1985 Rosanne Cash – Rhythm & Romance
Rhythm & Romance was the fifth studio album by American country music singer Rosanne Cash. It was released in May 1985. Her highest honor came when one of its tracks, “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me”, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a female artist. That song and “Never Be You” were both No. 1 Billboard country singles. Two other tracks rose to the No. 5 spot on the charts: “Hold On” and “Second to No One.”
Although Cash had written at least one composition on each of her previous albums, this is the first of her albums on which she wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks.
Tracks
1 Hold On (Rosanna Cash) 3:40
2 I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me (Rosanna Cash, Rodney Crowell) 3:19
3 Never Be You (Benmont Tench, Tom Petty) 3:31
4 Second To None (Rosanna Cash) 3:49
5 Halfway House (Rosanna Cash) 4:27
6 Pink Bedroom (John Hiatt) 3:11
7 Never Alone (Rosanna Cash, Vince Gill) 3:40
8 My Old Man (Rosanna Cash) 2:55
9 Never Gonna Hurt (Rosanna Cash) 3:07
10 Closing Time (Rosanna Cash) 2:49
Musicians
1 Hold On
Bass | Willie Weeks |
Drums | Anton Fig |
Guitar | Larry Crane |
Piano | Benmont Tench |
Synthesizer | Rob Sabino |
Background Vocals | Pattie Darcy |
Background Vocals | Ula Hedwig |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
2 I Don’t Know Why You Don\’t Want Me
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Waddy Wachtel |
Keyboards | Randy McCormick |
Keyboards | Steve Goldstein |
Vocals | Vince Gill |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
3 Never Be You
Bass | Willie Weeks |
Drums | Anton Fig |
Guitar | Larry Crane |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Crane |
Keyboards | Benmont Tench |
Background Vocals | Pattie Darcy |
Background Vocals | Ula Hedwig |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
4 Second To None
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Waddy Wachtel |
Acoustic Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Keyboards | Steve Goldstein |
Background Vocals | Jennifer Kimball |
Background Vocals | Vince Gill |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
5 Halfway House
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Waddy Wachtel |
Acoustic Guitar | Waddy Wachtel |
Keyboards | Steve Goldstein |
Background Vocals | Anthony Crawford |
Background Vocals | Vince Gill |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
6 Pink Bedroom
Bass | Willie Weeks |
Drums | Anton Fig |
Guitar | Larry Crane |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Crane |
Keyboards | Benmont Tench |
Background Vocals | Pattie Darcy |
Background Vocals | Ula Hedwig |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
7 Never Alone
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Waddy Wachtel |
Background Vocals | David Malloy |
Background Vocals | Vince Gill |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
8 My Old Man
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Acoustic Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Keyboards | Randy McCormick |
Piano | Steve Goldstein |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
9 Never Gonna Hurt
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Guitar | Waddy Wachtel |
Keyboards | David Innis |
Keyboards | Steve Goldstein |
Background Vocals | Vince Gill |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
10 Closing Time
Bass | David Hungate |
Drums | Paul Leim |
Acoustic Guitar | Billy Joe Walker Jr |
Keyboards | Randy McCormick |
Keyboards | Steve Goldstein |
Background Vocals | Jennifer Kimball |
Background Vocals | Vince Gill |
Vocals | Rosanne Cash |
Liner Notes
Producer – David Malloy (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Producer – David Thoener (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Producer – Rodney Crowell (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Executive Producer – Eli Ball (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Arranged By (Strings Arranged), Conductor (Strings Conducted By) – Steve Goldstein (Track 10)
Engineer (Assistant Engineer (Emerald)) – Russ Martin
Engineer (Assistant Engineer (Record Plant)) – Don Rodenbach
Mixed By (Re-mixed By) – David Thoener (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Mixed By (Re-mixed By) – Joe Bogan (Tracks 8, 10)
Recorded By – David Thoener (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7)
Recorded By – Joe Bogan (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Recorded By (Additional Recording By) – Mark Lynette
Art Direction – Bill Johnson
Photography By (Cover Photo) – Gary Heery
Photography By (Photo, Inner Sleeve) – Hank DeVito, Jim McGuire
Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – Emerald Sound Studios
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Mastered At – Customatrix
Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman