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Patty Loveless Album Review |
 ALBUM INFO Album Rating  Released: October 1, 1987 Produced By: Emory Gordy, Jr./Tony Brown Chart Position: # 35 SONGS/SONGWRITERS 1. Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (Karen Staley) 2. I Did (Patty Loveless) 3. You Are Everything (Guy Clark-Keith Sykes) 4. Blue Is Not A Word (Jo-el Sonnier-Judy Ball) 5. Slow Healing Heart (Jim Rushing) 6. After All (Jimbeau Hinson- Harry Stinson) 7. Wicked Ways (Karen Staley) 8. Half Over You (Karen Staley) 9. Some Blue Moons Ago (Steve Earle-Richard Bennet) 10. Sounds Of Loneliness (Patty Loveless.) MUSICIANS Jerry Kroon, Emory Gordy, Jr. Larry Byrom,John Jarvis Richard Bennett, Ray Flacke Mac McAnally, Reggie Young Weldon Myrick, Paul Franklin Glen Duncan, Christian Bowen, Tony Brown BACKGROUND VOCALS Patty Loveless, Vince Gill Paul Davis, Harry Stinson Lyle Lovett, Karen Staley SINGLES RELEASED/CHART POSITION Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (#46) Wicked Ways (#49) I Did (#56) After All (#43) |
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Patty's first album with MCA was not a commercial success, but the
few critics that did If you read the liner notes you will see quite a few musicians and songwriters who have contributed to her albums, beginning with this one, and continuing thru to her newest greatest hits "Classics". If you are new to Patty's music, check this one out, it is an enjoyable album. Were all of you able to keep up? I didn't type to fast did I? With only 252 hours to go until we unveil the new look, and having no sleep for the last 4 hours, I am sure you understand the incredible pressure I am facing. So, let us move quickly to the next album, and discover what delights this one holds. Will this album be another stepping stone towards an incredible career? Will Patty have her first real chart success? Most important, if she does achieve chart success, is it due to the pick up truck on the cover? Who's pick up is that anyway? Is there a metaphor the truck is trying to convey, if so, what? What nitwit came up with these last three questions??????????
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review the album gave it high marks. Chalk it up to
lack of
promotion, which is something that would plague her during her years
with MCA. This album covers the spectrum of good country music, from
western swing, rockabilly, to bluegrass. The moniker, Torch Country was
invented because of Patty, and two of the finest songs on the album are Half
Over You and Slow Healing Heart, are a
reflection of this. The first was written by Karen Staley, who recently
recorded Half Over You and Wicked Ways for her
own album this year. Jim Rushing who wrote "Slow Healing
Heart," has provided songs, and/or background vocals for most of
Patty's albums. Wicked Ways is a good rockabilly. song,
which Patty sings with a lot of attitude. Just the line "What more
can I do/ I through puttin up with you," is enough to make a grown
man, if sober, feel like sniveling "I'm sorry", and the women
yell "YOU GO GIRL." If you have a very sharp ear, and listen
carefully to After All, you can hear in certain parts
Patty's vocal problems that would require surgery during the recording
of the album Only What I Feel. By no means does this
detract from the over all quality of the album. This album also contains
two songs written by Patty, which appeared on the demo, "I
Did" the little country song that could, and "Sounds Of
Loneliness," the song she auditioned for Porter Wagoner. A little
known fact about I Did, is that country songwriting
legend Harlan Howard added the speaking verse for the song.