4 Runner (album)

Critical reception

Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time criticized some of the songs on 4 Runner for "cop[ying] the worst pop elements" of The Oak Ridge Boys, but said that the presence of bass singer Jim Chapman gave the material a "fresh sound." His review praised "Cain's Blood" and "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive" as the strongest tracks. Entertainment Weekly critic Alanna Nash gave the album a B-minus rating. In her review, she said that "they can be as hokey as the Oaks, but unlike the Statlers, they're sentimental without being mawkish."

Track listing

Personnel

4 Runner

• Jim Chapman – bass vocals
• Billy Crittenden – baritone vocals
• Lee Hilliard – tenor vocals
• Craig Morris – lead vocals

Additional musicians

• Glen Duncan – fiddle
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Sonny Garrish – Dobro, steel guitar
• Tony Haselden – acoustic guitar
• John Hobbs – piano
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Paul Leim – drums
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Steve Nathan – organ, piano, synthesizer
• Danny Parks – acoustic guitar
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Reggie Young – electric guitar

All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of Carl Gorodetzky.

Charts

References

References

1. Whitburn, Joel. (2008). "Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008". Record Research, Inc.
2. Wahlert, Brian. "''4 Runner'' review". Country Standard Time.
3. Nash, Alanna. (19 May 1995). "''4 Runner'' review".