Crazy Nights (Lonestar album)

Crazy Nights is the second studio album released by country music band Lonestar. Four singles were released from this album: "Come Cryin' to Me", "You Walked In", "Say When", and "Everything's Changed". "Come Cryin' to Me" reached number one on the Hot Country Songs charts. Also included is a cover of country rock band Pure Prairie League's single "Amie".[1]

Crazy Nights
Studio album by Lonestar
Released	June 17, 1997
Recorded	1997
Studio	The Soundshop Studio "A", Nashville, TN
Genre	Country neotraditional country
Length	38:59
Label	BNA
Producer	Don Cook Wally Wilson
Lonestar chronology
Lonestar (1995) Crazy Nights (1997) Lonely Grill (1999)
Singles from Crazy Hearts
"Come Cryin' to Me" Released: April 28, 1997 "You Walked In" Released: August 26, 1997 "Say When" Released: January 26, 1998 "Everything's Changed" Released: June 29. 1998

"Come Cryin' to Me" and "Say When" were both co-written by John Rich, who also sang lead on "John Doe on a John Deere" and "What Do We Do with the Rest of the Night". All the other tracks feature Richie McDonald on lead vocals. This was Lonestar's last album to have a neotraditional country sound before developing a more crossover-friendly country-pop sound. This was also Lonestar's last album as a five-piece, as Rich left the band the following year when things were going down the wrong path. Rich's departure left McDonald as the group's sole lead vocalist because the record label said they wanted McDonald to be lead vocals only. After departing the group,[2] he began a solo career on BNA, and eventually joined Big Kenny in the duo Big & Rich.

"Cheater's Road" was later recorded by Chalee Tennison on her 2003 album Parading in the Rain.

Critical reception

Thom Owens of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that the singles and the "Amie" cover were "solid", but criticizing the other tracks for being "bland".[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come Cryin' to Me"	Mark D. Sanders Wally Wilson John Rich	3:42
2.	"Everything's Changed"	Larry Boone Paul Nelson Richie McDonald	3:54
3.	"Cheater's Road"	Sharon Vaughn Jason Sellers	3:50
4.	"A Week in Juarez"	Sam Hogin Jim McBride Phil Barnhart	2:47
5.	"John Doe on a John Deere"	Don Cook Conley White Rich	3:23
6.	"You Walked In"	Bryan Adams Robert John "Mutt" Lange	4:30
7.	"Say When"	Boone Nelson Rich	3:23
8.	"Amie"	Craig Fuller	4:06
9.	"Crazy Nights"	Chris Waters Tom Shapiro Rich	3:20
10.	"Keys to My Heart"	Lonnie Wilson Kim Williams McDonald	3:00
11.	"What Do We Do With the Rest of the Night"	Rice Wilson Rich	3:01
Total length:			38:59

Personnel

Taken from liner notes.[3]

Lonestar

• Michael Britt - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Richie McDonald - lead vocals (all tracks except 5 & 11 but is background vocals on 5 & 11
• Keech Rainwater - drums, percussion
• John Rich - bass guitar, background vocals (all the tracks except 5 & 11), lead vocals on tracks 5 & 11
• Dean Sams - piano, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro
• Dennis Burnside - piano, keyboards, B3 organ
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle, assorted hoedown tools
• David Hungate - bass guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis - piano, B3 organ
• Brent Mason - electric guitar, gut string guitar
• Duncan Mullins - bass guitar
• Tom Roady - percussion
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	16
U.S. Billboard 200	166
Canadian RPM Country Albums	28

References

1. Owens, Thom. "Crazy Nights - Lonestar". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
2. Protest From the Right Side of Country
3. Crazy Nights (CD). Lonestar. BNA Records. 1997. 67422.CS1 maint: others (link)