Wild-Eyed Dream

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.

Half of the songs on the album were originally recorded by other artists. "Working Man's Blues" is a cover of the Merle Haggard song. "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.

"Crazy Over You" was recorded by the duo Foster & Lloyd and released in September of 1987 as their debut single.

Track listing

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Richard Bennett – electric guitar
• Steve Buckingham – acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens- 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

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Certifications