Drifter (Sylvia album)

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1981 studio album by Sylvia

Drifter

Studio album by

Sylvia

Released| 1981
Studio| Music City Music Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre| Country
Label| RCA Nashville
Producer| Tom Collins
Sylvia chronology
|  | Drifter
(1981)  | Just Sylvia
(1982)

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Singles from  Drifter

1. "Tumbleweed"
Released: September 6, 1980
2. "Drifter"
Released: January 1981
3. "The Matador"
Released: April 25, 1981
4. "Heart on the Mend"
Released: September 12, 1981

Drifter is the debut studio album by American country music singer Sylvia. It features the top ten singles "Heart on the Mend", "Tumbleweed", "It Don't Hurt to Dream", "The Matador", and the number-one single, "Drifter".[1] The album reached No. 10[2] on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

It offers a traditional country feel, using fiddles and steel guitars.

## Track listing

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All tracks written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, except where noted.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Drifter"| Don Pfrimmer, Archie Jordan| 2:25
2.| "Tumbleweed"|  | 3:11
3.| "I'm Going with Him"|  | 3:19
4.| "It Don't Hurt to Dream"| Charles Quillen, D. Pate, J. Pate| 2:39
5.| "The Matador"| Bob Morris, Pfrimmer| 3:15
6.| "Whippoorwill"|  | 3:23
7.| "Heart on the Mend"|  | 3:04
8.| "Cry Baby Cry"|  | 2:39
9.| "Missin' You"|  | 2:41
10.| "Rainbow Rider"| Klang| 2:52

## Personnel

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* Sylvia - lead vocals
* Jimmy Capps, Dennis Morgan, Dale Sellers, Paul Worley \- acoustic guitar
* Jim Glaser, The Jordanaires, Louis Dean Nunley, The Lea Jane Singers, Gordon Stoker, Hurshel Winginton - backing vocals
* Mike Leech - bass guitar
* Gene Christman, Larrie Londin, Buster Phillips - drums
* Bruce Dees, Fred Newell, Brent Rowan, Billy Sanford - electric guitar
* Tommy Williams - fiddle
* David Briggs, Bobby Emmons, Bobby Ogdin - piano
* John Hughey \- steel guitar
* The Sheldon Kurland Strings - strings (tracks 1,3,4,5,10)
* Bergen White - string arrangements

## Chart performance

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Chart (1981)  | Peak
position

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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums  | 10
U.S. Billboard 200  | 139

## References

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1. ^ "Hot Country Songs - Drifter". Billboard. April 3, 1981. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
2. ^ "Top Country Albums - Drifter". Billboard. July 3, 1981. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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Sylvia

Discography

Studio albums|

* Drifter
* Just Sylvia
* Snapshot
* Surprise
* One Step Closer
* The Real Story
* Where in the World

Compilation albums|

* Greatest Hits

Singles|

* "Tumbleweed"
* "Drifter"
* "The Matador"
* "Heart on the Mend"
* "Sweet Yesterday"
* "Nobody"
* "Like Nothing Ever Happened"
* "The Wayward Wind"
* "Snapshot"
* "The Boy Gets Around"
* "I Never Quite Got Back (From Loving You)"
* "Victims of Goodbye"
* "Fallin' in Love"
* "Cry Just a Little Bit"
* "I Love You by Heart" (with Michael Johnson)

See also|

* John Mock
* RCA Records
* country pop

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