Drifter (Sylvia album)

Drifter
File:Sylvia Drifter.jpg
Studio album by Sylvia
Released	1981
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Tom Collins
Sylvia chronology
Drifter (1981) Just Sylvia (1982)
Singles from Drifter
"Tumbleweed" Released: September 6, 1980 "Drifter" Released: January 1981 "The Matador" Released: April 25, 1981 "Heart on the Mend" Released: September 12, 1981

Drifter is the debut album by country music singer Sylvia. It features the top ten singles "Heart on the Mend", "Tumbleweed", "It Don't Hurt to Dream", "The Matador", and the number-one single, "Drifter". The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

It offers a traditional country feel, using fiddles and steel guitars.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Drifter" (Don Pfrimmer, Archie Jordan) — 2:25
2. "Tumbleweed" (Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan) — 3:11
3. "I'm Going with Him" (Fleming, Morgan) — 3:19
4. "It Don't Hurt to Dream" (Charles Quillen, D. Pate, J. Pate) — 2:39
5. "The Matador" (Bob Morris, Pfrimmer) — 3:15

Side two

1. "Whippoorwill" (Morgan, Fleming) — 3:23
2. "Heart on the Mend" (Fleming, Morgan) — 3:04
3. "Cry Baby Cry" (Fleming, Morgan) — 2:39
4. "Missin' You" (Fleming, Morgan) — 2:41
5. "Rainbow Rider" (Klang) — 2:52

Personnel

• Sylvia - lead vocals
• Jimmy Capps, Dennis Morgan, Dale Sellers, Paul Worley - acoustic guitar
• Jim Glaser, The Jordanaires, Louis Dean Nunley, The Lea Jane Singers, Gordon Stoker, Hurshel Winginton - backing vocals
• Mike Leech - bass guitar
• Gene Christman, Larrie Londin, Buster Phillips - drums
• Bruce Dees, Fred Newell, Brent Rowan, Billy Sanford - electric guitar
• Tommy Williams - fiddle
• David Briggs, Bobby Emmons, Bobby Ogdin - piano
• John Hughey - steel guitar
• The Sheldon Kurland Strings - strings (tracks 1,3,4,5,10)
• Bergen White - string arrangements

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	139