Plain Dirt Fashion is the fifteenth album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1984[2] by the record label Warner Bros. Records. This album went to #8 on the US Country charts.[3] The three singles from this album all charted in the top 3. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" went to 1, "I Love Only You" went to 3, and "High Horse" went to 2. The album is noteworthy for covers of both Meat Loaf's 1978 hit "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and Bruce Springsteen's 1981 single "Cadillac Ranch".

Plain Dirt Fashion
Studio album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Released	1984
Genre	Country, country rock
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Marshall Morgan, Paul Worley
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Let's Go (1983) Plain Dirt Fashion (1984) Partners, Brothers and Friends (1985)
Singles from Plain Dirt Fashion
"Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" Released: May 21, 1984 "I Love Only You" Released: September 17, 1984 "High Horse" Released: January 7, 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:20
2. "High Horse" (Jimmy Ibbotson) – 3:15
3. "Face on the Cutting Room Floor" (Steve Goodman, Jeff Hanna, Ibbotson) – 3:11
4. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" (Jim Steinman) – 3:20
5. "Must Be Love" (Bob Carpenter, Hanna, Gram Parsons) – 3:37
6. "I Love Only You" (Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz) – 3:29
7. "Run With Me" (Marshall Crenshaw) – 2:58
8. "Cadillac Ranch" (Bruce Springsteen) – 3:43
9. "'Til The Fire's Burned Out" (Hugh Moffatt) – 3:29
10. "Video Tape" (Goodman) – 3:00

Personnel

• Jeff Hanna – guitars and vocals
• Jimmy Ibbotson – bass, guitars, mandolin, vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – drums and harmonica
• Bob Carpenter – keyboards and vocals
• John McEuen – guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and lap steel

Additional musicians

• Bass – Joe Osborn, Larry Paxton
• Drums – Eddie Bayers, James Stroud
• Keyboards – Dennis Burnside
• Acoustic guitar – Paul Worley, Steve Gibson
• Electric guitar – Paul Worley, Steve Gibson, Reggie Young
• Fiddle – Ricky Skaggs, Mark O'Connor, Blain Sprouse
• Dobro – Jerry "Flux" Douglas
• Steel guitar – Sonny Garrish

Production

• Producer – Marshall Morgan and Paul Worley for Morley Productions

Charts

References

All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[6]