From Nashville to You

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Why not? Country is something I have always liked, something I have always wanted to do. Actually, a lot of people don't know this, but the Jacksons started with country music. My mother started singing country music to us when we were very, very young in Indiana. And it's something that kinda sticks with you, or with me, at least it did. I've always wanted to do it and I never had the opportunity to do it or the chance to. [3]

Martin called on his friend, countrypolitan singer Lee Greenwood, to collaborate with Jackson. The result was the duet "What You Don't Say." Greenwood stated that Jackson "is presented with a great challenge here to be accepted into the country music community. I don't think she is going to have any trouble. First of all, on these songs she is very unique(sic). There is not a voice like hers." [3]

Release and reissues

The album was initially released in 1994, by Mar-Gor Records, a label founded by Tommy Martin and Jack Gordon. The record label eventually shut down, and the licensing of From Nashville to You was sold to Sherman Records. The album with the original cover is still available from Martin's website. [4]

Sherman Records subsequently re-released the album under the titles My Country Collection in 1996 and Little Misunderstood in 2003. The latter release includes a bonus medley of "Boots," "Burnin' Love," "Little Misunderstood," and "One Strike You're Out." A 1996 compilation titled Great Ladies of Country & Western bundles the album with Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden . [5]

Reception

From Nashville To You
Nashvilletoyoualbum.jpg
Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded1994
Studio Creative Recording (Berry Hill, Tennessee)
Genre
Length44:23
Label Mar-Gor Records
Producer
La Toya Jackson chronology
Formidable
(1992)
From Nashville To You
(1994)
Stop in the Name of Love
(1995)
Alternative covers
MyCountryCollectionFrontCover.jpg
1996 My Country Collection re-release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
TimesDaily (favorable) [7]

TimesDaily reviewed the album in July 1994 and opined that "people will be pleasantly surprised when they get a chance to hear the album." "I've Got To Be Bad", "Trash Like You", and "Dance Away These Blues Tonight" were highlighted as "rockers" that best suited Jackson. The paper concluded, "Given a chance, this album could be a real big winner for Jackson and Martin." [7]

In contrast, Allmusic described the album as "unriveting, bland" and "weak". It went on to say that Jackson's version of "Crazy" could not match Patsy Cline's rendition. [8]

Legacy

La Toya Jackson has since stated that she regrets the album's release. In her 2011 memoir Starting Over she called the project "bizarre and doomed from its inception." [9]

In a 2007 interview, Tommy Martin praised Jackson's three-octave voice and revealed that he had “remixed a couple of those songs and in some places where she was weak, I pulled it up stronger. The duet is now so full and so good.” [10]

Track listing

  1. "Fanfare - Intro" 0:45
  2. "Burnin' Love" (Dennis Linde) 3:15
  3. "So In Love with You" (Lionel Richie) 4:18
  4. "Georgia Dreamin'" (Keith Vincent) 3:48
  5. "I've Got to Be Bad" (Rodney Lay, Jr.) 3:32
  6. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) 2:54
  7. "Trash Like You" (Vernon Rust) 3:03
  8. "Another Heart" (David Lee Murphy, Dobie Gray) 2:59
  9. "Dance Away These Blues Tonight" (Rodney Lay, Jr., Steve Bishir) 3:10
  10. "Boots" (Bert Reisfeld, Lee Hazlewood) 3:37
  11. "What You Don't Say" (Duet with Lee Greenwood) 3:20
  12. "Little Misunderstood" (Angelo Petraglia, Doug Millett, Morgan Rhoads) 2:49
  13. "One Strike You're Out" (Ray Burghardt, Ren Ashley) 3:04
  14. "Break a Leg" (David Briggs, Donna Fargo) 3:49

Little Misunderstood

Released under Sherman Records. Includes a bonus medley.

  1. "Fanfare Intro" / "Burnin' Love" 4:00
  2. "So in Love with You" 4:18
  3. "Georgia Dreamin'" 3:48
  4. "I've Got to Be Bad to Have a Good Time" 3:32
  5. "Crazy" 2:54
  6. "Trash Like You" 3:03
  7. "Another Heart" 2:59
  8. "Dance Away These Blues Tonight" 3:10
  9. "Boots (These Boots Are Made for Walking)" 3:37
  10. "What You Don't Say" (Duet with Lee Greenwood) 3:20
  11. "Little Misunderstood" 2:49
  12. "One Strike You're Out" 3:04
  13. "Break a Leg" 3:49
  14. "Medley" 3:55

Personnel

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