Standing on the Edge (John Berry album)

Standing on the Edge
Studio album by John Berry
Released	March 7, 1995
Genre	Country
Length	39:05
Label	Patriot
Producer	Jimmy Bowen (all tracks) Chuck Howard (tracks 8 and 11 only)
John Berry chronology
John Berry (1993) Standing on the Edge (1995) O Holy Night (1995)

Standing on the Edge is an album released by American country music performer John Berry. It was released in 1995 by Patriot Records. It peaked at number 12 on the Top Country Albums chart, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album includes the singles "Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name", "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye", "I Think About It All the Time" and "If I Had Any Pride Left at All", as well as a cover of Hank Snow's 1963 single "Ninety Miles an Hour."

Jim Ridley of New Country magazine gave the album three stars out of five. His review compares Berry's "anthemic songs of passion and romance" to the works of Meat Loaf, citing "Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name" and "If I Had Any Pride Left at All" as standouts, but calling "There's No Cross That Love Won't Bear" "the most godawful four minutes of lachrymose drivel since[…]the last big social statement song."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name" (Gary Heyde, J.B. Rudd) - 3:08
2. "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" (John Berry, Stewart Harris) - 4:04
3. "Prove Me Wrong" (Vince Gill, Don Schlitz) - 3:17
4. "I Think About It All the Time" (Billy Livsey, Schlitz) - 3:40
5. "If I Had Any Pride Left at All" (John Greenebaum, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) - 3:43
6. "Desperate Measures" (Chuck Jones, Greg Swint) - 3:06
7. "What Are We Fighting For" (Keith Follesé, Ronnie Guilbeau, Thom McHugh) - 2:49
8. "There's No Cross That Love Won't Bear" (Jones, Allen Shamblin) - 3:53
9. "Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" (Hal Blair, Don Robertson) - 3:04
10. "I Never Lost You" (Jones) - 4:21
11. "You and Only You" (Jones, J.D. Martin) - 4:00

Personnel

• Kenny Aronoff - drums
• Greg Barnhill - background vocals
• Eddie Bayers - drums
• John Berry - lead vocals
• Bill Cuomo - keyboards
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar, dobro
• Tony Harrell - organ, Wurlitzer
• John Hobbs - piano
• John Barlow Jarvis - piano
• Chuck Jones - electric guitar
• Mary Ann Kennedy - background vocals
• Terry McMillan - percussion
• Kerry Marx - electric guitar
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Darrell Scott - background vocals
• Michael Spriggs - acoustic guitar
• Billy Thomas - background vocals
• Neil Thrasher - background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Willie Weeks - bass guitar
• John Willis - electric guitar
• Lonnie Wilson - drums
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar
• Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	12
U.S. Billboard 200	69
Canadian RPM Country Albums	9
Canadian RPM Top Albums	48

References

1. Ridley, Jim (April 1995). "Album reviews: Standing on the Edge". New Country 2 (5): 61. ISSN 1074-536X.