Count Your Blessings, Woman (album)

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Count Your Blessings, Woman
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Studio album by
Jan Howard
ReleasedJune 1968 (1968-06)
Recorded1967 – 1968
Studio Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Genre
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Jan Howard chronology
For Loving You
(1968)		Count Your Blessings, Woman
(1968)		 Jan Howard
(1969)
Singles from Count Your Blessings, Woman
  1. "Count Your Blessings, Woman"
    Released: February 1968

Count Your Blessings, Woman is a studio album by American country music artist, Jan Howard. It was released in June 1968 on Decca Records and contained 11 tracks. Most of the disc featured covers of popular songs of the era. The album's title track was spawned as a single, becoming a top 20 song on the Billboard country chart in 1968. Additionally, the album would reach peak positions on the American country albums chart. It was reviewed positively by Billboard magazine.

Contents

Background and content

Jan Howard reached her peak commercial success as a country artist during the mid sixties. On Decca Records, she had a series of top 20 and top 40 singles. This included the top ten songs "Evil on Your Mind", "Bad Seed", and a number one duet with Bill Anderson titled "For Loving You". [2] In 1968 Anderson penned Howard's popular solo single, "Count Your Blessings Woman". Her sixth studio collection was named for the single. The album was recorded at Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. It was recorded in several sessions between 1967 and 1968. It was produced entirely by the studio's owner, Owen Bradley. [3]

The disc was a collection of 11 tracks. [1] New songs on the disc included the title track and the Dallas Frazier composition, "But Not for Love My Dear". [3] Covers of country songs were featured as well. Among them were Jack Greene's number one country single "You Are My Treasure" and Tammy Wynette's number one song "Take Me to Your World". It also featured Lynn Anderson's top ten song, "Promises, Promises" and the Dolly Parton/Porter Wagoner duet single, "The Last Thing on My Mind". [4] [3] Pop hits of the era were also featured like Cher's "You'd Better Sit Down, Kids" Jimmie Rodger's "It's Over" and "Cliff Richard's "The Minute You're Gone". [3] [5]

Release, reception and singles

Count Your Blessings, Woman was released in June 1968 on Decca Records. It was the sixth studio release of Howard's career and her fifth with the Decca label. It was distributed in a vinyl record format. Six songs were included on "Side A" while five songs were included on "Side B". [3] The album debuted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on July 6, 1968 and peaked at number 27 on July 20, 1968. It was Howard's fourth album release to peak on the country albums chart. [6]

Count Your Blessings, Woman received positive reviews from critics. Allmusic gave the album 5 out of 5 possible stars. [7] In Billboard's 1968 review, critics commented, "This one will melt off the shelves, for Miss Howard's performances are loaded with sincerity and heart." [8] The title track was first released in February 1968. [9] It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart later that year, becoming Howard's fifth top 20 song on the country singles chart. [10] The single also peaked at number 6 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was her first single to reach the Canada country chart. [11]

Track listing

Side one [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Count Your Blessings, Woman"
2:19
2."The Minute You're Gone"
  • Jimmy Gateley
2:20
3."Promises, Promises"
2:15
4."The Day the World Stood Still"
2:27
5."The Last Thing on My Mind"
3:28
6."You Are My Treasure"
3:16
Side two [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You'd Better Sit Down, Kids"
3:58
2."Take Me to Your World"
2:45
3."Thanks a Lot for Tryin' Anyway"
2:22
4."But Not for Love My Dear"
2:59
5."It's Over"
2:11

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Count Your Blessings, Woman. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1968)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [12] 27

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesJune 1968VinylDecca Records [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "Jan Howard Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Howard, Jan (1968). "Count Your Blessings, Woman liner notes (Vinyl insert)". Decca Records . DL-75012 (Stereo)' DL-5012 (Mono).
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. various.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2000). Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles 1955-1999. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research. p. various.
  6. ↑ "Count Your Blessings, Woman -- Chart history". Billboard . Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Count Your Blessings, Woman -- Jan Howard -- Songs, reviews, credits". Allmusic . Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard . 80. June 22, 1968.
  9. ↑ Howard, Jan (February 1968). ""Count Your Blessings, Woman"/"But Not for Love My Dear" (Single Information)". Decca Records . 32269.
  10. ↑ ""Count Your Blessings Woman" -- Singles chart history". Billboard . Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Search results for "Jan Howard" under Country Singles". RPM. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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