Harmony (John Conlee album)

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Harmony
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Studio album by
Released1986
Genre Country
Length33:20
Label Columbia
Producer Bud Logan
John Conlee chronology
Greatest Hits Volume 2
(1985)
Harmony
(1986)
American Faces
(1987)

Harmony is a studio album by American country music artist John Conlee, released in 1986 via Columbia Records. [1] [2] The album includes the singles "Harmony", "Got My Heart Set on You" and "The Carpenter". Harmony stayed on the country charts for more than a year. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

UPI wrote that "Conlee's smooth baritone delivery and excellent choice of material make this LP another winner." [4] The Richmond Times-Dispatch opined that "Conlee's voice has a hard-core country quality almost as impressive as that of Merle Haggard." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Harmony" Jimbeau Hinson, Rick Ellsworth3:22
2."Got My Heart Set on You" Dobie Gray, Bud Reneau3:05
3."Class Reunion"Craig Morris, Don Henry 3:59
4."She Told Me So" Bobby Braddock 2:56
5."I'll Be Seeing You" Walt Aldridge, Tom Brasfield2:48
6."For a Little While" Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs, Joe Chemay3:13
7."Cars" Dickey Lee, Bob McDill 3:59
8."You've Got a Right" Bruce Channel, Kieran Kane 3:14
9."The Carpenter" Guy Clark 3:13
10."The Day He Turned Sixty-Five" Jamie O'Hara 3:31

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [6]

Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 9

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References

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  2. Lewis, Randy (2 Apr 1986). "John Conlee". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 2.
  3. Okamoto, David (4 Mar 1987). "In a word, it's strawberries". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1D.
  4. Lewis, Jim (February 21, 1986). "Country". UPI.
  5. Rowe, Norman (April 6, 1986). "John Conlee seems to be exceeding the boundries...". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. J11.
  6. Harmony (CD booklet). John Conlee. Columbia Records. 1986. FC-40257.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. "John Conlee Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.