| Alone | ||||
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| Studio album LPby | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | RCA "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | (2.25/5) [1] |
Alone is the forty-fourth studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins. It peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Country Album charts.
It was during the recording of this album that Chet was first diagnosed with colon cancer. [2]
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Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins, known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, Bob Ferguson and others, created the country music style that came to be known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily known as a guitarist. He also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele.
Folk-Country is the major-label debut album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released in 1966 on RCA Victor. It is his first collaboration with producer Chet Atkins.
Neck and Neck is a collaborative album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on October 9, 1990 by Columbia Records. "Poor Boy Blues" was released as a single.
Suffer Time is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in July 1966 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Chet Atkins. It was West's third studio album as a music artist and was her first concept album in her career. The record's concept focused on themes related to heartbreak and lost love. It included new compositions and cover versions of other recordings. These recordings included four singles, including the top ten hit "Would You Hold It Against Me". Suffer Time would become one of West's most successful and highest-selling albums in her career.
Dottie West Sings is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in December 1965 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Chet Atkins. The album was West's second studio album to be released as a recording artist. The record included several songs composed by West and other writers. It also included two singles that became top 40 hits on the Billboard country chart in 1965.
Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar is the first studio album released by American guitarist Chet Atkins on the RCA Victor label. It was available as a 10-inch vinyl record.
Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions is the fifth studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins. The recording mixes unique arrangements of traditional tunes, pop songs and classical arrangements. Atkins stated in his 1974 autobiography that this album was the first time he strayed away from country, even though he had been fired numerous times from various radio shows for "not sounding country enough".
Almost Alone is the fifty-seventh studio album by Chet Atkins. He was 71 at the time of the album's release. It is almost all solo guitar instrumentals. "Jam Man" won the 1997 Grammy award for Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance.
Chet Atkins' Workshop is the fourteenth studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins. Full of pop and jazz stylings and no country, this became his best-selling LP to date, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Pop album charts.
Chet Atkins' discography is large and diverse. Not only did he release principal studio albums as a solo artist, he was a prolific and much sought-after collaborator. He also played as a sideman on many more. His major collaborations were with Hank Snow, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, The Country All-Stars, The Nashville String Band, Jerry Reed, Merle Travis, Doc Watson, Lenny Breau, Les Paul, Mark Knopfler, Suzy Bogguss, Floyd Cramer and Tommy Emmanuel. He frequently guested on a track or two with other friends. Several of his recordings won or were nominated for Grammy Awards.
Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles is the twenty-eighth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins. Atkins interprets a selection of songs by The Beatles on this album.
Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies is the forty-seventh studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1975.
Solid Gold 68 is the thirty-fifth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released on RCA Victor LSP-4061. It is the first in a series of three albums providing Chet with the opportunity to interpret some of the pop hits of the year. It reached No. 18 on the Country Album charts.
Pickin' My Way is the forty-first studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Country charts. The liner notes are by Johnny Cash.
For the Good Times, fully titled For the Good Times , is the forty-second studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins. At the Grammy Awards of 1972, "Snowbird" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Country Albums charts.
Guitar Legend: The RCA Years is a two-disc compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins. The 50 tracks included here focus on his first recordings in 1947 to the 1977 release Nashville Guitar Quartet.
The Essential Chet Atkins is a two-disc compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 2007 on the Legacy label.
Reminiscing is the title of the first collaborative long-play recording by American country music artists Chet Atkins and Hank Snow, released in 1964.
Make Way for Willie Nelson is the fifth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson.
The Sound of Country Music is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West and her band, "The Heartaches". It was released in February 1967 on RCA Camden Records. The sessions were co-produced by Chet Atkins and Ethel Gabriel. The project was West's fifth studio effort and first for the RCA Camden label. The album did not produce any singles nor reach peak positions on national charts. It was instead a collection of cover songs previously recorded by others.
