Wild & Blue

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Wild & Blue is the fourth studio album by country artist John Anderson. It was released in September 1982 under Warner Bros. Records. It includes the Number One country hits "Swingin'" and "Wild and Blue".

Track listing

1. "Wild and Blue" (John Scott Sherrill) – 2:53
2. "The Waltz You Save for Me" (Duet with Emmylou Harris) (Emil Flindt, Gus Kahn, Wayne King) – 2:45
3. "Honky Tonk Hearts" (Bob McDill) – 3:13
4. "Long Black Veil" (Guest vocals by Merle Haggard) (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) – 3:18
5. "She Never Looked That Good When She Was Mine" (Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison) – 2:34
6. "Disappearing Farmer" (James Cowan, Sandy Pinkard) – 3:03
7. "Honky Tonk Saturday Night" (Sanger D. Shafer) – 2:53
8. "Goin' Down Hill" (John Anderson, X. Lincoln) – 3:37
9. "The Price of a Thin Silver Dime" (Ronal McCown) – 3:43
10. "Swingin'" (Anderson, Lionel Delmore) – 3:04
11. "If a Broken Heart Could Kill" (Allen Henson, Wayland Holyfield, Norro Wilson) – 3:03

Personnel

• John Anderson - acoustic guitar, banjo, lead vocals, background vocals
• Fred Carter Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Beckie Foster - background vocals
• Joy Gardner - background vocals
• Dennis Good - trombone
• Lloyd Green - dobro, steel guitar
• Merle Haggard - vocals on "Long Black Veil"
• Emmylou Harris - vocals on "The Waltz You Save for Me"
• Allen Henson - background vocals
• Mike Jordon - organ
• Larrie Londin - drums
• Cam Mullins - string arrangements
• The Nashville String Machine - strings
• Billy Puett - tenor saxophone
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
• Don Sheffield - trumpet
• Buddy Spitcher - fiddle
• Henry Strzelecki - bass guitar
• Pete Wade - electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	58