A Street Man Named Desire Explained

A Street Man Named Desire
Type:studio
Artist:Pirates of the Mississippi
Cover:piratesalbum3.jpg
Genre:Country
Length:42:57
Label:Liberty
Producer:Rich Alves
Jimmy Bowen
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A Street Man Named Desire is the third studio album by American country music band Pirates of the Mississippi. Released in 1992 as their first album for Liberty Records, it produced a minor chart single in its title track, which was also the only chart single from it.

Content

The album's title track charted on Billboard Hot Country Songs in 1992.[1] Members of the band noted that the song was subject to controversy: a representative of Bill Clinton, then the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States, wanted to use the song in Clinton's campaign. Conversely, a friend of George H. W. Bush, who was President at the time, called a station that was playing the song regularly and demanded that it be withdrawn from rotation.[2]

Critical reception

Rating it 3 out of 4 stars, Jack Hurst of Tribune Media wrote that the band "possess a swingy ear-friendliness as well as a gift for the occasional stunning lyric."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Quit Your Day Job" (Rich Alves, Bill McCorvey, Roger Murrah) – 3:13
  2. "Room at the Bottom" (J. Fred Knobloch, Kevin Welch) – 4:45
  3. "Ain't Got No Idea" (Alves, McCorvey, Steve Dean) – 2:39
  4. "All That Your Eyes See" (Alves, McCorvey, Gary Harrison) – 3:44
  5. "Mystery Ship" (instrumental) (Alves, McCorvey, Pat Severs, Jimmy Lowe, Dean Townson) – 4:08
  6. "My Kinda Woman" (Danny Mayo, Freddy Weller) – 2:59
  7. "Some Things Never Change" (McCorvey, Harrison) – 3:41
  8. "Mississippi Homegrown" (Alves, McCorvey, Harrison) – 4:53
  9. "A Street Man Named Desire" (Alves, McCorvey, Harrison) – 4:53
  10. "The Hard Side of Love" (Alves, David Malloy, Jerry Taylor) – 3:51
  11. "Just for You" (Alves, McCorvey, Townson, John Paul Daniel) – 4:37

Personnel

Pirates of the Mississippi
Additional musician
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 327. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. News: Social buccaneers . The Leader-Post . June 28, 1993 . May 30, 2022 . C7.
  3. News: Lorrie's back on track . Abilene Reporter . November 27, 1992 . May 30, 2022 . 8D.

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