Saddle the Wind (album)

During the mid-1980s, Janie Fricke was considered among country music's most successful artists. She had a string of top ten and number one songs through 1986. Through this period she maintained a recording contract with Columbia Records even as her popularity declined at the end of the 1980s. She would remain with Columbia until 1989. and Patsy Cline's "Crazy Dreams". ==Release, reception and singles==

Saddle the Wind was originally released in July 1988 on Columbia Records. It marked the thirteenth studio release of Frickie's music career. It was originally offered as a vinyl LP, cassette and a compact disc. In later decades, it was reissued to digital markets including Apple Music. Due to constant mispronunciations of her last name, Columbia changed the spelling from "Fricke" to "Frickie" beginning in 1986. Saddle the Wind also included the same spelling. The disc received three out of five stars from AllMusic following its release. The song spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart climbed to the number 54 position in May 1988. It was followed in June 1988 by "I'll Walk Before I Crawl". The track also spent eight weeks on the country songs chart, peaking at number 50. The single spent four weeks on the country songs and peaked at number 64 in October 1988. ==Track listing==

Vinyl and cassette versions Compact disc and digital versions ==Charts==