# Buffalo Zone

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Buffalo Zone
| type         = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist       = [Sweethearts of the Rodeo](/source/Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo)
| cover        = SweetheartsoftheRodeoBuffaloZone.jpg
| released     = January 16, 1990
| recorded     = 1989 
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre       = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length      = 31:39
| label       = [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records)
| producer    = [Steve Buckingham](/source/Steve_Buckingham_(record_producer))
| prev_title   = [One Time, One Night](/source/One_Time%2C_One_Night)
| prev_year    = 1988
| year         = 1990
| next_title   = [Sisters](/source/Sisters_(Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo_album))
| next_year    = 1992
}}

'''''Buffalo Zone''''' is the third studio album by American [country music](/source/country_music) duo [Sweethearts of the Rodeo](/source/Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo), released in 1990 via [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records). The album's cover was a homage to [The Byrds](/source/The_Byrds)' 1968 album ''[Sweetheart of the Rodeo](/source/Sweetheart_of_the_Rodeo)'', from which the duo derived their name. The album was not as successful as their first two albums, ''[Sweethearts of the Rodeo](/source/Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo_(album))'' and ''[One Time, One Night](/source/One_Time%2C_One_Night)''. Notable songs include "Uphill All the Way", "This Heart" ([''Billboard''](/source/Billboard_Music_Charts) #25), "Hard Road to Go", and "Cómo Se Dice (I Love You)", although none charted very high.

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |title= ''Buffalo Zone'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= mw0000203389 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) |access-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
}}
In his [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review, critic Jason Ankeny called the album "more melancholy" than their previous work.<ref name="AM" />

==Track listing==

{{Track listing
| collapsed       =
| headline        = 
| total length    =

| title1          = Uphill All the Way 
| writer1         = Janis Oliver, [Don Schlitz](/source/Don_Schlitz) 
| length1         = 3:10

| title2          = He Doesn't Tell Me Anything 
| writer2         = Tommy Rocco, [Charlie Black](/source/Charlie_Black), [Austin Roberts](/source/Austin_Roberts_(singer)) 
| length2         = 3:25

| title3          = You Look at Love That Way 
| writer3         = [Skip Ewing](/source/Skip_Ewing), Don Sampson 
| length3         = 3:24

| title4          = [This Heart](/source/This_Heart_(Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo_song)) 
| writer4         = Tony Haselden, [Tim Mensy](/source/Tim_Menzies) 
| length4         = 3:19

| title5          = Hard Road to Go 
| writer5         = Oliver, [Steve Buckingham](/source/Steve_Buckingham_(record_producer)), Schlitz 
| length5         = 2:45

| title6          = What It Does to Me 
| writer6         = Oliver 
| length6         = 3:09

| title7          = Blue Sky
| writer7         = Oliver, [Wendy Waldman](/source/Wendy_Waldman) 
| length7         = 3:29

| title8          = I Don't Want You to Know 
| writer8         = Oliver, Schlitz 
| length8         = 3:16

| title9          = Don't Wake Me Up 
| writer9         = Schlitz, [Paul Overstreet](/source/Paul_Overstreet) 
| length9         = 2:34

| title10         = Cómo Se Dice (I Love You)? 
| writer10        = Oliver, [Matraca Berg](/source/Matraca_Berg) 
| length10        = 3:16
}}

== Personnel ==
* Victor Battista – upright bass
* [Eddie Bayers](/source/Eddie_Bayers) – drums
* Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
* [Paul Franklin](/source/Paul_Franklin_(musician)) – dobro, pedal steel guitar
* Steve Gibson – electric guitar, mandolin
* [Roy Huskey, Jr.](/source/Roy_Huskey%2C_Jr.) – upright bass
* [Albert Lee](/source/Albert_Lee) – electric guitar
* Tim Mensy – acoustic guitar
* [Joey Miskulin](/source/Joey_Miskulin) – accordion
* Farrell Morris – vibraphone
* Phil Naish – keyboards
* [Mark O'Connor](/source/Mark_O'Connor) – fiddle
* [Tom Robb](/source/Tom_Robb) – bass guitar
* [Ricky Skaggs](/source/Ricky_Skaggs) – background vocals
* [Harry Stinson](/source/Harry_Stinson_(musician)) – background vocals
* Pete Wasner – keyboards
* Curtis Young – background vocals

==Production==
* [Steve Buckingham](/source/Steve_Buckingham_(record_producer)) – producer
* Janis Gill – associate producer
* Marshall Morgan – engineer
* Denny Purcell – mastering
* Gary Paczosa – assistant engineer
* Brad Jones – assistant engineer
* Jeanne Kinney – assistant engineer
* Bill Johnson – artwork, art direction
* Dennis Davis – artwork, design, illustrations
* Beth Mallen – production assistant

==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1990)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 41
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Sweethearts of the Rodeo}}

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Category:1990 albums
Category:Sweethearts of the Rodeo albums
Category:Columbia Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)

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