Wild-Eyed Dream

Wild-Eyed Dream is the debut studio album by American country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. The first singles released from the album from 1986 to 1988 were "Wild-Eyed Dream" and "Crime of Passion", which charted at #24 and #7, respectively. The last three singles, "Somebody Lied", "Life Turned Her That Way", and "Don't We All Have The Right" all reached #1. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on July 24, 1989.

"Working Man's Blues" is a cover of the Merle Haggard song, while "Crazy Over You" was also released by the duo Foster & Lloyd as their debut single. "Life Turned Her That Way" was previously a #11 single in 1967 for Mel Tillis, and "I Don't Care" a #1 single for Buck Owens in 1964. Conway Twitty also recorded "Somebody Lied" for his 1985 album Don't Call Him a Cowboy. "Don't We All Have the Right" was originally recorded by Roger Miller on his 1970 album Trip in the Country.

Personnel

 * Eddie Bayers – drums
 * Richard Bennett – electric guitar
 * Steve Buckingham – acoustic guitar
 * Mark Casstevens- acoustic guitar
 * Dennis Burnside – piano
 * Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar
 * Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
 * Steve Gibson – electric guitar
 * Hoot Hester – fiddle, mandolin
 * David Hungate – bass guitar
 * Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
 * Randy McCormick – piano
 * Tony Migliore – piano
 * Don Potter – acoustic guitar
 * Tom Robb – bass guitar
 * Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
 * John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
 * Harry Stinson – percussion
 * Ricky Van Shelton – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
 * Tommy Wells – drums
 * Bergen White – backing vocals
 * Dennis Wilson – backing vocals