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Looking for the Light

{{about|the album by Rick Trevino|the album by George Cables|Looking for the Light (George Cables album)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Looking for the Light

| type = Studio album

| artist = Rick Trevino

| cover = Trevinolight.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 7, 1995
March 7, 1995 (Un Rayo de Luz)[http://music.aol.com/album/un-rayo-de-luz/161293 AOL music profile] for "Un Rayo de Luz"

| recorded = 1994

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 34:52

| label = Columbia Nashville

| producer = Blake Chancey and Steve Buckingham
Cari Landers (Un Rayo de Luz)

| prev_title = Rick Trevino

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Learning as You Go

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Un Rayo de Luz

| type = album

| cover = Rick Trevino - Un Rayo de Luz.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption =

}}{{Singles

| name = Looking for the Light

| type = Studio

| single1 = Looking for the Light

| single1date = February 7, 1995

| single2 = Bobbie Ann Mason

| single2date = May 2, 1995

| single3 = Save This One for Me

| single3date = September 9, 1995

}}

}}

Looking for the Light is the third studio album by Hispanic-American country music artist Rick Trevino, released on February 7, 1995. Although its second single "Bobbie Ann Mason" was a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1995, neither of the album's other singles — "Save This One for Me" or the title track — reached Top 40.

The album was also released in Spanish under the title Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light"), with Spanish-language versions of most of the songs on Looking for the Light. This version charted at #22 on the Top Latin Albums charts.

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B, saying that Trevino "mixes cliche-ridden heartbreak songs with muscular two-step" and citing "Poor, Broke, Mixed-Up Mess of a Heart" and "Save This One for Me" as standouts.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/10/looking-light/|title=Looking for the Light review|last=Nash|first=Alanna|date=March 10, 1995|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 2, 2010}} Chris Dickinson gave a three-star review in New Country magazine, comparing Trevino's voice to George Strait's and citing the title track as a "truly vulnerable" performance, although he thought that Trevino sounded too young and forced on "Save This One for Me" and "Bobbie Ann Mason".{{cite journal|last=Dickinson|first=Chris|date=April 1995|title=Album reviews: Rick Trevino — Looking for the Light|journal=New Country|volume=2|issue=5|pages=61q|issn=1074-536X}}

Track listing

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| headline =

| total length =

| title1 = Full Deck of Cards

| writer1 = Kostas, Melanie Dyer

| length1 = 3:05

| title2 = Looking for the Light

| writer2 = Liz Hengber, Tim Mensy

| length2 = 4:08

| title3 = Family Reunion

| writer3 = Pebe Sebert, John Scott Sherrill

| length3 = 2:39

| title4 = You Are to Me

| writer4 = Mark Cawley, Kye Fleming, Mary Ann Kennedy

| length4 = 3:32

| title5 = She Used to Say That to Me

| writer5 = Jim Lauderdale, Sherrill

| length5 = 2:52

| title6 = Poor, Broke, Mixed-Up Mess of a Heart

| writer6 = Tommy Collins, Merle Haggard

| length6 = 2:15

| title7 = I Want a Girl in a Pick-Up Truck

| writer7 = Bryan Kennedy

| length7 = 2:34

| title8 = Save This One for Me

| writer8 = Mark D. Sanders, Verlon Thompson

| length8 = 3:02

| title9 = The Pain

| writer9 = Rusty Golden, Danny Mayo

| length9 = 3:13

| title10 = Bobbie Ann Mason

| writer10 = Sanders

| length10 = 3:16

| title11 = San Antonio Rose to You

| writer11 = Rick Trevino

| length11 = 4:16

}}

Track listing ''(Un Rayo de Luz)''

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  1. "Perdí la Partida"
  2. "Un Rayo de Luz"
  3. *bilingual version
  4. "Tú Para Mi"
  5. "Eso Me Dijo"
  6. "Corazón Soñador"
  7. "Me la Guardan Para Mi"
  8. "Alivia el Dolor"
  9. "Tu Eres Mi Verdad"
  10. "Ella No Podrá Decir Que No Me Vió Llorar"
  11. "Un Rayo de Luz"

Personnel

Source:{{cite AV media notes |title=Looking for the Light |others=Rick Trevino |year=1995 |type=CD |publisher=Columbia Records |id=66771}}

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 - 9, 11

Tracks 2, 5, 10

  • Paul Franklin - steel guitar
  • John Jorgenson - electric guitar
  • Larry Marrs - bass guitar
  • Tim Mensy - background vocals on "Looking for the Light"
  • Steve Nathan - piano
  • John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
  • Blaine Sprouse - fiddle
  • Rick Trevino - lead vocals
  • Steve Turner - drums
  • John Willis - acoustic guitar
  • Dennis Wilson - background vocals

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1995)

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position

{{album chart|Billboard200|121|artist=Florida Georgia Line|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 21, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|17|artist=Florida Georgia Line|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 21, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardLatin|22|artist=Florida Georgia Line|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 21, 2021|note=Un Rayo De Luz}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1995)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 21, 2021}}

| 57

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References

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Category:1995 albums

Category:Columbia Records albums

Category:Rick Trevino albums

Category:Albums produced by Blake Chancey

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