Breaking New Ground (Wild Rose album)
# Breaking New Ground (Wild Rose album)

Breaking New Ground is the debut studio album by American country music band Wild Rose. Originally issued in 1988 via Universal Records, it was rereleased on April 9, 1990 via Capitol Records. The album includes the singles "Breaking New Ground" and "Go Down Swingin'".

## Critical reception

Giving it a "B", Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the band offers a kicky program of country-rock, bluegrass, Texas swing, Louisiana spice, honky-tonk, and jazzy 'dawg' music…Little of this is combined into a cohesive sound, but whatever Wild Rose is, it's never boring."

## Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

### Wild Rose

* Pam Gadd – lead vocals, background vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar
* Nancy Given Prout – drums, background vocals
* Kathy Mac – bass guitar, background vocals
* Pam Perry – lead vocals, background vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar
* Wanda Vick – electric guitar, fiddle, Dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar

### Additional musicians

* Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
* Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar
* Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar
* John Barlow Jarvis – piano
* Randy McCormick – piano
* Bobbe Seymour – pedal steel guitar
* "Hurricane" James Stroud – percussion

### Technical

* Milan Bogdan – digital editing
* John Guess – mixing
* Glenn Meadows – mastering
* James Stroud – production
* Ron Treat – digital recording, overdubbing
* Wild Rose – arranging

## Chart performance

| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 44 |
