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| Released | April 15, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Chelsea Studio | |||
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| Label | Branson | |||
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Now & Then is a studio album by American country artist Janie Fricke. It was released on April 15, 1993, via Branson Entertainment and featured 13 tracks. The album contained re-recordings of Fricke's most popular and commercially successful singles during the 1980s. It was her eighteenth studio release in her career.
Janie Fricke had a string of number one and top ten North American country hits during the 1980s on Columbia Records. She was dropped from the label at the end of the decade and she instead signed with the smaller Intersound Records in 1991. [2] Following her first release for the label, [3] Fricke moved to Intersound's subsidiary company called Branson Entertainment. [4] Her first Branson project was a 1992 gospel collection and her third would be 1993's Now & Then. For the project, Fricke chose to re-record her most familiar singles from her career. [2] It was recorded at the Chelsea Studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the second album to credit Fricke as a producer as well as an artist. Ed Keeley was also credited as an executive producer. [5]
Now & Then consisted of 13 tracks. [1] Fricke re-recorded five tracks for the album that were originally number one Billboard country songs: "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy", "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)", "Always Have, Always Will", "Your Heart's Not in It" and "You Don't Know Love". Fricke also re-recorded several of her Billboard top ten songs like "Do Me with Love", "She's Single Again" and "Somebody Else's Fire". [5] [6] Now & Then was originally released on April 15, 1993, on Branson Entertainment. It was Fricke's eighteenth studio project. In its original form, the disc was distributed as a compact disc and a cassette. [5] Years later, the project was re-released to digital platforms including Apple Music. [7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She's Single Again" | 2:25 | |
| 2. | "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" |
| 3:44 |
| 3. | "He's a Heartache" | 2:50 | |
| 4. | "Always Have, Always Will" | Johnny Mears | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Your Heart's Not in It" |
| 3:00 |
| 6. | "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me" | 2:56 | |
| 7. | "Do Me with Love" | John Schweers | 2:20 |
| 8. | "You Don't Know Love" |
| 3:18 |
| 9. | "Let's Try Again" | David Steagall | 3:18 |
| 10. | "The First Word in Memory Is Me" | 3:23 | |
| 11. | "Somebody Else's Fire" |
| 3:04 |
| 12. | "If the Fall Don't Get You" |
| 2:34 |
| 13. | "Where's the Fire" |
| 2:32 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She's Single Again" |
| 2:23 |
| 2. | "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" |
| 3:45 |
| 3. | "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" |
| 2:48 |
| 4. | "Always Have, Always Will" | Mears | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Your Heart's Not in It" |
| 2:57 |
| 6. | "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me" |
| 2:55 |
| 7. | "Do Me with Love" | Schweers | 2:17 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Don't Know Love" |
| 3:18 |
| 2. | "Let's Try Again" | David Steagall | 3:16 |
| 3. | "The First Word in Memory Is Me" |
| 3:21 |
| 4. | "Somebody Else's Fire" |
| 3:03 |
| 5. | "If the Fall Don't Get You" |
| 2:32 |
| 6. | "Where's the Fire" |
| 2:32 |
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Now & Then [5] and AllMusic. [8]
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| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| North America | August 15, 1993 |
| Branson Entertainment | [5] |
| 2016 |
| IndieBlu Music | [9] [7] | |
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