Blue Nun (album)

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Blue Nun
CarleneCarterBlueNun.jpg
Studio album by
Released1981
Studio Eden Studios, Ampro Studios
Genre Country
LengthOriginal: 33:41; Reissue: 38:28
Label Warner Bros. (USA)
F-Beat (UK)
Producer Nick Lowe, Roger Bechirian
Carlene Carter chronology
Musical Shapes
(1980)
Blue Nun
(1981)
C'est C Bon
(1983)

Blue Nun is an album by the American musician Carlene Carter, released in 1981. [1] It features two duets with British rocker Paul Carrack: "Oh How Happy" and "Do Me Lover".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Writing in The Boston Phoenix, Joyce Millman opined that while Carter "can write a snazzy pop tune ... the absence of any 'Western swing' makes Blue Nun a bit of a disappointment. ... [T]hough [producer Nick] Lowe has assembled the best pop hired hands (guitarists Martin Belmont, Billy Bremner, and ex-Record Huw Gower), Carter frequently sounds like a teenager singing along with her Supremes records." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Carlene Carter, unless otherwise noted

Side one (Original LP release)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Is a 4 Letter Verb" 2:39
2."That Boy" 3:20
3."300 Pounds of Hongry"2:40
4."Tougher Stuff"
2:40
5."I Need a Hit"
  • Carlene Carter
  • James Eller
2:44
6."Rockababy" 2:20
Side two (Original LP release)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Me And My .38"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Nick Lowe
2:52
2."Do Me Lover" (duet with Paul Carrack)
  • Carlene Carter
  • Nick Lowe
  • James Eller
2:49
3."Home Run Hitter"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Nick Lowe
2:34
4."Billy"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Paul Carrack
2:38
5."Born To Move" John Fogerty 2:33
6."Think Dirty" 3:52
Total length:33:41
1981 Reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh How Happy" (duet with Paul Carrack) Edwin Starr 2:38
2."Love Is a 4-Letter Verb" 2:39
3."That Boy" 3:20
4."300 Pounds of Hongry"
  • Donnie Fritts
  • Eddie Hinton
2:40
5."Tougher Stuff"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Nick Lowe
2:40
6."I Need a Hit"
  • Carlene Carter
  • James Eller
2:44
7."Rockababy" 2:20
8."When You Comin' Back?"Count Freda (Roger Bechirian)2:26
9."Me and My .38"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Nick Lowe
2:52
10."Do Me Lover" (duet with Paul Carrack)
  • Carlene Carter
  • Nick Lowe
  • James Eller
2:49
11."Too Many Teardrops"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Nick Lowe
2:17
12."Billy"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Paul Carrack
2:38
13."Born to Move"John Fogerty2:33
14."Think Dirty" 3:52
Total length:38:28

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. McGrath, Paul (1 Oct 1981). "Riff Rap". The Globe and Mail. p. E5.
  2. Worbois, Jim. Blue Nun at AllMusic
  3. Cooper, Mark (October 3, 1981). "Albums: Carlene Carter – Blue Nun" (PDF). Record Mirror . London: Spotlight Publications Inc. p. 11. ISSN   0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  4. Millman, Joyce (2 March 1982). "The honeymooners: Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter continue the cooing". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. Blue Nun (liner notes). Carlene Carter. Warner. 1981.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)