Playin' to Win
{{for|other albums|Playing to Win (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Playin' to Win
| type = Album
| artist = Outlaws
| cover = The Outlaws - Playin' To Win.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1978
| recorded = Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 34:27
| label = Arista
| producer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange
| prev_title = Bring It Back Alive
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = In the Eye of the Storm
| next_year = 1979
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r46162/review|pure_url=yes}}
}}
Playin' to Win is the fourth album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1978. The album was their first studio project with guitarist/singer/songwriter Freddie Salem. Salem had replaced founding member/guitarist/singer/songwriter Henry Paul, who had acted as the second frontman behind Hughie Thomasson. It was not as well-received as their previous three albums. Notwithstanding, it still featured half of the original lineup, which would remain until the departure of guitarist Billy Jones in 1981.
Track listing
- "Take It Any Way You Want It" (Billy Jones, Hughie Thomasson) – 3:15
- "Cry Some More" (Jones, Thomasson) – 3:40
- "You Are the Show" (Thomasson) – 4:56
- "You Can Have It" (Harvey Dalton Arnold) – 3:04
- "If Dreams Came True" (Jones, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 2:48
- "A Real Good Feelin'" (Jones) – 4:30
- "Love at First Sight" (Thomasson) – 2:45
- "Falling Rain" (Freddie Salem) – 4:09
- "Dirty City" (Iain Sutherland) – 5:27
Personnel
- Billy Jones - electric guitar, vocals
- Hughie Thomasson - acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitars; banjo; vocals
- Freddie Salem - electric guitar, slide guitar, vocals
- Mike Duke - keyboards
- Harvey Dalton Arnold - bass, guitar, vocals
- David Dix - drums, percussion, congas
- Monte Yoho - drums, percussion
;Production
- Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Engineer: Rodney Mills
- Arranger: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Art Direction: Ron Kellum
- Design: Gerard Huerta, Ron Kellum
- Photography: John Barrett
Charts
Album
| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| align="left"|1978
|align="left"|Pop Albums |align="left"|60 |
| align="left"|1978
|align="left"|Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0088b.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - January 20, 1979}} |align="left"|65 |
Notes
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Category:Outlaws (band) albums