Rhythm & Romance (Rosanne Cash album)

Rhythm & Romance

Studio album by Rosanne Cash

Released

May 1985

Genre

Country

Length

34:04

Label

Columbia

Producer

David Malloy, Rodney Crowell, David Thoener

Rosanne Cash chronology

Somewhere in the Stars
(1982)

Rhythm & Romance
(1985)

King's Record Shop
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	Mixed link

Rhythm & Romance was the fifth release and second No. 1 Billboard country album for Rosanne Cash. It was released in May of 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.

Track listing

"Hold On" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:36
"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell) – 3:17
"Never Be You" (Benmont Tench, Tom Petty) – 3:28
"Second to No One" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:46
"Halfway House" (Rosanne Cash) – 4:24
"Pink Bedroom" (John Hiatt) – 3:09
"Never Alone" (Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill) – 3:38
"My Old Man" (Rosanne Cash) – 2:52
"Never Gonna Hurt" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:05
"Closing Time" (Rosanne Cash) – 2:49

Personnel

Rosanne Cash: Vocals
Anton Fig: Drums
Vince Gill: Background Vocals
David Hungate: Bass
Jennifer Kimball: Background Vocals
Benmont Tench: Electric Piano
Waddy Wachtel: Electric Guitar
Larry Crane: Guitar
Anthony Crawford: Background Vocals
Patricia Darcy: Background Vocals
Bob Glaub: Bass
Steve Goldstein: Keyboards
Ula Hedwig: Background Vocals
Dave Innis: Keyboards
Paul Leim: Drums
Randy McCormick: Keyboards
Robert Sabino: Synthesizer
Billy Joe Walker: Electric Guitar
Willie Weeks: Bass

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	101

Preceded by Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 by Ronnie Milsap	Top Country Albums number-one album December 7, 1985	Succeeded by Something Special by George Strait

Rosanne Cash

Studio albums	Rosanne Cash Right or Wrong Seven Year Ache Somewhere in the Stars Rhythm & Romance King's Record Shop Interiors The Wheel 10 Song Demo Rules of Travel Black Cadillac The List The River & the Thread

Compilation albums	Hits 1979–1989 Retrospective The Country Side Super Hits The Very Best of Rosanne Cash The Essential Rosanne Cash

Notable singles	"No Memories Hangin' Round" "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right" "Seven Year Ache" "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" "Blue Moon with Heartache" "Ain't No Money" "I Wonder" "It Hasn't Happened Yet" "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" "Never Be You" "Hold On" "Second to No One" "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "If You Change Your Mind" "Runaway Train" "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "What We Really Want"

Guest singles	"If It Weren't for Him" (with Vince Gill) "It's Such a Small World" (with Rodney Crowell)

Related articles	Discography Columbia Records Johnny Cash Tommy Cash John Carter Cash "Never Alone" Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

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