Spinning Around the Sun

Spinning Around the Sun
Studio album by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Released	1993
Genre	Country Music
Length	44:36
Label	Elektra
Producer	Emory Gordy Jr.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore chronology
After Awhile (1991) Spinning Around the Sun (1993) Braver Newer World (1996)

Spinning Around the Sun is the fourth full-length album by country music singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore. It was released in 1993 on Elektra Records, and was his second record for the label.

The album includes a duet with singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, called "Reunion".

Robert Christgau gave the album an A grade, saying "I doubt I'll hear a more gorgeous country record--maybe a more gorgeous record--anytime soon."^[1] Mark Deming from Allmusic gave the record a 3.5-star rating, saying "there are too many tunes that are beautiful but unremarkable, and beyond a near-definitive reworking of Butch Hancock's "Just a Wave, Not the Water," very little of this connects with the force of Gilmore's best work."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Where You Going" (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, David Hammond) 4:21
2. "Santa Fe Thief" (A. B. Strehli, Jr.) 5:00
3. "I Was the One" (Hal Blair, Claude Demetrius, Bill Peppers, Aaron Schroeder) 3:15
4. "So I'll Run" (Strehli) 3:50
5. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) 3:38
6. "Mobile Line" (Traditional) 3:43
7. "Nothing of the Kind" (Butch Hancock) 3:19
8. "Just a Wave, Not the Water" (Hancock) 4:02
9. "Reunion" (Jo Carol Pierce, Harry Porter) 2:54
   • with Lucinda Williams
10. "I'm Gonna Love You" (Gilmore) 3:46
11. "Another Colorado" (Gilmore) 3:31
12. "Thinking About You" (Gilmore) 3:17

Personnel

• Drums: Wes Starr, Harry Stinson
• Bass: Emory Gordy, Jr.
• Guitars: Richard Bennett, James Burton, Steve Gibson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Chris Leuzinger, Gary Nicholson, Biff Watson
• Steel Guitar: Steve Fishell, Paul Franklin, Kayton Roberts
• Keyboards, Piano: Glen D. Hardin, Pete Wasner
• Fiddle, Mandolin: Glen Duncan, Stuart Duncan
• Dobro: Al Perkins
• Backing Vocals: Joe Ely, Carmella Ramsey, Harry Stinson

Production

• Produced By Emory Gordy, Jr.
• Engineers: Russ Martin
• Assistant Engineers: Terry Bates, Marc Frigo, Amy Hughes
• Mixing: Steve Tillisch

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	62
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	27

References

1. "CG: Artist 654". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
2. Spinning Around the Sun at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-19.