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Crazy Nights is the second studio album released by country music band Lonestar. Four singles were released from this album: "Come Cryin' to Me", "You Walked In", "Say When", and "Everything's Changed". "Come Cryin' to Me" reached number one on the Hot Country Songs charts. Also included is a cover of country rock band Pure Prairie League's single "Amie".[1]

Crazy Nights
Studio album by Lonestar
Released	June 17, 1997
Recorded	1997
Studio	The Soundshop Studio "A" and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Studio (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Country neotraditional country
Length	38:59
Label	BNA
Producer	Don Cook Wally Wilson
Lonestar chronology
Lonestar (1995) Crazy Nights (1997) Lonely Grill (1999)
Singles from Crazy Hearts
"Come Cryin' to Me" Released: April 28, 1997 "You Walked In" Released: August 26, 1997 "Say When" Released: January 26, 1998 "Everything's Changed" Released: June 29. 1998

"Come Cryin' to Me" and "Say When" were both co-written by John Rich, who also sang lead on "John Doe on a John Deere" and "What Do We Do with the Rest of the Night". All the other tracks feature Richie McDonald on lead vocals. This was Lonestar's last album to have a neotraditional country sound before developing a more crossover-friendly country-pop sound. This was also Lonestar's last album as a five-piece, as Rich left the band the following year when things were going down the wrong path. Rich's departure left McDonald as the group's sole lead vocalist because the record label said they wanted McDonald to be lead vocals only. After departing the group,[2] he began a solo career on BNA, and eventually joined Big Kenny in the duo Big & Rich.

"Cheater's Road" was later recorded by Chalee Tennison on her 2003 album Parading in the Rain.

Critical reception

Thom Owens of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that the singles and the "Amie" cover were "solid", but criticizing the other tracks for being "bland".[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Taken from liner notes.[3]

Lonestar

• Richie McDonald – lead vocals (1-4, 6-10), backing vocals
• Dean Sams – acoustic piano, backing vocals
• Michael Britt – electric lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• John Rich – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (5, 11)
• Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Dennis Burnside – acoustic piano, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Brent Mason – electric guitars, gut string guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Bruce Bouton – dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle, assorted hoedown tools
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
• Harry Stinson – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals

Production

• Don Cook – producer
• Wally Wilson – producer
• Mike Bradley – recording, mixing
• Mark Capps – recording assistant, mix assistant, additional recording
• Pat McMakin – additional recording
• John Dickson – additional assistant engineer
• Bart Pursley – additional assistant engineer
• Adam Shepard – additional assistant engineer
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Scott Johnson – production assistant
• Susan Eaddy – art direction
• Debendra Mahalanobis – design
• Peter Nash – photography

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	16
U.S. Billboard 200	166
Canadian RPM Country Albums	28

References

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