Ask Me What I Am

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Ask Me What I Am
AskMe BurtReynolds.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 5, 1973
Genre Easy listening, country
Length33:07
Label Mercury/Phonogram
Producer Bobby Goldsboro and Buddy Killen
Singles from Ask Me What I Am
  1. "A Room for a Boy Never Used"
    Released: November 19, 1973
  2. "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.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Burt Reynolds – Ask Me What I Am (1973, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  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.