums
Richard Bennett – electric guitar
Steve Buckingham – 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
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
1987 debut albums
Columbia Records albums
Ricky Van Shelton albums
Albums produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)