Ronnie Dunn (album)
2011 studio album by Ronnie Dunn
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Ronnie Dunn is the debut solo studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Dunn . It was released on June 7, 2011, by Arista Nashville . The album was Dunn's first release of solo music in nearly 25 years; he released three singles in the 1980s without issuing an album.
The album's first single, "Bleed Red ", was released to country music radio on January 31, 2011, and became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. A second single, "Cost of Livin' ", was scheduled to be released to radio on June 27, 2011, but the single entered the country chart two weeks before its release, debuting at number 56.
Background
Ronnie Dunn is Dunn's first solo music in 25 years and appeared less than a year after his split as one-half of Brooks & Dunn .[ 2] Dunn wrote or co-wrote nine of the album's twelve tracks. "Bleed Red", the first single, was not one of them.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Singer In a Cowboy Band" Ronnie Dunn , Craig Wiseman 3:31 2. "I Don't Dance" Dunn, David Lee Murphy , Wiseman 3:49 3. "Your Kind of Love" Maile Misajon , Jeremy Stover 3:35 4. "How Far to Waco" Dunn, Terry McBride 3:27 5. "Once" Jamie Floyd, Phillip LaRue , Pete Sallis 3:43 6. "Cost of Livin' " Phillip Coleman, Dunn 4:10 7. "Bleed Red " Andrew Dorff, Tommy Lee James 3:49 8. "Last Love I'm Tryin'" Dunn 4:07 9. "Let the Cowboy Rock " Dunn, Dallas Davidson 2:55 10. "I Can't Help Myself" Dunn, McBride 3:43 11. "I Just Get Lonely" Dunn 3:17 12. "Love Owes Me One" Dunn, McBride, Bobby Pinson 3:37
iTunes Deluxe Edition Title 13. "Boots And Diamonds" 3:28 14. "King of All Things Lonesome" 3:50
Cracker Barrel Special Edition Title Writer(s) 1. "I Love My Country" (previously unreleased) Dunn, McBride, Pinson 3:10 2. "Singer In a Cowboy Band" Ronnie Dunn, Craig Wiseman 3:31 3. "I Don't Dance" Dunn, David Lee Murphy, Wiseman 3:49 4. "Your Kind of Love" Maile Misajon, Jeremy Stover 3:35 5. "How Far to Waco" Dunn, Terry McBride 3:27 6. "Once" Jamie Floyd, Philip LaRue, Pete Sallis 3:43 7. "Cost of Livin'" Phillip Coleman, Dunn 4:10 8. "Bleed Red" Andrew Dorff, Tommy Lee James 3:49 9. "Last Love I'm Tryin'" Dunn 4:07 10. "Let the Cowboy Rock" Dunn, Dallas Davidson 2:55 11. "I Can't Help Myself" Dunn, McBride 3:43 12. "I Just Get Lonely" Dunn 3:17 13. "Love Owes Me One" Dunn, McBride, Pinson 3:37 14. "Keep On Lovin' You " (previously unreleased) Dunn, McBride 3:16
Personnel
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Jim "Moose" Brown – piano
Perry Coleman – background vocals
J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
Chad Cromwell – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals
Mike Durham – electric guitar
Shawn Fichter – drums
Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
Trey Gray – drums
Ashley Greenberg – background vocals
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
Joe Hardy – piano
Rob Harrington – bass guitar
Mike Haynes – trumpet
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Charles Judge – keyboards , piano, synthesizer
Kim Keyes – background vocals
Tony King – acoustic guitar
Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
Pat McGrath – acoustic guitar
Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
Gary Morse – steel guitar
The Nashville String Machine – strings
Kim Parent – background vocals
Steve Patrick – trumpet
Michael Payne – electric guitar
Brian Pruitt – drums
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Dwaine Rowe – keyboards, organ
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Judsen Spence – background vocals
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolin
Lou Toomey – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Bergen White – string arrangements, conductor
John Willis – acoustic guitar
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Reese Wynans – organ, piano
Ronnie Dunn debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top Country Albums , selling 45,000 copies in the U.S.[ 3] Up to August 2016, the album had sold 266,000 copies in the US.[ 4]
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Notes
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas . "Ronnie Dunn review" . Allmusic . Retrieved June 7, 2011 .
^ Erin Duvall (April 22, 2011). "Ronnie Dunn Album Cover & Track List Revealed" . The Boot . Retrieved April 23, 2011 .
^ "Adele Reclaims No. 1 on Billboard 200, Book of Mormon Makes History" . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
^ "Upcoming Releases" . Hits Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016.
^ "Ronnie Dunn Chart History (Canadian Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ "Ronnie Dunn Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ "Ronnie Dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011" . Billboard . Retrieved April 12, 2021 .
^ "Ronnie Dunn Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs" . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved March 22, 2011 .
^ "Ronnie Dunn Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100" . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved March 22, 2011 .
^ "Ronnie Dunn Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100" . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved March 22, 2011 .
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