Moody Woman

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Moody Woman
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Studio album by
Released1989
Genre Country
Length31:57
Label 16th Avenue
Producer Charley Pride, Jerry Bradley
Charley Pride chronology
I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio
(1988)
Moody Woman
(1989)
Best of Charley Pride
(1990)

Moody Woman is an album by American country music artist Charley Pride. [1] It was released in 1989 via 16th Avenue Records. [2] [3] The album includes the single "Amy's Eyes". Pride duetted with his son Dion on the cover of "Heaven Help Us All". [4] The album was one of Pride's final commercial successes. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

The Houston Chronicle wrote: "Pride's up-tempo songs are invariably unconvincing (he always sounds guilty when he's trying to seem cheerful), and his ceaseless ballads become tiresome after a while." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Houses"Johnny Cunningham3:15
2."Can't Stop the Mississippi" Richard Leigh, Wayland Holyfield 3:04
3."You Put It There" Donny Kees, Jimmy Jay, Richard Ross2:41
4."Sail Away" Mickey Newbury 2:30
5."Moody Woman"Kees, Jay, Ross3:18
6."Heaven Help Us All" (duet with Dion Pride)Ronald Miller3:14
7."Amy's Eyes"Terry Brown, Jaima Prater Hunt3:00
8."After Me, After You"Gidget Baird, Bill Shore, Byron Gallimore 2:52
9."I Made Love to You in My Mind"Danny Hutchins, Stephen Pride3:08
10."The More I Do"Baird, Gallimore3:55

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 51

References

  1. "People". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 18, 1989. p. A2.
  2. Hurst, Jack (March 30, 1989). "On the Record". Chicago Tribune. p. 13C.
  3. Neely, Tim (June 15, 2001). "Charley Pride Discography". Goldmine. Vol. 27, no. 12. p. 18.
  4. "Prides Record Together". Sun-Sentinel. January 18, 1989. p. 2A.
  5. Christensen, Thor. "Dallas singer Charley Pride, who broke country's color line, dies at 86". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  6. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 646.
  7. Tucker, Ken (April 16, 1989). "Records". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 12.
  8. "Charley Pride Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.