Jenny Simpson (album)

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Jenny Simpson
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ReleasedNovember 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)
Genre Country
Label Mercury Nashville
Producer Garth Fundis
Ray Methvin

Jenny Simpson is the only album by American country music singer Jenny Simpson. It was released on November 3, 1998 via Mercury Nashville.

Contents

Content

It includes the single "Ticket Out of Kansas", Simpson's only chart entry, which was previously recorded by Regina Regina on their debut album. Also included is "Grow Young with You", a duet with Michael Peterson. This song was later recorded by Andy Griggs and Coley McCabe for the soundtrack to the 2000 film Where the Heart Is . [1]

Critical reception

Jana Pendragon of Allmusic gave the album two stars out of five, writing that Simpson "sounds like a million other young women trying to break into pop-country music." [2] Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time said that Simpson's voice was "pleasant enough", but thought that the album's sound lacked variety. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Ticket Out of Kansas" (Tia Sillers) — 3:27
  2. "Even When You're Not There (Get a Life)" (Ray Methvin, Pound Lamb) — 3:34
  3. "A Million Miles Away" (Jess Leary, Verlon Thompson) — 3:04
  4. "Little Miracles" (Troy Verges, Mark D. Sanders) — 2:57
  5. "You" (Michael Lunn, Jeff Pennig) — 4:58
  6. "Foolish as That May Be" (Kieran Kane) — 4:33
  7. "Under the Rainbow" (Methvin, James Nihan) — 3:20
  8. "Grow Young with You" (Austin Cunningham, Hillary Lindsey) — 3:53
  9. "One Word" (Don Schlitz, Angela Kaset) — 3:53
  10. "So I Kissed Him" (Methvin, Jenny Simpson) — 2:54
  11. "Til Then" (Methvin, Simpson) — 3:29

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [4]

String arrangements on tracks 5 and 7 by Kris Wilkinson.

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References

  1. Phares, Heather. "Where the Heart Is". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. Pendragon, Jana. "Jenny Simpson Review". Allmusic . Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  3. Remz, Jeffrey B. "Jenny Simpson review". Country Standard Time . Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. Jenny Simpson (CD booklet). Jenny Simpson. Mercury Nashville. 1998. 314-538-038-2.CS1 maint: others (link)