Under the Gun ( Russian at gunpoint ) is the fourteenth album of the American country-rock band Poco , released in July 1980 on MCA Records . The album reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 chart [1] .
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| Poco Studio Album | ||||
| Date of issue | July 1980 | |||
| Recorded by | Village Recorder, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Duration | 38:31 | |||
| Producer | Mike Flicker | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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About the album
The songs “Under the Gun” and “Midnight Rain” were released as singles and are still performed by the group at concerts. The song “Reputation” became the bi-side for “Under the Gun”, and the single took 48th place on the Billboard Hot 100 [1] . An elongated version of this composition was chosen as a b-side to “Midnight Rain” and the single took 74th place in the “Hot Hundred”. [one]
List of Songs
- “Under the Gun” (Paul Cotton) - 3:11
- “While We're Still Young” (Rusty Young) - 3:52
- “The Everlasting Kind” (Young) - 4:22
- Down to the Wire (Cotton) - 2:55
- “Footsteps of a Fool (Shaky Ground)” (Young) - 3:57
- Reputation (Young) - 4:51
- Midnight Rain (Cotton) - 4:25
- “A Fool's Paradise” (Young) - 3:18
- Friends in the Distance (Cotton) - 3:40
- “Made of Stone” (Young) - 4:00
Record Members
- Paul Cotton - guitar , vocals
- Rusty Young - style guitar, guitar, vocals
- Charlie Harrison - bass , vocals
- Steve Chapman - drums
- Kim Ballard - keyboards , vocals
- Steve Foreman - Percussion
- Phil Kenzi - Saxophone
- Mike Flicker - Producer
- Joe Chicarelli - Engineer
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Under the Gun (Poco album ) on the AllMusic website