Everybody Knows (Prairie Oyster album)
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Everybody Knows is the third studio album by Canadian
Canada
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 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 Prairie Oyster
Prairie Oyster
Prairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994...

, and was released on September 19, 1991 by RCA Records
RCA Records
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. The album was named Album of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association
Canadian Country Music Association
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 in 1992.

Track listing

  1. "Will I Do (Till the Real Thing Comes Along)" (Joan Besen) - 2:44
  2. "One Precious Love" (Besen) - 2:10
  3. "Can't Say Goodbye" (Russell deCarle) - 2:54
  4. "Am I That Easy to Forget
    Am I That Easy to Forget
    "Am I That Easy to Forget" is the title of a popular song written by country music singer Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson and published in 1958. Belew recorded his song in Nashville on December 17, 1958, and released the single in March 1959, where it reached number nine on the U.S. country music chart...

    " (Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson) - 2:40
  5. "Just for Old Times Sake" (Hank Hunter, Jack Keller) - 2:46
  6. "Everybody Knows" (Keith Glass, Paul Kennerley
    Paul Kennerley
    Paul Kennerley is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer working in the American contemporary country music industry. His works include the concept albums, White Mansions and The Legend of Jesse James...

    ) - 2:47
  7. "Here's to You" (James House
    James House (singer)
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    , Kostas
    Kostas
    Kostas Lazarides is a Greek-born American country music songwriter, known professionally as Kostas. He has written for several country music artists, including Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, and Travis Tritt, and has won eleven awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated...

    ) - 2:52
  8. "Did You Fall in Love with Me" (Besen) - 3:36
  9. "I Think That We Did Something" (Jack DeKeyser) - 3:19
  10. "Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)" (Lee Emerson) - 2:32

Personnel

  • John P. Allen – acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
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    , fiddle
    Fiddle
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    , mandolin
    Mandolin
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    , background vocals
  • Richard Bennett – guitar
    Guitar
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    , producer
  • Joan Besen – piano
    Piano
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    , background vocals
  • Russell de Carle – electric bass
    Electric Bass
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    , vocals
  • Dennis Delorme – pedal steel guitar
    Pedal steel guitar
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  • Keith Glass – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , vocals
  • 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...

     – guitar, producer
  • Bruce Moffett – percussion
    Percussion instrument
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    , drums
    Drum kit
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Production

  • Mary Hamilton – art direction
  • Jeff Giedt – assistant
  • Steve Marcantonio – engineer, mixing
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Señor McGuire – photography
  • Ed Stone – engineer
  • L. Stuart Young – assistant

Chart performance

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums 6
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