Flower of Love

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Flower of Love
Lynn Anderson--Flower of Love.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 1973 (1973-11)
Genre
Label Pickwick
Producer Slim Williamson
Lynn Anderson chronology
Top of the World
(1973)
Flower of Love
(1973)
It Makes You Happy
(1974)

Flower of Love is a compilation budget album by American country artist Lynn Anderson. It was released circa 1971 via Pickwick Records but is often credited as a 1973 release, the year of its release on 8 track tape and was produced by Slim Williamson. It was her first compilation release for the Pickwick label, reissues of songs Anderson recorded at Chart Records during her years at the label.

Contents

Background, release and reception

Flower of Love featured songs Anderson originally released while recording for Chart Records in the 1960s. Most of the songs included on the compilation are cover versions of the originals by other artists. Examples of this include the title hit by Leon Ashley, Connie Smith's "Once a Day," Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man," Dottie West's "Paper Mansions" and Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee." In the original recording sessions, these songs were produced by Slim Williamson, Anderson's longtime producer at Chart. [2] A total of ten tracks were included on the album. Anderson's mother, Liz Anderson, was the composer of "Lie a Little" and a "Penny for Your Thoughts." [1]

Greg Adams of Allmusic, who gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars. He found the package to be a "budget" release and found some cover versions to be "too close to the originals." "Because these songs are duplicated on earlier albums, Flower of Love is of limited value," he concluded. [1]

Track listing

Side one [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flower of Love" Leon Ashley 2:15
2."A Million Shades of Blue"Gene Hood2:18
3."Games People Play" Joe South 2:42
4."Lie a Little" Liz Anderson 2:25
5."There Oughta Be a Law"Joe Gibson2:40
Side two [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Okie from Muskogee" Merle Haggard 2:35
2."Once a Day" Bill Anderson 2:23
3."Stand by Your Man"2:27
4."Paper Mansions"Ted Harris3:06
5."A Penny for Your Thoughts"Anderson2:30

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Flower of Love. [2]

Musical and technical personnel

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesNovember 1973Vinyl Pickwick Records [2] [3]
Canada [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Adams, Greg. "Flower of Love: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Anderson, Lynn (November 1973). "Flower of Love (Album Information & Liner Notes)". Pickwick Records .
  3. "Lynn Anderson -- Flower of Love (1973, Vinyl)". Discogs . 1973. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. "Lynn Anderson -- Flower of Love (Canada)". Discogs . 1973. Retrieved 18 July 2020.