Dance Ranch Explained

Dance Ranch
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hank Thompson
Cover:	Dance Ranch.png
Released:	1958
Genre:	Country
Label:	Capitol
Prev Title:	Hank!
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Favorite Waltzes
Next Year:	1959

Dance Ranch is a studio album by country music artist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1958 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-875).^[1]

In the annual poll of country music disc jockeys by Billboard magazine, Dance Ranch ranked as the No. 10 album of 1958.^[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars.^[3] Reviewer Bruce Eder called it "one of the group's best albums."^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Beaumont Rag"
2. "Headin' Down the Wrong Highway"
3. "After All the Things I've Done"
4. "Woodchopper's Ball"
5. "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin"
6. "Klishama Klingo"

Side B

1. "Bartenders' Polka"
2. "Bubbles in My Beer"
3. "Make Room in Your Heart (For a Memory)"
4. "Summit Ridge Drive"
5. "I Wouldn't Miss It for the World"
6. "Lawdy, What a Gal"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys - Dance Ranch. Discogs. December 19, 2020.
2. News: Favorite C&W Albums. The Billboard. November 17, 1958. 22.
3. Web site: Dance Ranch. AllMusic. December 18, 2020.