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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = The Blue Rose of Texas |
| name = The Blue Rose of Texas
Type = [[Album]] |
| type = studio
Artist = [[Holly Dunn]] |
| artist = [[Holly Dunn]]
Cover = HollyDunnTheBlueRoseofTexas.jpg |
| cover = HollyDunnTheBlueRoseofTexas.jpg
Released = 1989 |
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1989|7|10}}
Recorded = |
| recorded =
Genre = [[country music|Country]] |
Length = |
| studio =
Label = [[Warner Bros. Records]] |
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| length =
Producer = [[Holly Dunn]] and [[Chris Waters]] |
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]]
Reviews = [[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7265mpv39f6o] <nowiki></nowiki> |
| producer = {{flatlist|
Last album = ''[[Across the Rio Grande]]'' <br /> (1988) |
*Holly Dunn
This album = ''The Blue Rose of Texas'' <br /> (1989) |
*[[Chris Waters]]}}
Next album = ''[[Heart Full of Love]]'' <br /> (1990) |}}
| prev_title = [[Across the Rio Grande (album)|Across the Rio Grande]]

| prev_year = 1988
With her fourth album, '''The Blue Rose of Texas''', and a new record label, [[Holly Dunn]] achieved her first number 1 [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]] country single with ''Are You Ever Gonna Love Me''. Another major hit from the album was the number 4 ''There Goes My Heart Again''. [[Dolly Parton]] lends supporting vocals on her own ''Most of All, Why''. Other good songs are ''There's No Heart So Strong'', and the fast-paced ''Thunder and Lightnin' ''.
| next_title = [[Heart Full of Love]]
| next_year = 1990
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Blue Rose of Texas
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Are You Ever Gonna Love Me]]
| single1date = May 1989
| single2 = [[There Goes My Heart Again]]
| single2date = September 23, 1989
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r92211}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Blue Rose of Texas''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Holly Dunn]], and the first with the [[Warner Bros. Records]] label. A single from this album, "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", was her first number 1 [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]] country single. Another major hit from the album was the fourth track, "There Goes My Heart Again". [[Dolly Parton]] provides supporting vocals on her own "Most of All, Why" and [[Joe Diffie]] provides backing vocals on "There Goes My Heart Again" a song he had a part in writing. Dunn co-produced the album with her brother, [[Chris Waters]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
#''Are You Ever Gonna Love Me'' (Holly Dunn/Tom Shapiro/[[Chris Waters]]) – 2:38
|title1 = [[Are You Ever Gonna Love Me]]
#''You're Still Keeping Me Up at Night'' (Holly Dunn/Tom Shapiro/Chris Waters) – 3:32
|writer1 = [[Holly Dunn]], [[Tom Shapiro]], [[Chris Waters]]
#''Most of All, Why'' (Dolly Parton) – 3:05
|length1 = 2:38
#''Thunder and Lightnin' '' (Val & Birdie/Vince Malamed) – 2:59
|title2 = You're Still Keeping Me Up at Night
#''No One Takes the Train Anymore'' (Chris Waters) – 4:07
#''The Blue Rose of Texas'' (Holly Dunn/Tom Shapiro/Chris Waters) – 2:43
|writer2 = Dunn, Shapiro, Waters
|length2 = 3:32
#''Sometime Today'' (Holly Dunn/Tom Shapiro/Chris Waters) – 3:18
|title3 = Most of All, Why
#''There Goes My Heart Again'' (Lonnie Wilson/[[Wayne Perry]]/Joe Diffie) – 2:42
|writer3 = [[Dolly Parton]]
#''If I'd Never Loved You'' (Holly Dunn) – 2:41
|length3 = 3:05
#''There's No Heart So Strong'' ([[Paul Overstreet]]/[[Don Schlitz]]) – 3:36
|title4 = Thunder and Lightnin{{'-}}
|writer4 = Val & Birdie, [[Vince Melamed]]
|length4 = 2:59
|title5 = No One Takes the Train Anymore
|writer5 = Waters
|length5 = 4:07
|title6 = The Blue Rose of Texas
|writer6 = Dunn, Shapiro, Waters
|length6 = 2:43
|title7 = Sometime Today
|writer7 = Dunn, Shapiro, Waters
|length7 = 3:18
|title8 = [[There Goes My Heart Again]]
|writer8 = [[Lonnie Wilson]], [[Wayne Perry (country music)|Wayne Perry]], [[Joe Diffie]]
|length8 = 2:42
|title9 = If I'd Never Loved You
|writer9 = Dunn
|length9 = 2:41
|title10 = There's No Heart So Strong
|writer10 = [[Paul Overstreet]], [[Don Schlitz]]
|length10 = 3:36
}}

==Personnel==
Compiled from the liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Blue Rose of Texas |others=Holly Dunn |year=1989 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |id=25939}}</ref>

;Musicians
* [[Eddie Bayers]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
* Mark Casstevens – [[acoustic guitar]], [[mandolin]], [[harmonica]]
* [[Holly Dunn]] – lead vocals
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] – [[pedal steel guitar]], [[lap steel guitar]], [[Dobro]], Pedabro
* Steve Gibson – [[electric guitar]], acoustic guitar, mandolin
* Rob Hajacos – [[fiddle]]
* [[Roy Huskey, Jr.]] – [[upright bass]]
* Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Farrell Morris – [[marimba]]
* Phil Naish – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[Glenn Worf]] – [[bass guitar]]

;Background vocalists
* [[Joe Diffie]], Holly Dunn, [[Dolly Parton]], Lee Satterfield, [[Chris Waters]], Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young, Liana Young

;Technical
* Holly Dunn – production
* Mike Psanos – engineering, mixing
* Chris Waters – production
* Hank Williams – mastering

==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1989)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 30
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Holly Dunn}}

{{Authority control}}


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Latest revision as of 06:29, 10 June 2023

The Blue Rose of Texas
Studio album by
Holly Dunn
ReleasedJuly 10, 1989 (1989-07-10)
GenreCountry
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Producer
Holly Dunn chronology
Across the Rio Grande
(1988) 		The Blue Rose of Texas
(1989) 		Heart Full of Love
(1990)
Singles from The Blue Rose of Texas
  1. "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me"
    Released: May 1989
  2. "There Goes My Heart Again"
    Released: September 23, 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Blue Rose of Texas is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Holly Dunn, and the first with the Warner Bros. Records label. A single from this album, "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", was her first number 1 Billboard country single. Another major hit from the album was the fourth track, "There Goes My Heart Again". Dolly Parton provides supporting vocals on her own "Most of All, Why" and Joe Diffie provides backing vocals on "There Goes My Heart Again" a song he had a part in writing. Dunn co-produced the album with her brother, Chris Waters.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Are You Ever Gonna Love Me"Holly Dunn, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters2:38
2."You're Still Keeping Me Up at Night"Dunn, Shapiro, Waters3:32
3."Most of All, Why"Dolly Parton3:05
4."Thunder and Lightnin'"Val & Birdie, Vince Melamed2:59
5."No One Takes the Train Anymore"Waters4:07
6."The Blue Rose of Texas"Dunn, Shapiro, Waters2:43
7."Sometime Today"Dunn, Shapiro, Waters3:18
8."There Goes My Heart Again"Lonnie Wilson, Wayne Perry, Joe Diffie2:42
9."If I'd Never Loved You"Dunn2:41
10."There's No Heart So Strong"Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz3:36

Personnel

[edit]

Compiled from the liner notes.[2]

Musicians
Background vocalists
Technical
  • Holly Dunn – production
  • Mike Psanos – engineering, mixing
  • Chris Waters – production
  • Hank Williams – mastering

Chart performance

[edit]
Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 30

References

[edit]
  1. ^ The Blue Rose of Texas at AllMusic
  2. ^ The Blue Rose of Texas (CD booklet). Holly Dunn. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 25939.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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