Voices in the Wind

Voices in the Wind is an album by American country music singer Suzy Bogguss. It was released on October 6, 1992 via Liberty Records. It earned her a second straight gold record and her highest-charting single ever, the No. 2 cover of John Hiatt's "Drive South."

Voices in the Wind
Studio album by Suzy Bogguss
Released	October 6, 1992
Genre	Country (New Traditionalist)
Length	38:01
Label	Liberty
Producer	Suzy Bogguss Jimmy Bowen
Suzy Bogguss chronology
Aces (1991) Voices in the Wind (1992) Something Up My Sleeve (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B− [2]

"Letting Go," a single from Aces which was co-written by Bogguss's husband Doug Crider, peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart not long before the release of Voices in the Wind. In an effort to capitalize on the single's success, it was included on the later album as well.

Track listing

1. "Heartache" (Lowell George, Ivan Ulz) – 3:10
2. "Drive South" (John Hiatt) – 3:05
3. "Don't Wanna" (Cheryl Wheeler) – 3:26
4. "How Come You Go to Her" (Bogguss, Michael Garvin, Anthony L. Smith) – 3:17
5. "Other Side of the Hill" (Chuck Pyle) – 3:21
6. "In the Day" (Bogguss, Doug Crider) – 3:37
7. "Love Goes Without Saying" (Crider, Tony Haselden) – 3:12
8. "Eat at Joe's" (Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:36
9. "Lovin' a Hurricane" (Hiatt) – 2:52
10. "Letting Go" (Crider, Matt Rollings) - 4:29
11. "Cold Day in July" (Richard Leigh) - 3:30

Personnel

• Suzy Bogguss - Lead and backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Bucky Baxter - electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Eddie Bayers - drums, backing vocals
• Gerald Alan Boyd - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
• Sam Bush - mandolin
• David Campbell - string arrangements, conductor
• Bob Carpenter - backing vocals
• Beth Nielsen Chapman - backing vocals
• Doug Crider - backing vocals
• Dan Dugmore - pedal and lap steel guitars
• Jimmie Fadden - harmonica
• Vince Gill - electric guitar, backing vocals
• John Guess - backing vocals
• Jeff Hanna - backing vocals
• Ted Hewitt - backing vocals
• Mike Henderson - slide and electric guitars, backing vocals
• Jimmy Ibbotson - backing vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards, DX-7 Synthesizer
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson - harmonica
• Abe Medic - backing vocals
• Mark Morris - percussion, backing vocals
• Johnny Neel - keyboards
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle, violin
• Mike Reid - backing vocals
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Matt Rollings - piano, backing vocals
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar, backing vocals
• Leland Sklar - bass, backing vocals
• Karen Staley - backing vocals
• Harry Stinson - backing vocals
• Janie West - backing vocals

Production

• Producer: Jimmy Bowen, Suzy Bogguss
• Engineer: John Guess, Frank Wolf, Roger Nichols
• Assistant Engineer: Marty Williams
• String Engineer: Frank Wolf
• Mixing: John Guess, Marty Williams
• Digital Editing, Mastering: Glenn Meadows
• Conductor, Arranger: David Campbell
• Conductor, String Contractor: Suzie Katayama
• Concert Master: Sid Page
• Art Direction: Virginia Team
• Photography: Randee Saint Nicholas
• Design: Jerry Joyner
• Stylist: Vanessa Ware
• Hair Stylist, Make-Up: Mary Beth Felts
• Distributor: EMI Music Dist.
• Studio: Emerald Sound Studio, Nashville, TN.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	31
U.S. Billboard 200	116

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1992	"Letting Go"	6	9
	"Drive South"	2	4
1993	"Heartache"	23	74

Certifications

RIAA Certification

Cert. Date	Country	Award
10/12/93	USA	Gold

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
US	1992	Liberty	CD	C2-98585
			CS	C4-98585
US	1993	Capitol	CD	98585
US	1996	Alliance	CD	98585

References

1. Mansfield, Brian. Voices in the Wind at AllMusic
2. Entertainment Weekly review