Heartaches (Patsy Cline album)

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Heartaches
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Released1985
RecordedNovember 16, 1960 February 5, 1963
Genre Country
Length26:19
Label MCA
Patsy Cline chronology
Today, Tomorrow, and Forever
(1985)
Heartaches
(1985)
Sweet Dreams
(1985)
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Heartaches is a compilation album, first released in 1985, containing some of the hit singles by country music singer, Patsy Cline. It was released by the MCA Special Products division of MCA Records. A simultaneous release titled "The Best of Patsy Cline" featured the same programming. [2]

Contents

Heartaches is a 10-track collection that includes some of Patsy Cline's biggest hits such as "Crazy," "I Fall to Pieces," and "Walkin' After Midnight." The album overlooks most of Cline's essential songs. [1] Upon its release, a cassette version was also issued but only contained the first eight tracks. In 1997 it was remastered and reissued with the original version of "Walkin' After Midnight". [3]

On March 30, 2000, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies in the United States. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) 2:42
  2. "I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard) 2:49
  3. "Heartaches (Al Hoffman, John Klenner) 2:10
  4. "She's Got You" (Hank Cochran) 2:58
  5. "Walkin' After Midnight" (Alan Block, Don Hecht) 2:00 / 2:31
    • Reissued with the original version of this song in 1997.
  6. "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" (Don Gibson) 2:34
  7. "You Belong to Me" (Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart) 3:03
  8. "Strange" (Fred Burch, Mel Tillis) 2:13
  9. "Anytime" (Herbert Happy Lawson) 1:57
  10. "The Wayward Wind" (Stanley Lebowsky, Herb Newman) 3:22

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [5] 45
Chart (2002)Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [6] 58

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