Looking Ahead (album)

Looking Ahead

Studio album by Billy Joe Royal

Released

1987

Nelson Larkin

Billy Joe Royal chronology

Billy Joe Royal
(1980)

Looking Ahead
(1987)

The Royal Treatment
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Looking Ahead is the fifth studio album by Billy Joe Royal released in 1987.

Three singles from this album charted on the Country Singles chart. The first was Burned Like a Rocket, which peaked at #10. This was followed by I Miss You Already (#14) and Old Bridges Burn Slow (#11).

The album also landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #23.

Track listing

"Burned Like a Rocket" (Gary Burr)
"Run Around Town" (Buddy Buie, Gary Burr, R. Hammond)
"Old Bridges Burn Slow" (Sandy Brown, S. Meadows, Joe South)
"Good Thing"
"Hard Times" (J. Iantosca, R. Iantosca)
"I'm Not a Rock (I'm a Rolling Stone)" (D. Goodman, John Wesley Ryles, M. Sherrill)
"Boardwalk Angel"
"Sad Cliches"
"You'd Better Go" (Buddy Buie, Gary Burr, R. Hammond)
"I Miss You Already" (Marvin Rainwater, Faron Young)
"We've Both Got a Lot to Learn" (Buddy Buie, Gary Burr, R. Hammond)
"Another Endless Night"

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	21

Billy Joe Royal

Studio albums	Billy Joe Royal Down in the Boondocks Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush Cherry Hill Park Billy Joe Royal Looking Ahead The Royal Treatment Tell It Like It Is Out of the Shadows

Other albums	Greatest Hits The Very Best Of Billy Joe Royal - The Columbia Years (1965-1972)

Singles	"Down in the Boondocks" "I Knew You When" "I've Got to Be Somebody" "It's a Good Time" "Heart's Desire" "Campfire Girls" "Yo-Yo" "These Are Not My People" "The Greatest Love" "Hush" "Storybook Children" "Cherry Hill Park" "Every Night" "Tulsa" "Poor Little Pearl" "Under the Boardwalk" "Burned Like a Rocket" "Boardwalk Angel" "I Miss You Already" "Old Bridges Burn Slow" "Members Only" (with Donna Fargo) "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" "Out of Sight and on My Mind" "It Keeps Right On Hurtin'" "Tell It Like It Is" "Love Has No Right" "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue" "A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be" "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" "I'm Okay (And Gettin' Better)" "Hard Rock to Roll"

B-Sides	"Oh, What a Night" "Steal Away" (A-Side) "You Make Me Feel Like A Man" "Don't Wait Up For Me Mama" (A-Side) "Deep Inside Me" "Should I Come Back" "We Tried" "Bed Of Roses" "Watching From The Bandstand" "Just Between Me And You" "Helping Hand" (A-Side) "The Lady Lives To Love" "Lonely Loving You" "Boardwalk Angel" "Another Endless Night" (A-Side) "A Place For The Heartache" "I Was Losing You" "Cross My Heart And Hope To Cry" (A-Side) "How Could You Leave Me"

Cover Songs	"Amanda" "Bring It On Home to Me" "Child of Mine" "Crying" "Funny How Time Slips Away" "I'm Sorry" "Kiss and Say Goodbye" "Making Believe" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Solitary Man" "Spanish Harlem" "Stand by Me" "To Love Somebody"

Related articles	Discography Atlantic Records

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