Running is the second studio album by the American country music/country rock group The Desert Rose Band. It was released September 6, 1988 via MCA/Curb. The album peaked at number 26 on the Top Country Albums chart.[2]

Running
Studio album by The Desert Rose Band
Released	September 6, 1988 (1988-09-06)
Recorded	1988
Genre	Country, country rock
Length	34:46
Label	MCA/Curb
Producer	Ed Seay Paul Worley
The Desert Rose Band chronology
The Desert Rose Band (1987) Running (1988) Pages of Life (1990)
Singles from Running
"Summer Wind" Released: July 30, 1988 "I Still Believe in You" Released: October 1988 "She Don't Love Nobody" Released: March 1989 "Hello Trouble" Released: July 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Song information

"Summer Wind" is written about a daughter of divorced parents, who has to live with the frequent absence of her father.[3][4] Chris Hillman was inspired to write "For the Rich Man" after watching the 1983 film El Norte.[5] Hillman described "Our Songs" as a "tribute to that feeling of the '60s". He added: "I don't see the college kids addressing issues in this country."[5]

"Homeless" tells the story of a woman and her children living on the streets. Hillman told The Tennessean in 1988: "I saw a woman who had the look in her, not of a drug addict or a mental patient, but just of a person. Steve Hill and I concocted a scenario based on that."[5]

Track listing

1. "She Don't Love Nobody" (John Hiatt) – 2:56
2. "Running" (Steve Hill, Chris Hillman) – 4:08
3. "Hello Trouble" (Orville Couch, Eddie McDuff) – 2:03
4. "I Still Believe in You" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:12
5. "Summer Wind" (Hill, Hillman) – 3:26
6. "For the Rich Man" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:19
7. "Step on Out" (Hillman, Peter Knobler) – 2:44
8. "Homeless" (Hill, Hillman) – 4:45
9. "Livin' in the House" (Hill, Hillman) – 2:47
10. "Our Songs" (Hill, Hillman) – 3:26

Personnel

The Desert Rose Band

• Bill Bryson - bass guitar, background vocals
• Steve Duncan - drums, percussion, background vocals
• Chris Hillman - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
• John Jorgenson - bass guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandocello, mandolin, background vocals
• JayDee Maness - pedal steel guitar
• Herb Pedersen - banjo, acoustic guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Hello Trouble"

Chart performance

References