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| Released | 1983 | |||
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| Genre | Country pop, country rock | |||
| Length | 37:48 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Richard Landis | |||
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Dirty Looks is the fifth solo album by the American country pop singer Juice Newton. [2] It was released by Capitol Records in 1983. [3]
Dirty Looks was Newton's follow-up to Juice (her "breakthrough" album) and Quiet Lies . Both had been major hits for Capitol and, between them, had produced six top ten singles. [4] With their success, Capitol seemed determined more than ever to push Newton further into the pop market. Dirty Looks was not as successful as Juice and Quiet Lies and produced only three modest hits. "Tell Her No", a reworking of The Zombies's 1965 top ten hit, [5] peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Pop chart while "Dirty Looks" only reached number 90. "Stranger at My Door" had a modest peak at number 45 on the Billboard Country chart. [3]
In summing up the album's modest success, the music critic Ian McFarlane noted, "The first clue was the album cover which featured a series of nine photos of Juice looking bright, playful and not a little coy, whereas with previous covers (Juice and Quiet Lies in particular) she’d radiated a quiet confidence and sheer determination by staring straight at the camera lens. The second clue was the preponderance of synthesizer arrangements and big crashing guitar chords among the songs written by rock and pop based performers such as Van Stephenson ("Dirty Looks"), Rod Argent ("Tell Her No") and Marc Jordan ("Slipping Away"). Even the usually restrained Otha Young seemed to be working the big pop riffs with "Don't Bother Me". [3]
Despite this, Dirty Looks sold well enough in Canada to be certified Gold on October 13, 1983. [6] On June 26, 2007 Dirty Looks and a later Newton album, Old Flame , were released on a "2 for 1" compact disc. [7] The closing track on the album, "For Believers", was later reused with a new recording for Newton's 2007 album, The Gift of Christmas . [8]
People called the album a "bumper crop of delightful tunes." [9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dirty Looks" | Dave Robbins, Van Stephenson | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Tell Her No" | Rod Argent | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Til I Loved You" | Dave Robbins, Jeff Silbar, Van Stephenson | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Keeping Me on My Toes" | Troy Seals, Eddie Setser | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Twenty Years Ago" | Wood Newton, Michael Noble, Michael Spriggs, Daniel Tyler | 3:45 |
| 6. | "Don't Bother Me" | Otha Young | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Stranger at My Door" | Charlie Black, Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Slipping Away" | Marc Jordan, Steve Kipner | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Runaway Hearts" | Bob McDill, Hunter Moore | 4:50 |
| 10. | "For Believers" | Otha Young | 2:19 |
Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories – winning once in 1983 – as well as an ACM Award for Top New Female Artist and two consecutive Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards. Newton's other awards include a People's Choice Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and the Australian Music Media's "Number One International Country Artist".
"Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" is a song written by Gary Burr and recorded by the American country-pop singer Juice Newton for her album Quiet Lies. The recording garnered Newton a Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocalist in the Pop category.
"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" is a country-pop song written by Otha Young for Juice Newton in the mid-1970s. Newton was known for charting hits on the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Hot Country charts - and this song has the distinction of being the only single of hers to reach the top 10 on all three of those charts, peaking at #1 on two of them.
Juice is the sixth studio album and third solo album by American country-rock singer Juice Newton. The album was released in February 1981 and was her first major international success.
Quiet Lies is a 1982 album by American pop-country star Juice Newton. It reached #20 on the Billboard 200, her highest position on the chart, and included three major hits: "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me", "Break It to Me Gently", and "Heart of the Night". Quiet Lies sold more than 900,000 copies in the United States in 1982 and was re-issued on CD in 1990 and 2006.
"Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert. Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton met with considerable success with their versions of the song.
Juice Newton & Silver Spur is the eponymous debut studio album by country-rock trio Juice Newton & Silver Spur. The album contains Newton's first charting single, "Love Is a Word", and the original version of "The Sweetest Thing ", which was re-recorded in 1981 as a Newton solo piece and became a number-one hit.
Rabbitt Trax is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt, released in 1986 by RCA Records. The album produced four singles including "A World Without Love", "Repetitive Regret", "Both to Each Other " and "Gotta Have You". All of these singles reached the top ten on country charts, with the duet reaching No. 1.
Can't Wait All Night is the sixth solo studio album by American pop and country singer Juice Newton, released by RCA Records in 1984. The album was produced by Richard Landis and is Newton's last studio album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #128.
Old Flame is the seventh solo studio album by country rock singer Juice Newton. It was released by RCA Records in November 1985.
The Trouble with Angels is the tenth solo studio album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by River North Records in 1998. Newton's previous studio album had been Ain't Gonna Cry (1989). After the release of that album she spent several years performing on concert tours and in night clubs. The Trouble With Angels marked her return to studio recording after nine years.
Greatest Hits is the ninth album and first greatest hits collection by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was originally released by Capitol Records in 1984 with ten tracks taken from her albums Juice, Quiet Lies, and Dirty Looks. It was reissued in 1986 in an expanded 15-track edition titled Juice Newton's Greatest Hits . The album became a best seller and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Duets: Friends & Memories is an album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released in 2010 by Fuel Records and features Newton singing popular tunes from the 1960s to the 1980s, all as duets with other famous performers. Her collaborators include Gary Morris, Frankie Valli, Randy Meisner, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, Gary Morris, Dan Seals, Melissa Manchester, and Eddie Money. The original CD release of the album contained 10 songs. A later edition featuring two extra tracks is available only from iTunes.
The Gift of Christmas is a 2007 Christmas album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was originally released by OJM Records on November 14, 2007. The album was Newton's last collaboration with Otha Young, her professional partner of over 30 years. Young died of cancer in 2009.
American Girl is the eleventh solo studio album by country pop singer Juice Newton It was released by Renaissance Records in 1999. Following the release of her 1989 album Ain't Gonna Cry, Newton had concentrated largely on concert performing until the release of The Trouble With Angels in 1998. However, that album was made up largely of new renditions of songs she had recorded in the past. Thus American Girl marked her first recording of original material in twelve years.
Emotion is the eighth solo studio album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by RCA Records in 1987 and was the last of Newton's albums to appear on the Billboard charts.
Every Road Leads Back to You is a live album and concert video by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released as both a DVD and two-disc CD by Image Entertainment in 2002. The concert consists of Newton and her band performing many of her hits along with new songs. As a bonus four new studio recordings are included on the second disc of the CD release. The DVD contains these songs as audio-only tracks and also includes some interviews with Newton and her band members.
The Ultimate Hits Collection is a compilation album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by Fuel Records in 2011. All ten tracks from Newton's 1998 album The Trouble With Angels were included in this release along with ten other recordings from various other Newton albums and one new track. An iTunes edition added two more tracks.
Emotions is a compilation album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by Pair Records in 1994 and consists of 20 tracks taken from five of the six albums Newton recorded for RCA.
Anthology is a compilation album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was originally released by Renaissance Records on October 13, 1998. The album covers her career from 1975 to 1989 and features 19 songs taken from her albums Juice Newton & Silver Spur, Juice, Quiet Lies, Can't Wait All Night, Old Flame, Emotion, and Ain't Gonna Cry. However, it includes the 1975 take of "The Sweetest Thing " from the first RCA album, not the 1981 hit version from Juice.
