If There Was a Way

If There Was a Way
Studio album by Dwight Yoakam
Released	October 30, 1990
Recorded	Capitol Studios
Genre	Country
Length	48:13
Label	Reprise
Producer	Pete Anderson
Dwight Yoakam chronology
Just Lookin' for a Hit (1989) If There Was a Way (1990) This Time (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

If There Was a Way is the fourth studio album by Dwight Yoakam. Five of its tracks would rise into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1991 and 1992. They were "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" at No. 11, "You're the One" at No. 5, "Nothing's Changed Here" at No. 15, "It Only Hurts When I Cry" at No. 7 "Send a Message to My Heart", (a duet with fellow Pikeville, Kentucky native Patty Loveless) at No. 47, and finally the No. 18 "The Heart That You Own". "Takes a Lot to Rock You" was also made into a music video. The album rose to No. 7 on the Country Albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Dwight Yoakam except where noted.

1. "The Distance Between You and Me" – 2:41
2. "The Heart That You Own" – 3:08
3. "Takes a Lot to Rock You" – 2:59
4. "Nothing's Changed Here" (Dwight Yoakam, Kostas) – 2:56
5. "Sad, Sad Music" – 3:53
6. "Since I Started Drinkin' Again" – 3:52
7. "If There Was a Way" – 2:54
8. "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" (Kostas, Wayland Patton) – 3:23
9. "It Only Hurts When I Cry" (Yoakam, Roger Miller) – 2:33
10. "Send a Message to My Heart" (Kostas, Kathy Louvin) – 3:15
    • duet with Patty Loveless
11. "I Don't Need It Done" (John Sieger) – 4:44
12. "You're the One" – 3:57
13. "Dangerous Man" – 4:15^A
14. "Let's Work Together" (Wilbert Harrison) – 3:33^A

• ^AOmitted from cassette version..

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Pete Anderson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
• Tom Brumley – steel guitar
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Chuck Domanico – acoustic bass
• Jeff Donavan – drums
• Skip Edwards – keyboards
• Tommy Funderburk – background vocals
• Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin
• Jim Lauderdale – background vocals
• Patty Loveless – duet vocals on "Send a Message to My Heart"
• Roger Miller – background vocals
• Tim O'Brien – mandolin, background vocals
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
• Al Perkins – banjo, Dobro, steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Taras Prodaniuk – bass guitar, six-string bass guitar
• Amy Ray – background vocals
• Don Reed – fiddle
• Bill Ross – strings
• Emily Saliers – background vocals
• Dwight Yoakam – lead vocals, acoustic guitar

Production

• Produced by Pete Anderson
• Engineers: Peter Doell, Kevin Reeves, Dusty Wakeman
• Assistant Engineers: Lori Fumar, Leslie Ann Jones, Denny Thomas
• Recording Assistants: Armando Garcia, Steve Kades, Gary White
• Mixing: David Leonard
• Mastering: Stephen Marcussen

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	96

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1990	"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose"	11	5
1991	"You're the One"	5	4
	"Nothing's Changed Here"	15	2
1992	"It Only Hurts When I Cry"	7	4
	"The Heart That You Own"	18	13
	"Send a Message to My Heart" (with Patty Loveless)	47	30

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "A look back: Dwight Yoakam’s ‘If There Was A Way’ 20 years later". Starcasm. 24 August 2010.