Rosie Flores is the self-titled debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Rosie Flores. It was released on September 1, 1987, via Reprise Records. It is Flores' only charting album peaking at number 62 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. A reissue of the album retitled A Honky Tonk Reprise was released on June 4, 1996, via Rounder Records, which also features some previous unreleased tracks.
Critical reception In a review for the album for AllMusic, Brian Mansfield described Rosie Flores' debut as "the female answer to Dwight Yoakam."
Track listing
Personnel Compiled from liner notes.
Musicians on tracks 1–10 Rosie Flores - vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar solos on "I Gotta Know" and "Heartbreak Train" Greg Leisz - pedal steel, lap steel, dobro Donald Lindley - drums James Intveld - electric bass, upright bass, 6 string bass, harmony vocals Billy Bremner - electric guitar Pete Anderson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, click bass, mandola Jeff Donovan - drums on "Crying Over You" Don Reed - fiddle Tom Brumley - pedal steel on "God May Forgive You (But I Won't)" Skip Edwards - piano David Hidalgo - accordion on "Midnight to Moonlight"
Musicians on "The End of the World" Leisz - electric guitar, acoustic guitar Don Heffington - drums Steve Fishell - pedal steel Glen Hardin - piano Albert Lee - mandolin Howie Epstein - electric bass
Musicians on "Truck Driver's Blues" Flores - electric rhythm guitar Heffington - drums Fishell - pedal steel Hardin - piano Bremner - electric lead guitar Roly Salley - electric bass
Musicians on "One Track Memory" and "He Cares" Mark O'Connor - fiddle Eddie Bayers - drums Weldon Myrick - pedal steel Brent Rowan - electric lead guitar Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar Ronald Hughes - bass Gary Prim - keyboards
Musicians on "Woman Walk Out the Door" Flores - electric rhythm guitar Leisz - lap steel guitar Lindley - drums John Jorgenson - electric lead guitar Mike Brignardello - electric bass Harry Stinson - backing vocals Paul Worley - acoustic guitar
Musicians on "I'm Walkin'" Flores - electric rhythm guitar Lee - electric lead guitar Epstein - electric bass Heffington - drums Leisz - acoustic guitar Hardin - piano Fishell - pedal steel
Technical Pete Anderson - production Steve Fishell - production Howie Epstein - production Ray Baker - production Paul Worley - production Dusty Wakeman - engineering, mixing Eddie Shreyer - mastering
Chart performance Chart (1987) Peakposition US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 62
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