Tokyo, Oklahoma

Tokyo, Oklahoma
Tokyo, Oklahoma
Studio album by John Anderson
Released	June 3, 1985
Genre	Country
Length	32:59
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Jim Ed Norman, Lou Bradley, John Anderson
John Anderson chronology
Singles from Tokyo, Oklahoma
	"It's All Over Now"; Released: April 1985; "Tokyo, Oklahoma"; Released: August 1985; "Down in Tennessee"; Released: November 4, 1985;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−^[2]

Tokyo, Oklahoma is the seventh studio album by American country music artist John Anderson, it was released in June 1985. It was re-released on November 12, 2007.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's All Over Now"	Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack	3:21
2.	"I've Got Me a Woman"	Paul Kennerley	3:23
3.	"Down in Tennessee"	Wayland Holyfield	3:23
4.	"Tokyo, Oklahoma"	Mack Vickery	2:43
5.	"A Little Rock 'n' Roll (And Some Country Blues)"	Mike Reid, Troy Seals	3:25
6.	"Till I Get Used to the Pain"	Todd Cerney, Kent Robbins	3:52
7.	"Twelve Bar Blues"	Mac McAnally	3:10
8.	"Even a Fool Would Let Go"	Kerry Chater, Tom Snow	3:31
9.	"Willie's Gone"	Bill Emerson	2:35
10.	"Only Your Love"	John Anderson, Fred Carter Jr.	3:36

Personnel

Donna Anderson - backing vocals
Eddie Bayers - drums
Barry Beckett - keyboards
Clyde Brooks - drums
Dennis Burnside - keyboards
Larry Byrom - guitar
Fred Carter Jr. - guitar
Buddy Emmons - steel guitar
Larry Emmons - bass
Steve Gibson - guitar
John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards
Mike Jordan - keyboards
Jerry Kroon - drums
Josh Leo - guitar
X Lincoln - bass
Tom Morley - fiddle, mandolin
Nashville String Machine - strings
Vern Pilder - guitar
Bill Puett - saxophone, recorder
Buck Reid - steel guitar
Michael Rhodes - bass
Diane Tidwell - backing vocals
Bergen White - backing vocals
Hershel Wiginton - backing vocals
Jim Wolfe - drums
Paul Worley - guitar
John Anderson - vocals, guitar, harmonica

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country
1985	"It's All Over Now"	15	18
	"Tokyo, Oklahoma"	30	33
	"Down in Tennessee"	12	35

References

^ Tokyo, Oklahoma at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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[1] Tokyo, Oklahoma at AllMusic

[Christgau-2] Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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Studio albums	John Anderson John Anderson 2 I Just Came Home to Count the Memories Wild & Blue All the People Are Talkin' Eye of a Hurricane Tokyo, Oklahoma Countrified Blue Skies Again 10 Too Tough to Tame Seminole Wind Solid Ground Country 'til I Die Paradise Takin' the Country Back Nobody's Got It All Easy Money Bigger Hands Goldmine Years
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1984) Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits (1996)
Notable singles	"Your Lying Blue Eyes" "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs" "1959" "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" "Chicken Truck" "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" "Would You Catch a Falling Star" "Wild and Blue" "Swingin'" "Goin' Down Hill" "Black Sheep" "Let Somebody Else Drive" "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" "Eye of a Hurricane" "It's All Over Now" "Down in Tennessee" "Honky Tonk Crowd" "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings) "Straight Tequila Night" "When It Comes to You" "Seminole Wind" "Let Go of the Stone" "Money in the Bank" "I Fell in the Water" "I've Got It Made" "I Wish I Could Have Been There" "Bend It Until It Breaks" "Mississippi Moon" "Paradise" "Somebody Slap Me" "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" "Years" "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"
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