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| name       = A Bridge I Didn't Burn
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
| cover      = abridgeididntburn.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1993|08|24}}
| recorded   = *Nightingale Recording
*The Doghouse
*[[Sound Emporium Studios|Sound Emporium]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
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| studio     =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 36:26
| label      = [[Sony Music Nashville|Columbia Nashville]]/[[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]]
| producer   = [[Steve Buckingham (record producer)|Steve Buckingham]]<br />Ricky Van Shelton
| prev_title = [[Greatest Hits Plus]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [[Love and Honor (Ricky Van Shelton album)|Love and Honor]]
| next_year  = 1994
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Greatest Hits Plus
| type        = studio
| single1     = A Couple of Good Years Left
| single1date = July 1993
| single2     = [[Where Was I (Ricky Van Shelton song)|Where Was I]]
| single2date = January 10, 1994
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score =  {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r191804/review|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|rev2Score=(B) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090421082512/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,307905,00.html link]
}}
'''''A Bridge I Didn't Burn''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Ricky Van Shelton]]. The tracks "A Couple of Good Years Left" and "Where Was I" were released as singles. The first failed to reach the top 40 while the latter peaked at number 20 on the charts.
"Heartache Big As Texas" was originally released in 1991 on a promotional single ''(CSK 4062)'' as an extended dance mix. "Linda Lu" is a cover of R&B Artist [[Ray Sharpe]]'s hit from 1959.
==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| title1 = If They Turn Off Our Lights
| writer1 = [[Bobby Braddock]]
| length1 = 3:06
| title2 = A Bridge I Didn't Burn
| writer2 = [[Tracy Byrd]], Frank Dycus, [[Billy Yates (singer)|Billy Yates]]
| length2 = 3:30
| title3 = My First Reaction
| writer3 = [[Sonny Throckmorton]]
| length3 = 3:00
| title4 = [[Where Was I (song)|Where Was I]]
| writer4 = [[Harry Stinson (musician)|Harry Stinson]], [[Gary Burr]]
| length4 = 3:11
| title5 = A Couple of Good Years Left
| writer5 = Burr
| length5 = 3:35)
| title6 = I Know the Way by Broken Heart
| writer6 = Ronnie Samoset, [[Craig Wiseman]]
| length6 = 2:53
| title7 = Talking to God
| writer7 = Lewis Anderson, [[Layng Martine Jr.]]
| length7 = 2:58
| title8 = Heartache Big as Texas
| writer8 = L. David Lewis, Royce Porter
| length8 = 2:54
| title9 = If It Weren't for Me
| writer9 = Roger Brown, David Stephenson
| length9 = 3:41
| title10 = Linda Lu
| writer10 = [[Ray Sharpe]]
| length10 = 3:40
| title11 = Roses After the Rain
| writer11 = [[Billy Burnette]], Brian Tabor
| length11 = 3:58
}}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year
! Type
! Label
! Catalogue
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| 1993
| Cassette
| Columbia
| CT-48992
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| 1993
| CD
| Columbia
| CK-48992
|}
==Personnel==
;Musicians
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* Victor Battista&nbsp;– Double Bass
* [[Eddie Bayers]]&nbsp;– Drums
* [[Barry Beckett]]&nbsp;– [[Piano]]
* Mark Casstevens&nbsp;– Acoustic Guitar
* [[Jerry Douglas]]&nbsp;– [[Dobro]]
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]]&nbsp;– [[Steel guitar]], Pedabro
* Sonny Garrish&nbsp;– Steel Guitar
* Steve Gibson&nbsp;– [[Electric guitar]], [[Mandolin]]
* Rob Hajacos&nbsp;– [[Fiddle]]
* [[Jim Horn]]&nbsp;– [[Saxophone]]
* [[Roy Huskey]]&nbsp;– [[Double Bass]]
* [[Bill Lloyd (country musician)|Bill Lloyd]]&nbsp;– [[Electric guitar]]
* Randy McCormick&nbsp;– Piano
* [[Terry McMillan (musician)|Terry McMillan]]&nbsp;– [[Harmonica]]
* [[Brent Mason]]&nbsp;– Electric guitar
* [[Gary Nicholson (singer)|Gary Nicholson]]&nbsp;– Electric guitar
* [[Mark O'Connor]]&nbsp;– Fiddle
* [[Don Potter (musician)|Don Potter]]&nbsp;– [[Acoustic guitar]]
* [[Tom Robb]] – [[Bass guitar|Bass Guitar]]
* [[Ricky Van Shelton]]&nbsp;– Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals
* Tommy Wells&nbsp;– [[Drums]]
{{div col end}}
;Background Vocals
* [[Gary Burr]]
* Harry Stinson
* [[John Wesley Ryles]]
* Dennis Wilson
* [[Billy Yates (singer)|Billy Yates]]
;Production
* '''''Chief Engineers'''''
** Marshall Morgan
** Gary Laney
** Toby Seay
** Joe Bogan
* '''''Assistant Engineers''''': Ken Hutton & John Kunz
* '''''Mastered By''''': Denny Purcell
* '''''Art Direction''''': Bill Johnson & Rollow Welch
* '''''Photography''''': Mark Hanauer & Terry Calonge (Cover)
* '''''Cover Art''''': Jeff Wack & Steve Flatt
==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1993)
! Peak<br />position
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| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 17
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| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
| align="center"| 91
|}
==Sources==
* Allmusic (See Reviews in infobox)
* Liner Notes: “A Bridge I Didn't Burn.” Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia, 1993.
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