| 4 Runner | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | 4 Runner |
| Cover: | 4runneralbum.jpg |
| Released: | May 9, 1995 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Polydor Nashville |
| Producer: | Buddy Cannon, Larry Shell |
| Next Title: | Getaway Car |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
4 Runner is the debut studio album by American country music group 4 Runner, released on May 9, 1995 on the Nashville division of Polydor Records. It produced the singles "Cain's Blood", "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive", "Home Alone", and "Ripples", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs charts. Of these four singles, "Cain's Blood" was the only one to chart within the Top 40, peaking at #26.[1]
Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time criticized some of the songs on 4 Runner for "cop[ying] the worst pop elements" of The Oak Ridge Boys, but said that the presence of bass singer Jim Chapman gave the material a "fresh sound." His review praised "Cain's Blood" and "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive" as the strongest tracks.[2] Entertainment Weekly critic Alanna Nash gave the album a B-minus rating. In her review, she said that "they can be as hokey as the Oaks, but unlike the Statlers, they're sentimental without being mawkish."[3]
4 Runner
Additional musicians
All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine under the conduction of Carl Gorodetzky.
| Chart (1995) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 144 | |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 27 | |
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers | 3 | |
| Canada RPM Country Albums | 7 |