Amigo (David Ball album)

Amigo
Studio album by David Ball
Released	October 2, 2001
Recorded	May 2001
Genre	Country
Length	45:26
Label	Dualtone
Producer	Wood Newton
David Ball chronology
Play (1999) Amigo (2001) Freewheeler (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Amigo is the fifth studio album released by American country music singer David Ball. It was released in 2001 on the Dualtone Records label. The album produced a hit single in "Riding with Private Malone", which reached number 2 on the Billboard country charts and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first Top 40 hit since "Look What Followed Me Home" in 1995. Despite the success of the lead-off single, however, neither of the two follow-ups — "She Always Talked About Mexico" and "Whenever You Come Back to Me" — charted. The track "Texas Echo" is a re-recording of a song which Ball originally recorded on his 1989 self-titled debut.

Track listing

1. "Amigo" (David Ball, Kostas) – 3:12
2. "Missing Her Blues" (Ball, Luke Reed) – 3:46
3. "She Always Talked About Mexico" (Ball, Wood Newton) - 3:40
4. "Riding with Private Malone" (Newton, Thomas Shepherd) – 4:35
5. "Whenever You Come Back to Me" (Ball, Allen Shamblin) – 3:38
6. "Loser Friendly" (Paul Craft, Michael McGrew, Newton) – 3:41
7. "Linger Awhile" (Harry Owens, Vincent Rose) – 3:19
8. "Trying Not to Love You" (Merle Haggard) – 3:42
9. "New Shiner Polka" (Ball) – 2:47
10. "Texas Echo" (Ball) – 3:16
11. "Swing Baby" (Ball, Newton) – 2:16
12. "Just Out of Reach" (V. F. Stewart) – 3:46
13. "When the Devil Wants to Wrestle" (Ball) – 3:48

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Audrey Ball - background vocals
• David Ball - lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Vince Barranco - drums, percussion
• Chris Carmichael - fiddle
• Dan Frizsell - bass guitar
• Stephen Hill - background vocals
• Randy Khors - background vocals
• Steve Larios - steel guitar, Chromatic harmonica
• Scott Miller - trumpet
• Kim Morrison - background vocals
• Wood Newton - background vocals
• Billy Panda - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kenny Sears - fiddle
• Joe Spivey - fiddle
• Jeff Taylor - piano, accordion

Chart performance

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	11
U.S. Billboard 200	120

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Amigo (CD). David Ball. Dualtone Records Nashville. 2001. 8030201109-2.

• Allmusic (see infobox)