4 Runner (album)

4 Runner
Studio album by 4 Runner
Released	May 9, 1995
Genre	Country
Label	Polydor Nashville
Producer	Buddy Cannon, Larry Shell
4 Runner chronology

4 Runner is the debut album of the American country music group 4 Runner, released on May 9, 1995 on the Nashville division of Polydor Records. It produced the singles "Cain's Blood", "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive", "Home Alone", and "Ripples", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs charts. Of these four singles, "Cain's Blood" was the only one to chart within the Top 40, peaking at #26.[1]

Critical reception

Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time criticized some of the songs on 4 Runner for "cop[ying] the worst pop elements" of The Oak Ridge Boys, but said that the presence of bass singer Jim Chapman gave the material a "fresh sound." His review praised "Cain's Blood" and "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive" as the strongest tracks.[2] Entertainment Weekly critic Alanna Nash gave the album a B-minus rating. In her review, she said that "they can be as hokey as the Oaks, but unlike the Statlers, they're sentimental without being mawkish."[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive"	Billy Maddox, Paul Thorn	3:42
2.	"Good Lookin'"	Chris East, Mickey Jupp	2:53
3.	"Cain's Blood"	Michael Johnson, Jack Sundrud	3:52
4.	"The House at the End of the Road"	Rock Killough, Larry T. Wilson	3:36
5.	"Ripples"	Tony Haselden	3:25
6.	"You Make the Moonlight"	Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro	2:51
7.	"Oh No"	Al Anderson, Mike Lawler	3:55
8.	"Let the Good Times Roll"	Tony Martin, Reese Wilson	3:31
9.	"Home Alone"	Dennis Wilson, Craig Morris	2:30
10.	"Southern Wind"	Walt Aldridge, James Hooker	4:26

Personnel

4 Runner

Jim Chapman – bass vocals
Billy Crittenden – baritone vocals
Lee Hilliard – tenor vocals
Craig Morris – lead vocals

Additional musicians

Glen Duncan – fiddle
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Sonny Garrish – Dobro, steel guitar
Tony Haselden – acoustic guitar
John Hobbs – piano
Mike Lawler – synthesizer
Paul Leim – drums
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Terry McMillan – harmonica
Steve Nathan – organ, piano, synthesizer
Danny Parks – acoustic guitar
Larry Paxton – bass guitar
Don Potter – acoustic guitar
Matt Rollings – piano
Reggie Young – electric guitar

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of Carl Gorodetzky.

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
United States Billboard Top Country Albums	27
United States Billboard 200	144
United States Billboard Top Heatseekers	3
Canadian RPM Country Albums	7

References

Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
Wahlert, Brian. "4 Runner review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
Nash, Alanna (19 May 1995). "4 Runner review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] Wahlert, Brian. "4 Runner review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[3] Nash, Alanna (19 May 1995). "4 Runner review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 May 2010.