“Flip Back Friday” Album Review Vol. 8
In My Wildest Dreams
What the Sandbar says…
Michelle…”Unfortunately I’m not an “old school Kenny” fan. The twang is just too much for me but The Tin Man is a classic song that I just have to listen to when Connie is playing an old school Kenny CD while on a Kenny concert road trip. We all know the Wizard of Oz movie and this song just puts a whole new meaning to what it would be like to not having a heart like the Tin Man. We could not feel the pain when others let us down or we suffer heart break. It’s just such a great song!”
“Saw a man in the movies that didn’t have a heart
How I wish I could give him mine
Then I wouldn’t have to feel it breaking all apart
And this emptiness inside would suit me fine”
“It’s times like these
I wish I were a tin man
You could hurt me all you wanted
And I’d never even know
I’d give anything just to be the tin man
And I wouldn’t have a heart and I wouldn’t need a soul”
Connie… “Although I started listening to Kenny in 1998. I never really listened to this album till many years later. I like old school Kenny…The “twang” is great on this whole album. I grew up listening to Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard so this was nothing new. This album takes me back to my dad and I playing the good old record player on a Saturday night. “Whatever It Takes” is my go to on this album.”
“Well I’ve been yellin’ your name from a lookout mountain
Tossing my pennies in a downtown fountain
Makin’ my wishes I’m hopin’ they’re countin’ for loves sake
I’ll swim upstream in a ragin’ river
Walk through fire til you get the picture
I swear I’ll bare anything to get there
Whatever it takes”
| Studio album by Kenny Chesney | ||
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| Released April 19, 1994 | ||
| Singles from In My Wildest Dreams | ||
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In My Wildest Dreams is the debut album of American country music artist Kenny Chesney, released in 1994 on Capricorn Records. The title track was previously recorded by Aaron Tippin on his 1991 debut album You’ve Got to Stand for Something, while “I Want My Rib Back” was previously recorded by Keith Whitley on his album Kentucky Bluebird.
This album produced two chart singles for Chesney in 1994 on the Billboard country charts: “Whatever It Takes” at number 59 and “The Tin Man” at number 70. The latter song would also be included on his All I Need to Know album. Chesney also re-recorded “The Tin Man” in 2000 for his first Greatest Hits album, and released this new rendition as a single that year.
Track Listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | “Whatever It Takes” | Kenny Chesney, Buddy Brock, Kim Williams | 2:59 | |
| 2. | “Somebody’s Callin'” | Chesney, Donny Kees | 2:36 | |
| 3. | “The Tin Man“ | Chesney, Stacey Slate, David Lowe | 3:28 | |
| 4. | “High and Dry” | Michael Huffman, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis | 2:57 | |
| 5. | “I Finally Found Somebody” | Chesney, Kees | 2:40 | |
| 6. | “When She Calls Me Baby” | Chesney, Rick Williamson | 3:34 | |
| 7. | “In My Wildest Dreams” | Kees, Aaron Tippin | 2:37 | |
| 8. | “I Want My Rib Back” | Fred Koller, Keith Whitley | 2:54 | |
| 9. | “Angel Loved the Devil” | Neil Thrasher, Williams | 3:30 | |
| 10. | “I’d Love to Change Your Name” | Chesney, Kees, Jim Weatherly | 2:48 |