Too Stuffed to Jump
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Too Stuffed to Jump is the second album by American
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 country rock
Country rock
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 group the Amazing Rhythm Aces
Amazing Rhythm Aces
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, released in 1976 on the ABC
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 label. Most of the material was composed by the group's lead singer Russell Smith
Russell Smith (singer)
Russell Smith is an American country music singer-songwriter. Formerly the lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Smith launched a solo country music career in 1984. He was signed by Epic Records in 1988, who released his debut album, This Little Town, the following year...

.

Too Stuffed to Jump reached #16 on the US country chart and #157 on the Billboard albums chart
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. The single "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)" reached #12 on the country chart, and #42 on the pop chart. "Dancing the Night Away" was later covered by Crystal Gayle
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 on her 1979 album Miss the Mississippi
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.

"The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)" won the 1976 Grammy award
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 in the category Country Vocal Performance by a Group.

In 2000, Too Stuffed to Jump was reissued by the Special Products Division of Sony Music in the USA on a two-for-one CD which also contains the group's debut album Stacked Deck.

Track listing

(All tracks written by Russell Smith unless stated)
  1. "Typical American Boy" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown Jr.) 3:30
  2. "If I Just Knew What to Say" (Stuart Wright) 2:06
  3. "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)" 3:51
  4. "Same Ol' Me" (Butch McDade) 2:24
  5. "These Dreams of Losing You" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown Jr.) 3:29
  6. "I'll Be Gone" 2:54
  7. "Out of the Snow" 3:39
  8. "Fool for the Woman" 2:43
  9. "A Little Italy Rag" 2:21
  10. "Dancing the Night Away" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown Jr.) 5:38
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