Make Mine Country

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Make Mine Country
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1968 [1]
RecordedOctober 1967
Studio RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor [2]
Producer Chet Atkins, Jack Clement, Bob Ferguson, Felton Jarvis
Charley Pride chronology
The Country Way
(1967)
Make Mine Country
(1968)
Songs of Pride...Charley That Is
(1968)
Professional ratings
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Make Mine Country is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Charley Pride, released in 1968 on RCA Victor. [4]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now I Can Live Again" Jack Clement 2:16
2."A Word or Two to Mary"Vince Bulla, Peter Cotton3:37
3."If You Should Come Back Today" "Country" Johnny Mathis, Harlan Howard 1:53
4."Guess Things Happen That Way"Clement1:53
5."Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Ben Peters, Vivian Keith2:13
6."Banks of the Ohio"Clement2:45
7."Wings of a Dove" Bob Ferguson 2:24
8."A Girl I Used to Know"Clement2:30
9."Lie to Me" Harold Dorman, Wylie Gann1:58
10."Why Didn't I Think of That"Clay Allen, Jack Greene, Jim Glaser 2:!5
11."Above and Beyond (The Call of Love)" Harlan Howard 2:06
12."Baby Is Gone"Clement2:20

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard May 11, 1968
  2. "Charley Pride | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. "Make Mine Country - Charley Pride | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 646.
  5. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 401.
  6. "Charley Pride". Billboard.