Zuma (Southern Pacific album)
1988 studio album by Southern Pacific
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Zuma is the third studio album by American country music group Southern Pacific.[1][2] It was released in 1988 via Warner Bros. Records.[3] The album includes the singles "Midnight Highway", "New Shade of Blue", and "Honey I Dare You" and "All Is Lost". It was the band's first album with David Jenkins.[4] Huey Lewis plays harmonica on the songs "Wheels on the Line" and "Bail Out".
Released1988
Studios
- Conway, Capitol and The Grey Room (Hollywood, California)
- Lion Share (Los Angeles, California)
- The Plant (Sausalito, California)
- O'Henry (Burbank, California)
- Lizard Rock (Solvang, California)
- Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry rock
Length37:12
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| Released | 1988 | |||
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| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 37:12 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Critical reception
The Toronto Star wrote that "what these guys have in their favor is a sense of the romance of West Coast country-rock; they're not just Nashvillers on a lark or neo-country twangers, but genuine inheritors of a tradition."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Midnight Highway" | Kurt Howell, John McFee | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Honey I Dare You" | David Jenkins, Stu Cook, John McFee, Dave Gibson, Craig Karp | 3:48 |
| 3. | "New Shade of Blue" | McFee, Andre Pessis | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Dream On" | McFee, Pessis | 3:51 |
| 5. | "The Invisible Man" | Mac McAnally | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Wheels on the Line" | McFee, Pessis | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Just Hang On" | Howell, McFee | 3:54 |
| 8. | "All Is Lost" | Cook, Howell, Gibson, Karp | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Bail Out" | Craig Bickhardt, Bill LaBounty | 3:18 |
| 10. | "Trail of Tears" | McFee, Pessis | 3:50 |
Personnel
Southern Pacific
- Kurt Howell – keyboards, vocals, lead vocals (3, 8)
- David Jenkins – guitars, vocals, lead vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 9)
- John McFee – guitars, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals, lead vocals (4, 6, 10)
- Stu Cook – bass, vocals
- Keith Knudsen – drums, vocals
Guest musicians
- Huey Lewis – harmonica (6, 9)
- The Nashville String Machine – strings (10)
- Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster (10)
Production
- Southern Pacific – producers, arrangements
- Jim Ed Norman – producer, arrangements
- Csaba Pectoz – recording, mixing
- Robert Missbach – additional engineer
- Eric Prestidge – additional engineer
- Will Rogers – additional engineer
- Sally Browder – assistant engineer
- Jim Dineen – assistant engineer
- Peter Doell – assistant engineer
- Jared Held – assistant engineer
- Stuart Hirotsu – assistant engineer
- Danny Johnston – assistant engineer
- Richard McKernan – assistant engineer
- Dan Marnien – assistant engineer
- Ray Pyle – assistant engineer
- Larry Walsh – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
- Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
- Carol Roy – design
- Lori Lohstoeter – illustration
- Jeff Katz – photography
Chart performance
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 27 |