On the Front Line (Dan Seals album)
# On the Front Line (Dan Seals album)

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On The Front Line is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Dan Seals. It reached #12 on the Top Country Albums chart. "You Still Move Me", "I Will Be There", and "Three Time Loser" were all number one singles.

## Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.

* Dan Seals – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-5, 7, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 4), saxophone (5)
* Shane Keister – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5, 7), synth intro (7)
* Mike Lawler – synthesizers (1, 4, 7), da-da-dums (6)
* Jay Spell – keyboards (1, 4, 5)
* Skip Sorrell – Synclavier (2)
* Dennis Burnside – keyboards (6, 8, 9)
* Mike Reid – synthesizers (8), backing vocals (8)
* Kenny Bell – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 5), electric rhythm guitar (5)
* Larry Byrom – electric guitar (1, 4)
* Steve Gibson – electric guitar (1, 4, 9), electric guitar solo (8), acoustic guitar (9)
* Joe Stanley – electric guitar (1, 2, 5)
* Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar (1, 4), electric rhythm guitar (5)
* John Porter McMeans – electric guitar (3)
* Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar (3, 5, 7)
* Rafe Van Hoy – acoustic guitar (3, 10)
* Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (6, 9)
* Greg Jennings – electric guitar (6-9)
* Doyle Grisham – steel guitar (1, 3, 7, 9)
* Mark "Hoser" Hawthorne – steel guitar (2, 5)
* Jerry Douglas – dobro (4, 5, 9), lap steel guitar (6)
* Mark O'Connor – fiddle (4, 9, 10), mandolin (10)
* David Schnaufer – dulcimer (10)
* Mike Brignardello – bass guitar (1, 3-6, 8, 9)
* David Hungate – bass guitar (2)
* Bob Wray – bass guitar (7)
* Larrie Londin – drums (1, 4, 5, 7), LinnDrum programming (2)
* Kyle Lehning – LinnDrum programming (2)
* Eddie Bayers – drums (3)
* James Stroud – drums (6, 8, 9)
* Farrell Morris – percussion (1, 4, 8)
* Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica (4)
* Jim Horn – saxophone (5)
* Lisa Silver – backing vocals (5, 7, 9)
* Diane Tidwell – backing vocals (5, 7, 9)
* Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (5, 7, 9)
* Kathie Baillie – backing vocals (6)
* Michael Bonagura – backing vocals (6)
* Alan LeBouf – backing vocals (6)
* Bruce Dees – backing vocals (8)
* Emmylou Harris – lead vocals (10)

### Production

* Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing, engineer (2, 3, 7, 10)
* Randy Gardner – engineer
* Ben Harris – engineer (1, 4, 5)
* Kirt Odle – mixing, engineer (3, 6-9)
* Joseph Bogan – engineer (6, 8, 9)
* Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
* Mark Tucker – photography
* Henry Marquez – art direction
* Michael Hodgson – design
* Tony Gottlieb – management

## Chart performance

### Album

| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 12 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country |
| 1986 | "You Still Move Me" | 1 | 1 |
| 1987 | "I Will Be There" | 1 | 1 |
| 1987 | "Three Time Loser" | 1 | 1 |
