Love Letters (Leslie Satcher album)

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Love Letters
Leslie Satcher - Love Letters.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 14, 2000
Genre Country
Length44:56
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Luke Wooten
Leslie Satcher chronology
Love Letters
(2000)
Creation
(2005)

Love Letters is the debut album from American country music artist Leslie Satcher. It was released in 2000 on Warner Bros. Records. Although it produced four singles, none of them charted. Satcher wrote or co-wrote eleven of its twelve tracks, with the only outside contribution being her cover of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe".

Contents

Reception

Billboard magazine said with the album, "intelligent lyrics meet powerhouse vocals and passionate performance" calling the combination "lethal". [1] Chuck Taylor agreed, calling Love Letters "an impressive collection of well-crafted songs". [2] Texas Monthly remarked that "though Satcher is occasionally guilty of trite lyrics or oversinging, her career is off to a promising start." [3] Taking into account Satcher's songwriter background, People magazine called the album "a welcome entrance from behind the scenes" but "bad news for Nashville's other singers, since Satcher...may be tempted to keep her best work for herself from now on." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leslie Satcher, unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Letters From Old Mexico" 4:00
2."Slow Way Home" 3:29
3."Every Time It Rains"Leslie Satcher; Bobby Carmichael3:03
4."Goin' Down Hard"Leslie Satcher; Larry Cordie; Don Poythress3:45
5."It Can't Be Good to Hurt That Bad" 3:27
6."Ode to Billie Joe" Bobbie Gentry 5:04
7."A Man with Eighteen Wheels"Leslie Satcher; Bobby Carmichael3:36
8."I Will Survive" 3:00
9."Burn Me Down" 4:21
10."Look Who's Talking Now"Leslie Satcher; Melba Montgomery; Jerry Salley 3:35
11."Texarkana (Wide Open Spaces)" 2:55
12."White" (Bonus song) 4:41
Total length:44:56

Personnel

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