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All Around Cowboy
Country · 1979 · 9 tracks

All Around Cowboy

A twilight-hued collection of Western ballads. Robbins' velvet baritone glides over polished 1970s Nashville production, capturing the quiet dignity of the American West.

August 1979 · DCC Compact Classics

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All Around Cowboy feels like a long look back at a life spent under the wide sky, recorded at the exact moment when the grit of the Old West met the high-gloss production of late-seventies Nashville. It is an album of transition, where Marty Robbins trades the sharp, dusty edges of his earlier gunfighter ballads for a smoother, more reflective sonic palette. The music is saturated with a golden-hour warmth, provided by lush pedal steel and gentle orchestral flourishes that never overwhelm his signature velvet baritone. It is the sound of a master storyteller who has moved from the heat of the shootout to the quiet of the campfire.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
All Around Cowboy
3:03
02
The Dreamer
4:00
03
Pride and the Badge
5:52
04
Restless Cattle
2:32
05
When I’m Gone
2:10
06
Buenos Dias Argentina
3:12
07
Lonely Old Bunkhouse
2:14
08
San Angelo
4:34
10
Ballad of a Small Man
4:01
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the pedal steel mirrors the vocal melody during the chorus of the title track All Around Cowboy.
The subtle orchestral swell that underscores the final realization in the narrative arc of The Dreamer.
The rhythmic gallop of the percussion that evokes a steady horse's pace on the track Restless Cattle.
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