Homeward Looking Angel

Homeward Looking Angel
Studio album by Pam Tillis
Released	September 29, 1992
Recorded	1992
Studio	The Money Pit, Javelina Studios and The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	36:38
Label	Arista
Producer	Paul Worley Ed Seay [1]
Pam Tillis chronology
Put Yourself in My Place (1991) Homeward Looking Angel (1992) Sweetheart's Dance (1994)
Singles from Homeward Looking Angel
"Shake the Sugar Tree" Released: August 22, 1992 "Let That Pony Run" Released: January 4, 1993 "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" Released: May 1, 1993 "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" Released: August 28, 1993

Homeward Looking Angel is the third studio album by American country music artist Pam Tillis. The album was a #23 album on the Billboard charts. This album produced four singles for Tillis on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Top Five hits "Shake the Sugar Tree" (#3) and "Let That Pony Run" (#4), as well as the Top 20 hits "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" (#11) and "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" (#16). The demo tape of "Shake the Sugar Tree", sung by Stephanie Bentley, was incorporated into Tillis's recording.

"We've Tried Everything Else" was also recorded by Canadian country artist Michelle Wright on her 1994 album The Reasons Why , while "Rough and Tumble Heart" was previously recorded by Highway 101 on their 1989 album Paint the Town . The album has been certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
USA Today	[3]

USA Today wrote that "Tillis has a strong, flexible voice and virtuosity in country, R&B and rock." ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Gone Is Goodbye"	Pam Tillis, Bob DiPiero, Jan Buckingham	3:16
2.	"Shake the Sugar Tree"	Chapin Hartford	3:08
3.	"Do You Know Where Your Man Is"	Carol Chase, Dave Gibson, Russell Smith	3:45
4.	"Cleopatra, Queen of Denial"	Tillis, DiPiero, Buckingham	3:12
5.	"Love Is Only Human" (duet with Marty Roe of Diamond Rio)	Annette Cotter, Kim Tribble	3:38
6.	"Rough and Tumble Heart"	Tillis, DiPiero, Sam Hogin	4:19
7.	"Let That Pony Run"	Gretchen Peters	3:30
8.	"Fine, Fine, Very Fine Love"	DiPiero, Jim Photoglo	3:12
9.	"We've Tried Everything Else"	Tillis, DiPiero, Steve Seskin	3:39
10.	"Homeward Looking Angel"	Tillis, DiPiero	4:57

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. ^[4]

• Pam Tillis – lead vocals, backing vocals (2-4, 9, 10)
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano (1, 3), organ (8, 10)
• Dennis Burnside – organ (2)
• Anthony Martin – acoustic piano (2), backing vocals (3), synthesizers (5, 7)
• John Hobbs – acoustic piano (4, 5, 7-9)
• John Jorgenson – electric guitars (1, 3), acoustic guitars (6)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitars (1, 3-10)
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitars, tic tac bass (3), backing vocals (3), electric guitars (4), electric 12-string guitar (10)
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitars (2), electric guitars (2), mandolin (2, 5, 7)
• Larry Byrom – electric guitars (4, 5, 7-10)
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (1, 3, 6)
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (4, 5, 7-10), lap steel guitar (4)
• Gary Morse – steel guitar (10)
• Joe Chemay – bass (1, 3-10)
• Larry Paxton – bass (2)
• Paul Leim – drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
• Lonnie Wilson – drums (2, 9)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (5, 7)
• Blaine Sprouce – fiddle (1-3, 6)
• Harry Stinson – backing vocals (1)
• Stephanie Bentley – backing vocals (2)
• Marty Roe – lead vocals (5)
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (6, 9)
• Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals (7)
• Pam Rose – backing vocals (7)
• Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals (8)
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (8)

Production

• Paul Worley – producer
• Ed Seay – producer, recording, mixing, recording (piano, acoustic guitar, fiddle & BGVs on 2)
• Anthony Martin – associate producer, second engineer
• Ernie Winfrey – recording (organ, guitars, mandolin, bass, drums & BGVs on 2)
• Clarke Schleicher – additional recording
• Carlos Grier – digital editing, mastering
• Don Cobb – mastering
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
• Ramona Simmons – project administrator
• Maude Gilman – art direction
• Peter Nash – photography
• Mary Beth Felts – make-up
• Linda DeMith – hair stylist

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	23
U.S. Billboard 200	82
Canadian RPM Country Albums	11

References

1. "Homeward Looking Angel by Pam Tillis". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 40. October 3, 1992. p. 56.
2. AllMusic review
3. Zimmerman, David (October 13, 1992). "Nashville's gems among rhinestones". USA Today. p. 7D.
4. Homeward Looking Angel (Media notes). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1992. 07822-18649-2.