Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich album)

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Behind Closed Doors
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Studio album by
Charlie Rich
ReleasedMay 1973 [1]
Studio Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee) [2]
Genre Country
Length31:30
Label Epic
Producer Billy Sherrill
Charlie Rich chronology
Boss Man
(1970)		Behind Closed Doors
(1973)		Tomorrow Night
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [4]
Džuboks favorable [5]

Behind Closed Doors is a 1973 album by Charlie Rich. The album received the Country Music Association award for Album of the Year; the title track (written by Kenny O'Dell) was also named CMA's Single of the Year, and Rich was named Best Male Vocalist for his performance on the album. Rich won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and also took home four Academy of Country Music awards for this album. In 2006, CMT ranked "Behind Closed Doors" No. 37 on its list of the 40 greatest albums in country music. [6] [ deprecated source ]

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In 2002, the album was certified Quadruple Platinum by the RIAA, commemorating U.S. sales of over four million. Charlie Rich contributed "Peace On You" to this album. Charlie's wife Margaret Ann contributed two of her songs to the album as well, "A Sunday Kind of Woman" and "Nothing In The World (To Do With Me)". Charlie's teenage son contributed the song "You Never Really Wanted Me" to the album as well.

Track listing

  1. "Behind Closed Doors" (Kenny O'Dell) - 2:56
  2. "If You Wouldn't Be My Lady" (Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves) - 2:53
  3. "You Never Really Wanted Me" (Allan Rich) - 2:27
  4. "A Sunday Kind of Woman" (Margaret Ann Rich) - 3:09
  5. "Peace On You" (Charlie Rich) - 3:59
  6. "The Most Beautiful Girl" (Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, Rory Bourke) - 2:43
  7. "I Take It On Home" (Kenny O'Dell) - 2:52
  8. "'Til I Can't Take It Anymore" (Clyde Otis, Dorian Burton) - 2:30
  9. "We Love Each Other" (Buddy Killen) - 3:08
  10. "I'm Not Going Hungry Anymore" (Freddie Hart) - 2:12
  11. "Nothing In the World (To Do With Me)" (Margaret Ann Rich) - 2:41

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References

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  2. ↑ Kosser, Michael (2006). How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A.: A History Of Music Row. Lanham, Maryland, US: Backbeat Books. pp. 155–160. ISBN   978-1-49306-512-7.
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors". Džuboks (in Serbian) (5 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 23–24.
  6. ↑ "CMT 40 Greatest Albums - RYM/Sonemic".
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 251. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  8. ↑ "Charlie Rich Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Charlie Rich Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1973". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
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