Running (The Desert Rose Band album)


Running is the second studio album by the American country music/country rock group The Desert Rose Band. It was released September 6, 1988 via MCA/Curb. The album peaked at #26 on the Top Country Albums chart.

Song information

"Summer Wind" is written about a daughter of divorced parents, who has to live with the frequent absence of her father. Hillman was inspired to write "For the Rich Man" after watching the 1983 film El Norte. Hillman described "Our Songs" as a "tribute to that feeling of the '60s". He added: "I don't see the college kids addressing issues in this country."
"Homeless" tells the story of a woman and her children living on the streets. Hillman told The Tennessean in 1988: "I saw a woman who had the look in her, not of a drug addict or a mental patient, but just of a person. Steve Hill and I concocted a scenario based on that."

Track listing

  1. "She Don't Love Nobody" – 2:56
  2. "Running" – 4:08
  3. "Hello Trouble" – 2:03
  4. "I Still Believe in You" – 4:12
  5. "Summer Wind" – 3:26
  6. "For the Rich Man" – 4:19
  7. "Step on Out" – 2:44
  8. "Homeless" – 4:45
  9. "Livin' in the House" – 2:47
  10. "Our Songs" – 3:26

    Personnel

The Desert Rose Band