Lynn Anderson (album)

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Lynn Anderson
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Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 1971 (1971-10)
Genre
Label Chart
Producer Slim Williamson
Lynn Anderson chronology
You're My Man
(1971)
Lynn Anderson
(1971)
How Can I Unlove You
(1971)

Lynn Anderson is a compilation album by American country artist Lynn Anderson. It was released in October 1971 via Chart Records and was produced by Slim Williamson. It was the sixth compilation released in Anderson's career and her final release for the Chart label. The album was a double record that contained 24 songs in total.

Contents

Background, release and reception

Lynn Anderson a double-album compilation released following her departure from the Chart record company. [2] Anderson had left the label in 1970 to record for the larger Columbia Records. [3] Since her departure, Chart released several compilations of her earlier work. This eponymous compilation was her last with Chart to be released in the United States. All of the material was produced by Slim Williamson. All songs had first been released on earlier albums. [2] A total of 24 tracks were included on this double set album. [1] Included were some of her biggest Chart hits, such as "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" and "Big Girls Don't Cry." Also included was several cover versions of hits first recorded by other artists, such as Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and Merle Haggard's "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers." [2]

The eponymous album was released in October 1971 via Chart Records, becoming her sixth compilation release in her career. [2] The album was issued as a vinyl LP, containing two records. Each record contained a total of 12 songs, with six songs on each side. [4] Like her previous Chart compilation, the record did not reach any chart positions on Billboard upon its release. This included the Top Country Albums chart. [5] The album did receive positive reception in later years from Allmusic. The publication gave it 4.5 out of 5 possible stars. [1]

Track listing

Record one

Side one [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Girls Don't Cry" Liz Anderson 2:26
2."Pick of the Week"Anderson2:16
3."Honey" Bobby Russell 4:20
4."Just Between the Two of Us"Anderson2:51
5."I Live to Love You" Glenn Sutton 2:33
6."Strangers"Anderson2:33
Side two [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Pillow That Whispers"Cal Veale2:42
2."Ring of Fire"1:42
3."Come on Home" Jack Rhodes 2:32
4."Wandering Mind"2:22
5."You Mean the World to Me"Sutton2:23
6."I Keep Forgettin' (That I Forgot About You)"Anderson1:51

Record two

Side one [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ride, Ride, Ride"Anderson2:00
2."Then Go"Anderson2:26
3."Beggars Can't Be Choosers"Anderson2:00
4."In Person"Anderson2:15
5."It's Only Lonely Me"
  • Casey Anderson
  • Liz Anderson
2:31
6."If This Is Love"L. Anderson2:14
Side two [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)"L. Anderson2:10
2."Too Much of You"Gene Hood2:20
3."There Oughta Be a Law"Joe Gibson2:40
4."It Makes You Happy"Gene Woods2:37
5."Tear by Tear"Jerry Lane2:05
6."My Heart Keeps Walkin' the Floor"Lynn Anderson2:37

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Lynn Anderson. [2]

Musical and technical personnel

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesOctober 1971Vinyl Chart Records [2] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lynn Anderson[Chart]: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic . Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Anderson, Lynn (October 1971). "Lynn Anderson (Album Information)". Chart Records .
  3. Huey, Steve. "Lynn Anderson: Biography & History". Allmusic . Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Lynn Anderson -- Lynn Anderson (1971, Vinyl)". Discogs . 1971. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums: 1967-1997. Record Research Inc. ISBN   0898201241.