Buffalo Zone
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Buffalo Zone is an album by the female 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...

 duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Sweethearts of the Rodeo is an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver . The duo recorded for Columbia Records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twelve singles for the label. In the 1990s, they also recorded two albums for Sugar Hill Records...

, released in 1990 by Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

. The album's cover was an obvious homage to The Byrds
The Byrds
The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973...

' 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Sweetheart of the Rodeo is the sixth album by American rock band The Byrds and was released on August 30, 1968 on Columbia Records...

, from which the duo derived their name. The album was not as successful as their first two albums, Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Sweethearts of the Rodeo (album)
Sweethearts of the Rodeo is the debut album from the American country music group Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Five of the tracks would rise into the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart...

and One Time, One Night
One Time, One Night
Sweethearts of the Rodeo's second album, One Time, One Night, came out in 1988 and continued on the success of their first. The top songs included "Satisfy You" and "Blue to the Bone," which both hit #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. A cover of the Beatles's "I Feel Fine" rose to #9,...

. There are some great songs, however, in "Uphill All the Way", "This Heart" (Billboard #25), "Hard Road to Go", and "Cómo Se Dice (I Love You)", although none charted very high.

Track listing

  1. "Uphill All the Way" (Janis Gill, Don Schlitz
    Don Schlitz
    Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...

    ) – 3:10
  2. "He Doesn't Tell Me Anything" (Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black, Austin Roberts
    Austin Roberts (singer)
    Austin Roberts is an American singer and songwriter. His most successful recording was 1975's "Rocky"; a transatlantic Top 40 hit single.-Early years:...

    ) – 3:25
  3. "You Look at Love That Way" (Skip Ewing
    Skip Ewing
    Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.-Career:...

    , Don Sampson) – 3:24
  4. "This Heart" (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy
    Tim Mensy
    Timmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s...

    ) – 3:19
  5. "Hard Road to Go" (Janis Gill, Steve Buckingham
    Steve Buckingham (record producer)
    Steve Buckingham is an American record producer, and four-time Grammy winner with 27 number one singles to his credit. He has been awarded 11 Platinum and 19 Gold albums...

    , Schlitz) – 2:45
  6. "What It Does to Me" (Janis Gill) – 3:09
  7. "Blue Sky" (Gill, Wendy Waldman) – 3:29
  8. "I Don't Want You to Know" (Gill, Schlitz) – 3:16
  9. "Don't Wake Me Up" (Schlitz, Paul Overstreet
    Paul Overstreet
    Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...

    ) – 2:34
  10. "Cómo Se Dice (I Love You)?" (Gill, Matraca Berg
    Matraca Berg
    Matraca Maria Berg is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and has charted in the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard country charts with "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left...

    ) – 3:16

Personnel

  • Victor Battista – Upright Bass
  • Eddie Bayers
    Eddie Bayers
    Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...

     – Drums
  • Steve Buckingham
    Steve Buckingham (record producer)
    Steve Buckingham is an American record producer, and four-time Grammy winner with 27 number one singles to his credit. He has been awarded 11 Platinum and 19 Gold albums...

     – Guitar
  • Mark Casstevens – Guitar
  • Dennis Davis – Artwork, Design, Illustrations
  • Paul Franklin
    Paul Franklin (musician)
    Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...

     – Dobro, Pedal Steel, Steel Guitar
  • Steve Gibson – Guitar, Mandolin
  • Janis Gill – Guitar, Associate Producer
  • Roy Huskey, Jr.
    Roy Huskey, Jr.
    Roy Milton Huskey was a prominent American upright bass player in country music from Nashville, Tennessee. Huskey performed alongside musicians such as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, George Jones, Steve Earle, Doc Watson and many others...

     – Upright Bass
  • Bill Johnson – Artwork, Art Direction
  • Brad Jones – Assistant Engineer
  • Jeanne Kinney – Assistant Engineer
  • Albert Lee
    Albert Lee
    Albert William Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with some of the most famous musicians which stretch through a very wide of genres...

     – Guitar
  • Beth Mallen – Production Assistant
  • Tim Mensy – Guitar
  • Joey Miskulin
    Joey Miskulin
    Joseph M. Miskulin is a hall of fame accordionist and producer of Grammy Award-winning music albums. In a music career spanning more than four decades, Joey Miskulin has collaborated with a range of artists including Paul McCartney, John Denver, Ricky Skaggs, Andy Williams, Ricky Van Shelton,...

     – Accordion
  • Marshall Morgan – Engineer
  • Farrell Morris – Vibraphone
  • Phil Naish – Keyboards
  • Mark O'Connor
    Mark O'Connor
    Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...

     – Fiddle
  • Gary Paczosa – Assistant Engineer
  • Denny Purcell – Mastering
  • Tom Robb – Bass
  • Ricky Skaggs
    Ricky Skaggs
    Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...

    – Background Vocals
  • Harry Stinson – Background Vocals
  • Pete Wasner – Keyboards
  • Curtis Young – Background Vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 41
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