Hurry Sundown is the third album released by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

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 band McBride & the Ride

McBride & the Ride

McBride & the Ride was an American country music band initially composed of Terry McBride , Ray Herndon and Billy Thomas . The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown...

. Released in 1993 on MCA Records

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, it produced the hit singles "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run" and the title track, which peaked at #3 and #17, respectively, on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

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) charts.

The track "Hangin' in and Hangin' On" was later recorded by David Ball

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 on his 1996 album Starlite Lounge

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, from which it was released as a single. "Sweetwater" was later recorded by Greg Holland

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 on his 1994 debut album Let Me Drive, and by Aaron Tippin

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 on his 1998 album What This Country Needs

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.

Track listing

1. "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run
   Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run
   "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run" is the title of a song written by Kostas and Anna Lisa Graham, and recorded by American country music group McBride & the Ride. It was released in March 1993 as the first single from their album Hurry Sundown...
   
   " (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...
   
   , Anna Lisa Graham) – 3:08
2. "Hurry Sundown
   Hurry Sundown (song)
   "Hurry Sundown" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group McBride & the Ride. It was released in July 1993 as the second single and title track from the album Hurry Sundown. The song reached number 17 on the U.S...
   
   " (Keith Stegall
   Keith Stegall
   Robert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages...
   
   , Denny Henson, Brent Mason
   Brent Mason
   Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
   
   ) – 3:35
3. "Don't Be Mean to Me" (Terry McBride
   Terry McBride (musician)
   Terry McBride is an American country music artist. Between 1989 and 1994, and again from 2000 to 2002, McBride was the lead vocalist and bass guitarist in the band McBride & the Ride, a country music group which recorded six studio albums and charted more than ten singles on the Billboard Hot...
   
   ) – 2:50
4. "The Promise Land" (Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...
   
   , John Scott Sherrill
   John Scott Sherrill
   John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett , Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter...
   
   , McBride) – 3:49
5. "Hangin' In and Hangin' On" (McBride, Billy Thomas, Ray Herndon, Gary Nicholson) – 2:49
6. "Tell Me Again" (Walt Aldridge
   Walt Aldridge
   Walt Aldridge is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville songwriter...
   
   , McBride) – 3:22
7. "Cream of the Crop" (Ronny Scaife, McBride) – 2:48
8. "Hold on to Me and Let Go of the Past" (Curtis Wright
   Curtis Wright
   Curtis Blaine Wright is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1989 with the single "She's Got a Man on her Mind" on a branch of MCA Records, before recording a solo album in 1992 on Liberty Records...
   
   , McBride) – 3:21
9. "Just the Thought of Losing You" (Herndon, 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:...
   
   ) – 4:17
10. "Sweetwater" (Jon Vezner, Allen Shamblin
    Allen Shamblin
    Allen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...
    
    ) – 4:00

McBride & the Ride

• Terry McBride - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Ray Herndon - guitar
  Guitar
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  , background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Billy Thomas - drums
  Drum kit
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  , background vocals

Additional musicians

• Robert Bailey
• Bruce C. Bouton: Steel Guitar
• Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
  
  : Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar, Banjo
• Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons
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  : Steel Guitar
• Kimberly Fleming
• Steve Gibson: Guitars
• Joe Rogers
• Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings
  Matt Rollings is an American composer, musician and record producer. He plays piano, organ, and keyboards.Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, he has worked with many artists, not all country...
  
  : Keyboards, Piano
• Leland Sklar
  Leland Sklar
  Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...
  
  : Bass
• Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...
  
  : Bass
• Suzy Wills

Production

• Produced By Steve Gibson & Tony Brown
  Tony Brown (record producer)
  Tony Brown is an American country music record producer.He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.Brown played piano for Elvis Presley. He toured with the TCB Band for much of Presley's final two years and was a part of the 1976 "Jungle Room" recording sessions at Graceland...
  
  
• Recorded By John Guess
• Overdubs Recorded By John Guess & Marty Williams
• Mixed By John Guess
• Second Engineer: Marty Williams
• Digital Editing: Milan Bogdan
• Mastered By Glenn Meadows & John Guess

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	53
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	17