{{For|the marine conservation organization|Blue Frontier Campaign}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Blue Frontier | type = studio | artist = the Remingtons | cover = Bluefrontier.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1992|01|28}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Country | length = 27:55 | label = BNA | producer = {{hlist|Larry Michael Lee|Josh Leo}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Aim for the Heart | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{Singles | name = Blue Frontier | type = Studio | single1 = A Long Time Ago | single1date = October 15, 1991 | single2 = I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed) | single2date = February 15, 1992 | single3 = Two-Timin' Me | single3date = June 6, 1992 }} }} '''''Blue Frontier''''' is the debut studio album by American country music trio the Remingtons, a vocal group composed of former Bread vocalist Jimmy Griffin, as well as former Cymarron members Richard Mainegra and Rick Yancey. Released in January 1992 on BNA Entertainment, the album produced three singles on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts between late 1991 and mid-1992. In order of release, these were "A Long Time Ago" at No. 10, "I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed)" at No. 33, and "Two-Timin' Me" at No. 18.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2012|page=278|isbn=978-0-89820-203-8}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93754}}</ref> |rev2=''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev2Score= C−<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309366,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011012136/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309366,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2008|title=Blue Frontier|last=Nash|first=Alanna|date=January 31, 1992|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref> }} Roch Parisien of AllMusic said that "there's nothing here that will move mountains, but for fans of the Chris Hillman/Desert Rose Band school of harmony-rich country pop, ''Blue Frontier'' is for you."<ref name="allmusic"/> ''Entertainment Weekly'' reviewer Alanna Nash rated the album "C−", writing that "despite their gorgeous vocal blend, the Remingtons have surprisingly little to say... aside from 'Two-Timin' Me,' a pleasant enough piece of lightweight R&B, and 'A Long Time Ago,' the saga of a sadder-but-wiser lad who opted for fame and fortune over true love, the Remingtons seem content simply to skate on the surface of romantic emotion, perfecting a sugary brand of bubble-gum country."<ref name="ew"/>
==Track listing==
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| title1 = Everything to Lose | writer1 = Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, Rick Yancey | length1 = 2:30
| title2 = A Long Time Ago | writer2 = Mainegra | length2 = 2:23
| title3 = Eternally Blue | writer3 = Griffin, Mainegra, Yancey | length3 = 2:51
| title4 = I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed) | writer4 = Mainegra, Yancey | length4 = 2:45
| title5 = Two-Timin' Me | writer5 = Griffin, Mainegra, Yancey | length5 = 3:06
| title6 = After Ours | writer6 = Ronnie Caldwell, Mainegra, Yancey | length6 = 3:21
| title7 = When Love at First Sight Goes Blind | writer7 = Mainegra, Yancey, Brandon Sinks | length7 = 2:54
| title8 = Takin' the Easy Way Out | writer8 = Griffin, Mainegra | length8 = 2:58
| title9 = That's Easy for Me to Say | writer9 = Griffin, Mainegra, Yancey | length9 = 2:48
| title10 = Take a Little Love | writer10 = Mainegra, Yancey | length10 = 2:50 }}
==Personnel== Compiled from ''Blue Frontier'' liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Blue Frontier |others=The Remingtons |year=1992 |type=CD booklet |publisher=BNA Records |id=61045}}</ref>
;The Remingtons
* Jimmy Griffin - lead vocals (track 3, 7, 8); background vocals (all other tracks); high-strung guitar (track 1); acoustic guitar (track 4, 5, 8, 9, 10) * Richard Mainegra - lead vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6), background vocals (all other tracks); acoustic guitar (track 1, 3, 7, 9, 10); acoustic guitar solo (track 3, 4, 9, 10) * Rick Yancey - lead vocals (track 1, 9, 10); background vocals (all other tracks); acoustic guitar (track 5); acoustic guitar solo (track 8)
; Additional musicians * Larry Byrom - electric guitar (all tracks except 1) * Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar (track 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), Pedabro (track 2) * Bill C. Graham - fiddle (track 4) * Rob Hajacos - fiddle (track 2, 4, 9, 10) * John L. Hug - acoustic guitar (track 3, 4, 5, 6, 9) * Bernie Leadon - acoustic guitar (all tracks), mandolin (track 2, 10), banjo (track 2, 6), tiple (track 2) * Larry Michael Lee - percussion (track 1) * Josh Leo - 12-string guitar (track 1), high-strung guitar (track 2, 6, 7), electric guitar (track 5, 10), Leslie guitar (track 8) * Vince Melamed - organ (track 5, 6, 7, 8) * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar (track 3, 4, 5, 6, 9) * Harry Stinson - drums (track 3, 4, 5, 6, 9) * Billy Thomas - drums (track 1, 2, 7, 8, 10) * Biff Watson - high-strung guitar (track 1, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (track 2, 7), celesta (track 7) * Glenn Worf - bass guitar (track 1, 2, 7, 8, 10)
;Technical * Joe Bogan - recording * Jeff Giedt - recording * Larry Michael Lee - production * Josh Leo - production * Steve Marcantonio - recording, mixing * Denny Purcell - mastering
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1992) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums | align="center"| 55 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers | align="center"| 23 |- | Canadian ''RPM'' Country Albums | align="center"| 18 |}
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