Big Iron Horses is the fifth studio album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 group Restless Heart

Restless Heart

Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson...

. It was released by RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

 in 1992. "When She Cries," "Mending Fences," "We Got the Love" and the title track were released as singles. The album reached #26 on the Top Country Albums chart and has been certified Gold by the RIAA

Recording Industry Association of America

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. This is also the band's first album not to feature lead singer Larry Stewart

Larry Stewart (singer)

Larry Stewart is an American country music singer, best known for his role as lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart...

, who left in 1991. John Dittrich, Dave Innis, and Paul Gregg alternate as lead vocalists on this album.

Track listing

1. "Mending Fences
   Mending Fences (song)
   "When She Cries" is the title of a song written by Jim Robinson and Andy Byrd, and recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from the album Big Iron Horses...
   
   " (Jim Robinson, Andy Byrd) - 2:51
2. "We Got the Love" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) - 2:49
3. "As Far as I Can Tell" (Bruce Gaitsch, Dave Innis) - 3:49
4. "When She Cries
   When She Cries
   "When She Cries" is the title of a song written by Sonny LeMaire and Marc Beeson, and recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in August 1992 as the first single from the album Big Iron Horses. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....
   
   " (Marc Beeson
   Marc Beeson
   Marc Beeson is an American country music singer and songwriter. Beeson has co-written several singles which have reached the Hot Country Songs charts.Beeson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1990...
   
   , Sonny LeMaire) - 3:43
5. "Meet Me on the Other Side" (Paul Gregg, Innis) - 4:09
6. "We're Gonna Be OK"* (Gaitsch, Innis, Josh Leo
   Josh Leo
   Josh Leo is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer active in Nashville, Tennessee.Leo was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1973, he moved to Chicago, Illinois and subsequently became a guitarist of the short-lived Eddie Boy Band...
   
   , Vince Melamed
   Vince Melamed
   Vince Melamed is an American keyboardist and songwriter who currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born in New York, and moved to Los Angeles at an early age. Vince has appeared with many bands as keyboardist...
   
   , Timothy B. Schmit
   Timothy B. Schmit
   Timothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist.-Early career:Raised in Sacramento, Schmit began playing in the folk music group...
   
   ) - 4:04
7. "Blame It on Love" (Tommy Burroughs, Bernie Leadon
   Bernie Leadon
   Bernard Mathew "Bernie" Leadon, III is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of two pioneering and highly influential country rock bands, Dillard & Clark and the Flying Burrito Brothers...
   
   , Jimmy Davis) - 3:30
8. "Born in a High Wind" (Walt Aldridge
   Walt Aldridge
   Walt Aldridge is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville songwriter...
   
   , Gary Baker
   Baker & Myers
   Baker & Myers was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers, who first worked as songwriters for other country music artists; one of their most notable compositions is John Michael Montgomery's 1994 crossover hit "I Swear", which won the Grammy Award...
   
   , Susan Longacre) - 4:09
9. "Just in Time" (Gaitsch, Innis) - 4:03
10. "Big Iron Horses" (John Dittrich, Innis, Carl Marsh, Melamed) - 4:29

• On some releases of the album, the song "Tell Me What You Dream
  Tell Me What You Dream
  "Tell Me What You Dream" is the title of a song written by Timothy B. Schmit, Josh Leo and Vince Melamed and performed by country group, Restless Heart along with saxophonist, Warren Hill. The single was the group's only number one on the Adult Contemporary and despite previous country chart...
  
  " replaces "We're Gonna Be OK" as track 6.

Restless Heart

• Greg Jennings: Lead Guitar, Mandolin
• Dave Innis: Keyboards, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, synclavier, Background Vocals, Lead Vocal (tracks 3, 6 & 9)
• Paul Gregg: Bass, Background Vocals, Lead Vocal (tracks 1, 5 & 8)
• John Dittrich: Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals, Lead Vocal (tracks 2, 4, 7, 10 & "Tell Me What You Dream")

Additional Musicians

• Bruce Gaitsch: Rhythm Guitar
• Jim Horn: Sax
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• Bernie Leadon
  Bernie Leadon
  Bernard Mathew "Bernie" Leadon, III is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of two pioneering and highly influential country rock bands, Dillard & Clark and the Flying Burrito Brothers...
  
   (of The Eagles): Banjo
• Josh Leo: Rhythm Guitar
• Carl Marsh: String Arrangements

Production

• Produced By John Dittrich, Paul Gregg, Dave Innis, Greg Jennings & Josh Leo
  Josh Leo
  Josh Leo is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer active in Nashville, Tennessee.Leo was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1973, he moved to Chicago, Illinois and subsequently became a guitarist of the short-lived Eddie Boy Band...
  
  
• Recorded & Engineered By Bruce Gaitsch, Jeff Giedt & Steve Marcantonio
• Assistant Engineer: Marc Frigo
• Mixed By Steve Marcantonio
• Mastered By Denny Purcell

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	26
U.S. Billboard 200	116
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1