Step On Out is the 10th country studio album (12th total) from American country music quartet The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1985. It contains the #1 singles "Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)" and "Little Things", as well as the #3 single "Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)". The title song was co-written by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member and former Byrds bass player Chris Hillman and former Crawdaddy magazine editor Peter Knobler. "Staying Afloat" would be covered two years later by Sawyer Brown on their self-titled debut album.

Critical reception

A review in Billboard praised "Ophelia" and "Little Things" as the most interesting songs, while also making note of Chancey's production and the vocal harmonies.

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Track listing

Singles

Little Things / Secret Of Love - 1985 - MCA 52556

Come On In (You Did The Best You Could Do) / Roll Tennessee River - 1985 - MCA 52646 Touch A Hand Make A Friend / Only One I Love - 1985 - MCA 57272

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Personnel

The Oak Ridge Boys

Duane Allen - baritone vocals

Joe Bonsall - tenor vocals

William Lee Golden - baritone vocals

Richard Sterban - bass vocals

Additional musicians

Barry Beckett - keyboards

Mickey Buckins - percussion

Harrison Calloway - horns

Duncan Cameron - electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Jimmy Capps - acoustic guitar

Jerry Carrigan - drums

Ronnie Eades - horns

Lloyd Green - steel guitar

Roger Hawkins - drums

David Hood - bass guitar

Jim Horn - horns

Clayton Ivey - keyboards

Jimmy Johnson - electric guitar

Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle

Nashville String Machine - string section

Steve Nathan - keyboards

Ron Oates - keyboards

Wayne Perkins - electric guitar

Charles Rose - horns

Brent Rowan - electric guitar

Billy Sanford - electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Dennis Solee - horns

Harvey Thompson - horns

Jack Williams - bass guitar

Reggie Young - electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1985 albums

MCA Records albums

The Oak Ridge Boys albums

Albums produced by Ron Chancey

Albums recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

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