Playin' to Win explained

Playin' to Win
Type:	Album
Artist:	Outlaws
Cover:	The Outlaws - Playin' To Win.jpg
Released:	October 1978
Recorded:	Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Length:	34:27
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Prev Title:	Bring It Back Alive
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	In the Eye of the Storm
Next Year:	1979

Playin' to Win is the fourth album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1978. The album was their first studio project with guitarist/singer/songwriter Freddie Salem. Salem had replaced founding member/guitarist/singer/songwriter Henry Paul, who had acted as the second frontman behind Hughie Thomasson. It was not as well-received as their previous three albums. Notwithstanding, it still featured half of the original lineup, which would remain until the departure of guitarist Billy Jones in 1981.

Track listing

1. "Take It Any Way You Want It" (Billy Jones, Hughie Thomasson) – 3:15
2. "Cry Some More" (Jones, Thomasson) – 3:40
3. "You Are the Show" (Thomasson) – 4:56
4. "You Can Have It" (Harvey Dalton Arnold) – 3:04
5. "If Dreams Came True" (Jones, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 2:48
6. "A Real Good Feelin'" (Jones) – 4:30
7. "Love at First Sight" (Thomasson) – 2:45
8. "Falling Rain" (Freddie Salem) – 4:09
9. "Dirty City" (Iain Sutherland) – 5:27

Personnel

• Billy Jones - electric guitar, vocals
• Hughie Thomasson - acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitars; banjo; vocals
• Freddie Salem - electric guitar, slide guitar, vocals
• Mike Duke - keyboards
• Harvey Dalton Arnold - bass, guitar, vocals
• David Dix - drums, percussion, congas
• Monte Yoho - drums, percussion

Production

• Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
• Engineer: Rodney Mills
• Arranger: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
• Art Direction: Ron Kellum
• Design: Gerard Huerta, Ron Kellum
• Photography: John Barrett

Charts

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