Lead On is an album released by American country music artist George Strait. Released in 1994 on MCA Records, the album was certified platinum in the U.S. for sales of one million copies. It includes the singles "The Big One", "You Can*t Make a Heart Love Somebody", "Lead On", and "Adalida", which respectively reached #1, #1, #7 and #3 on the Hot Country Songs charts between 1994 and 1995. The album*s title track was co-written by Teddy Gentry, who at the time was a member of the band Alabama.
Contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart performance
4 References
Track listing
"You Can*t Make a Heart Love Somebody" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae) - 3:20
"Adalida" (Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Michael Huffman) - 3:35
"I Met a Friend of Yours Today" (Bob McDill, Wayland Holyfield) - 3:15
"Nobody Has to Get Hurt" (Jim Lauderdale, Terry McBride) - 2:30
"Down Louisiana Way" (Aaron Barker, Donny Kees, Sanger D. Shafer) - 4:17
"Lead On" (Dean Dillon, Teddy Gentry) - 3:26
"What Am I Waiting For" (Lauderdale) - 2:37
"The Big One" (Gerry House, Devon O*Day) - 2:07
"I*ll Always Be Loving You" (Barker, Kees, Shafer) - 2:31
"No One but You" (Max D. Barnes) - 2:56
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[3]
Eddie Bayers – drums
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Liana Manis – background vocals
Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Steve Nathan – organ, synthesizer
Matt Rollings – piano, keyboards
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Curtis Young – background vocals
Strings arranged by D. Bergen White.
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1994) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 26
Canadian RPM Country Albums 3
Contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart performance
4 References
Track listing
"You Can*t Make a Heart Love Somebody" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae) - 3:20
"Adalida" (Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, Michael Huffman) - 3:35
"I Met a Friend of Yours Today" (Bob McDill, Wayland Holyfield) - 3:15
"Nobody Has to Get Hurt" (Jim Lauderdale, Terry McBride) - 2:30
"Down Louisiana Way" (Aaron Barker, Donny Kees, Sanger D. Shafer) - 4:17
"Lead On" (Dean Dillon, Teddy Gentry) - 3:26
"What Am I Waiting For" (Lauderdale) - 2:37
"The Big One" (Gerry House, Devon O*Day) - 2:07
"I*ll Always Be Loving You" (Barker, Kees, Shafer) - 2:31
"No One but You" (Max D. Barnes) - 2:56
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[3]
Eddie Bayers – drums
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Liana Manis – background vocals
Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Steve Nathan – organ, synthesizer
Matt Rollings – piano, keyboards
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Curtis Young – background vocals
Strings arranged by D. Bergen White.
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1994) Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 26
Canadian RPM Country Albums 3
