Plain Dirt Fashion Explained

Plain Dirt Fashion
Type:Album
Artist:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Cover:NGDB-PlainDirtFashion.jpg
Released:1984
Genre:Country, country rock
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:Marshall Morgan, Paul Worley
Prev Title:Let's Go
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Partners, Brothers and Friends
Next Year:1985

Plain Dirt Fashion is the fifteenth studio album by American country folk group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1984[1] by the record label Warner Bros. Records. This album went to #8 on the US Country charts.[2] 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".

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 8

Year-end charts

References

All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nittygritty.com/music.html?dd_id=31 NittyGritty.com
  2. Book: Billboard – Google Books . February 16, 1985 . March 5, 2012.
  3. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CLP. Billboard. June 8, 2021. subscription.
  4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985. Billboard. June 8, 2021.
  5. Plain Dirt Fashion, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Warner Brothers (LP) 25113-1