Ask Me What I Am

Ask Me What I Am
Studio album by Burt Reynolds
Released	November 5, 1973
Genre	Easy listening, country
Length	33:07
Label	Mercury/Phonogram
Producer	Bobby Goldsboro and Buddy Killen
Singles from Ask Me What I Am
"A Room for a Boy Never Used" Released: November 19, 1973 "She's Taken a Gentle Lover" Released: February 1974

Ask Me What I Am is a 1973 album by actor Burt Reynolds. His only album, it was produced by Bobby Goldsboro and Buddy Killen. ^[1] The album was released on the Mercury/Phonogram label.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Christgau's Record Guide	E+ [2]

Track listing

1. "Childhood 1949" — 3:12 (Bobby Goldsboro) ^[1]
2. "Slow John Fairburn" — 4:00 (Red Lane)
3. "The First One That I Lay With" — 2:41 (Red Lane, Tom McKeon)
4. "Till I Get It Right" — 2:20 (Larry Henley, Red Lane)
5. "She's Taken A Gentle Lover" — 3:50
6. "You Can't Always Sing a Happy Song" — 2:38
7. "Ask Me What I Am" — 2:50 (Glenn Yarbrough)
8. "A Room for a Boy Never Used" — 3:22
9. "I Didn't Shake the World Today" — 2:53
10. "There's a Slight Misunderstanding Between God and Man" — 3:10
11. "I Like Having You Around" — 2:10 (Red Lane)

Performers

• Burt Reynolds – lead vocals
• Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery, Ginger Holladay - Backing Vocals
• Joe Allen, Mike Leech – Bass
• Larrie London – Drums
• Bobby Goldsboro, Johnny Christopher, Reggie Young – Guitar
• Timmy Tappan – Harpsichord
• Bobby Emmons – Organ
• Bobby Wood – Piano
• Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Gary Van Osdale, George Brinkley III, Harry Lantz, Jim Stephany, Martha McCrory, Marvin Chantry, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Solie Isaac Fott, Stephanie Woolf, Steven Smith – Strings

References

1. "Burt Reynolds – Ask Me What I Am (1973, Vinyl)". Discogs . 1973.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.