Pure Hank
Pure Hank | ||||
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Studio album by Hank Williams Jr. | ||||
Released | April 1991 (1991-04) | |||
Studio | The Castle, Franklin TN, Digital Recorders, Emerald Sound Studios, Masterfonics Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Length | 37:17 | |||
Label | Warner Bros./Curb | |||
Producer | Barry Beckett Jim Ed Norman Hank Williams Jr. | |||
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Singles from Pure Hank | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Pure Hank is the forty-third studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros./Curb Records in April 1991. "If It Will, It Will" and "Angels Are Hard to Find" were released as singles with the former becoming Williams' final top 40 country single, peaking at #26, until the release of "I'm One of You" in 2003. The album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart[2] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.[3]
"Angels Are Hard to Find" is a re-recording of a song Hank had released on his 1974 album, Living Proof. This album's version was featured in the 2013 film Gravity. "(I've Got My) Future on Ice" is a Jimmy Martin cover. "Just to Satisfy You" is a cover of a Waylon Jennings song that Waylon released twice in the 1960s and recorded as a #1 duet with Willie Nelson in 1982. "Simple Man" is a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1973 classic from their debut album.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "If It Will, It Will" | Hank Williams Jr. | 3:21 |
2. | "Angels Are Hard to Find" | Williams | 3:23 |
3. | "Kiss Mother Nature Goodbye" | Roger Murrah, J. B. Rudd | 3:44 |
4. | "(I've Got My) Future on Ice" | Jerry Crutchfield, Edria A. Humphrey | 3:04 |
5. | "Be Careful Who You Love (Arthur's Song)" | Harlan Howard | 4:34 |
6. | "Memphis Belle" | Williams | 3:28 |
7. | "Honky Tonk Train" | Williams | 3:31 |
8. | "Hollywood Honeys" | John Martin, James R. Pulte | 2:58 |
9. | "Just to Satisfy You" | Don Bowman, Waylon Jennings | 3:13 |
10. | "Simple Man" | Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant | 6:03 |
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Michael Black – background vocals
- Kathy Burdick – background vocals
- Cami Elen – background vocals
- Paul Franklin – dobro
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Mike Haynes – trumpet
- Mike Henderson – slide guitar
- Bobby Hicks – fiddle
- Jim Horn – flute, baritone saxophone
- Byron House – programming
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Mike Lawler – synthesizer
- Bernie Leadon – mandolin
- "Cowboy" Eddie Long – steel guitar
- Yvette Marine – background vocals
- Carl Marsh – programming
- Terry McMillan – harmonica
- Kim Morrison – background vocals
- Jonell Mosser – background vocals
- Don Potter – acoustic guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Matt Rollings – keyboards
- Charles Rose – trombone
- David Schnaufer – culca, dulcimer
- Denis Solee – tenor saxophone
- Julie Stevens – background vocals
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Wayne Turner – electric guitar
- Hank Williams Jr. – lead vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Curtis Young – background vocals
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
Chart performance
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 8 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 50 |
References
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- Your Cheatin' Heart
- Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites
- Ballads of the Hills and Plains
- Blues My Name
- A Time to Sing
- Songs My Father Left Me
- Luke the Drifter Jr. – Vol. 2
- Live at Cobo Hall
- After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow
- Hank Williams Jr. and Friends
- Family Tradition
- Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
- Habits Old and New
- Rowdy
- The Pressure Is On
- High Notes
- Strong Stuff
- Man of Steel
- Major Moves
- Five-O
- Montana Cafe
- Hank Live
- Born to Boogie
- Wild Streak
- Lone Wolf
- Pure Hank
- Maverick
- Out of Left Field
- Hog Wild
- A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
- Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
- Stormy
- The Almeria Club Recordings
- I'm One of You
- 127 Rose Avenue
- It's About Time
- Rich White Honky Blues
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits Vol. 2
- Fourteen Greatest Hits
- Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits
- Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
- America (The Way I See It)
- The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches
- Tribute to My Father
- 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1
- Early Years, Vol. 1
- Early Years, Vol. 2
- The Bocephus Box
- That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
- "Long Gone Lonesome Blues"
- "Nobody's Child"
- "All for the Love of Sunshine"
- "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (with Lois Johnson)
- "Rainin' in My Heart"
- "Eleven Roses"
- "Rainy Night in Georgia"
- "I'll Think of Something"
- "I Fought the Law"
- "To Love Somebody"
- "Family Tradition"
- "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound"
- "Women I've Never Had"
- "Kaw-Liga"
- "Old Habits"
- "Texas Women"
- "Dixie on My Mind"
- "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)"
- "A Country Boy Can Survive"
- "Honky Tonkin'"
- "The American Dream"
- "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight"
- "Leave Them Boys Alone" (with Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings)
- "Queen of My Heart"
- "Man of Steel"
- "Attitude Adjustment"
- "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
- "Major Moves"
- "I'm for Love"
- "This Ain't Dallas"
- "Ain't Misbehavin'"
- "Country State of Mind"
- "Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson)
- "Born to Boogie"
- "Heaven Can't Be Found"
- "Young Country"
- "If the South Woulda Won"
- "Early in the Morning and Late at Night"
- "There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams Sr.)
- "Finders Are Keepers"
- "Ain't Nobody's Business"
- "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'"
- "If It Will, It Will"
- "Devil in the Bottle"
- "Are You Ready for the Country?" (with Eric Church)
- "The Conversation" (with Waylon Jennings)
- "That Old Wheel" (with Johnny Cash)
- "Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)" (with Rehab)
- Hank Williams (father)
- Audrey Williams (mother)
- Jett Williams (half-sister)
- Hank Williams III (son)
- Holly Williams (daughter)
- Coleman Williams (grandson)
- Discography
- Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story