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Under the Gun is the twelfth studio album by the American country rock band Poco. Released in July 1980, Under the Gun was the follow-up to Poco's breakout album Legend.




Background


Poco's successful album, Legend, had been released in November 1978 on ABC Records just prior to that label being bought out by MCA: in a June 7, 2013, interview with Rockin' Rich Lynch of SoundPress.net Radio Network, veteran Poco member Paul Cotton would state that MCA required that Poco audition prior to being allowed to record for MCA. Cotton said, "We had to go over to a rehearsal hall and play in front of all the executives" who after hearing Poco perform "Under the Gun", a Paul Cotton composition referencing the pressure attendant on the audition, approved Poco's recording for MCA.
Released at the same time as the album, the "Under the Gun" single failed to reach the Top 40 stalling at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100: another Paul Cotton composition "Midnight Rain" also failed to chart high in its single release with a No. 74 peak. Without the impetus of a major hit single the Under the Gun album failed to match the success of Legend, the former's album chart peak being No. 46.




Reception



In his Allmusic review, music critic William Ruhlmann called the album "a workmanlike but unremarkable effort."




Track listing


"Under the Gun" (Paul Cotton) – 3:11
"While We're Still Young" (Rusty Young) – 3:52
"The Everlasting Kind" (Young) – 4:22
"Down to the Wire" (Cotton) – 2:55
"Footsteps of a Fool (Shaky Ground)" (Young) – 3:57
"Reputation" (Young) – 4:51
"Midnight Rain" (Cotton) – 4:25
"A Fool's Paradise" (Young) – 3:18
"Friends in the Distance" (Cotton) – 3:40
"Made of Stone" (Young) – 4:00




Charts






Personnel


Poco

Paul Cotton – electric guitars, lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 9), backing vocals (3, 5, 6, 8)
Rusty Young – electric guitars (1, 2, 4–10), backing vocals (2, 7, 10), 12-string acoustic guitar (3), lead vocals (3, 5, 6, 8, 10), dobro (5), steel guitar (5), pedal steel guitar (7)
Kim Bullard – keyboards, backing vocals (3, 5, 10)
Charlie Harrison – bass, backing vocals (1–7, 10)
Steve Chapman – drums
Additional musicians

Steve Forman – percussion (2, 5, 6, 9)
Phil Kenzie – alto saxophone (5)




Production


Mike Flicker – producer
Dennis Jones – production assistant
Joe Chiccarelli – engineer, mixing
Barbara Issak – assistant engineer
John Golden – mastering
Rod Dyer – cover design
Andy Engel – cover design
George Osaki – cover design
Gary Heery – photography
Crosslight Management Ltd. – management
Recorded and Mixed at The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California).
Mastered at Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California).




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