My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (Dean Martin album)

My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
Cover art by Bernie Fuchs
Studio album by Dean Martin
Released	1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Traditional pop, country
Length	28:41
Label	Reprise RS 6403
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin chronology
I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am (1969) My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (1970) For the Good Times (1971)

My Woman, My Woman, My Wife is a 1970 studio album by Dean Martin, arranged by John Bahler, Glen D. Hardin and Billy Strange. ^[1]

The album peaked at 97 on the Billboard 200 ^[2] and at 92 on the Australian Kent Music Report. ^[3] It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009. ^[4] Martin was recording infrequently at this stage of his career, recording for only two days every spring to produce a new album and otherwise recording an occasional singles session. ^[1]

My Woman, My Woman, My Wife was advertised by Reprise Records as Martin's open letter to the Women's liberation movement. The advert ended with the statement "Take that, ladies". ^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The initial Billboard review from 22 August 1970 commented that "Martin has everything going for him". ^[6] William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann criticized Martin's lack of emotional commitment to the lyrics of the title song, and of Bowen and Martin's collaboration adds that "Martin obliged, and Bowen provided his usual Nashville sound-style production. But this was nothing the two hadn't done many times before, and record buyers were losing interest". ^[1]

Track listing

Side One:

1. "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" (Marty Robbins) – 3:30
2. "Once a Day" (Bill Anderson) – 2:44
3. "Here We Go Again" (Don Lanier, Red Steagall) – 3:07
4. "Make the World Go Away" (Hank Cochran) – 2:47
5. "The Tip of My Fingers" (Anderson) – 2:28

Side Two:

1. "Detroit City" (Danny Dill, Mel Tillis) – 3:43
2. "Together Again" (Buck Owens) – 2:32
3. "Heart Over Mind" (Tillis) – 2:44
4. "Turn the World Around" (Ben Peters) – 2:24
5. "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin''" (Johnny Tillotson) – 2:42

Personnel

• Dean Martin – vocals
• John Bahler – arranger
• Glen D. Hardin
• Billy Strange
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Eddie Brackett – engineer
• Chuck Britz
• Jimmy Bowen – record producer

References

1. My Woman, My Woman, My Wife at AllMusic
2. My Woman, My Woman, My Wife – Awards at AllMusic
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 193. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. My Woman, My Woman, My Wife - Releases at AllMusic
5. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (25 July 1970). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  9–. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 14 July 2013.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (22 August 1970). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  1–. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 14 July 2013.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)