One More Time: The MCA Recordings | ||||
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Compilation album by Kelly Willis | ||||
Released | 2000 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | MCA Records | |||
Producer | Tony Brown, John Guess, Don Was, and John Leventhal | |||
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One More Time is a compilation of songs from the first three albums by Kelly Willis, when she recorded with her first label, MCA Records. Of the fourteen tracks, three are from Well Travelled Love , five are from Bang Bang , and five are from Kelly Willis . The main reason that die-hard Willis fans may have for getting this album is "Little Honey," which has never appeared on a Willis album before, but was originally on MCA's Thelma and Louise movie soundtrack album from 1991.
Kelly Willis is an American country music singer-songwriter, whose music has been described as alternative country and new traditionalist.
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group, which the label was part of until its dissolution in 2003. The label's country division MCA Nashville is a still active imprint of Universal Music Group Nashville.
Well Travelled Love is the debut album of American singer Kelly Willis. It was released in 1990 via MCA Records and produced by Tony Brown. "I Don't Want to Love You", "River of Love" and "Looking for Someone Like You" were all released as singles from it. Although none of these charted in the United States, "Looking for Someone Like You" reached #85 on the RPM country singles charts in Canada. Also included on this album is the song "Drive South". Originally recorded by John Hiatt, it was a #63 single for The Forester Sisters and The Bellamy Brothers, and a #2 county hit for Suzy Bogguss in 1992.
Wynonna is the debut studio album of American country music artist Wynonna Judd. It was released in 1992 on MCA Records in association with Curb Records as her first solo debut album. Before the release of Wynonna, she recorded alongside her mother, Naomi, as The Judds, a duo which charted more than twenty country singles in the 1980s and early 1990s until hepatitis forced Naomi to retire.
Honky Tonk Angel is the third album recorded by country music artist Patty Loveless. With five tracks from the album charting in the Billboard Top Ten Country Singles, including two at #1, it served as a breakthrough album for Loveless. The album itself was Loveless' highest charting at #7 on the Country Albums category. The two #1 singles were "Chains" and "Timber, I'm Falling in Love". Loveless also did a cover of the Lone Justice song, "Don't Toss Us Away", which featured Rodney Crowell on backing vocals. The song charted at #5. Famed songwriter Kostas had a major role by writing three of the album's tunes, including "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" and "The Lonely Side of Love", which peaked at #6.
On Down the Line is the fourth album released by country music artist Patty Loveless. Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee during December 1989/January 1990, it was the follow-up to her breakthrough album, Honky Tonk Angel.
Classics is a 1999 compilation album by American country music singer Patty Loveless.
Bang Bang is the second of three albums by country music artist Kelly Willis for MCA Records. It received little attention from country radio, although it was the biggest-selling of the three. The album includes the Billboard minor country hit "Baby Take a Piece of My Heart," which rose to #51 on the charts.
Kelly Willis is the self-titled third album from the Austin, Texas-based singer. There were a couple of minor Billboard hits in the #63 "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" and the #72 "Whatever Way the Wind Blows." Also of note is a duet with Kevin Welch, "That'll Be Me."
Beautiful Lies is the sixth album from US country duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Included are covers of songs by Donovan, Bob Dylan, and the Jimmie Rodgers/George Vaughn tune, "Mule Skinner Blues." Neither the album nor any singles appeared on the Billboard music charts.
Always Never the Same is the nineteenth studio album released in 1999 by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced the singles "Meanwhile", "Write This Down", and "What Do You Say to That", which respectively reached #4, #1, and #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1999. The title track, "One of You" and "I Look at You" also charted in the lower regions of that chart from unsolicited airplay.
Lead On is the fifteenth studio album released by American country music artist George Strait. Released in 1994 on MCA Records, the album was certified platinum in the U.S. for sales of one million copies. It includes the singles "The Big One", "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", "Lead On", and "Adalida", which respectively reached #1, #1, #7 and #3 on the Hot Country Songs charts between 1994 and 1995. The album's title track was co-written by Teddy Gentry, who at the time was a member of the band Alabama.
Easy Come, Easy Go is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released by MCA Records and it produced four singles for Strait on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (#1), a cover of George Jones' 1965 hit "Lovebug" (#8), "I'd Like to Have That One Back" (#3), and "The Man in Love with You" (#5).
It Only Hurts When I Laugh is the second album by Jann Browne. Among its highlights are a cover of Nanci Griffith's "I Wish It Would Rain," the title song "It Only Hurts When I Laugh", "Where the Sidewalk Ends", and the old country standard "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You."
A Shot of Whiskey and a Prayer is the second album by Danni Leigh. Two of its tracks released as singles and rose to relatively low positions on the Billboard country charts: "I Don't Feel That Way Anymore" was at 56, and "Honey I Do" was at 59.
The Complete MCA Studio Recordings is a compilation album spanning the five-year period, from 1987 to 1991, that Nanci Griffith spent with MCA Records. The 46-track, two-CD album features all of the songs from the four studio albums recorded on the label during these years: Lone Star State of Mind (1987), Little Love Affairs (1988), Storms (1989) and Late Night Grande Hotel (1991), as well as three previously unreleased recordings.
Paul Kennerley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer working in the American contemporary country music industry.
Greatest Hits is a compilation of previously released hits by Patty Loveless. The album was released in 1993 shortly after Loveless left MCA for Epic Records and it contains 10 of her 12 top 20 hits on MCA Records. An accompanying VHS tape of music videos was released in conjunction with this album. The album was certified Gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the U.S.
Tempted is the fifth studio album by American country music artist, Marty Stuart. It was released in January 1991 by MCA Nashville. It peaked at #20 on the Top Country Albums chart. It was certified Gold in the United States and Canada. The songs, "Little Things", "'Til I Found You", "Tempted" and "Burn Me Down" were released as singles and all of them reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "Tempted" at #5 is the highest charting solo single of his career in the United States, although he would reach #2 in 1992 as a duet partner on Travis Tritt's "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'."
Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King is a box set compilation album by B. B. King. It traces King's career from his first singles for Bullet Records in 1949 to material his last recorded album in 2008. Crowdfunded by Pledge Music in 2012, it was available in a full ten-disc box exclusive through Amazon.com, and a four-disc "highlights" box available everywhere else. People who pledged money also got a digital copy of the out-of-print 1975 album Lucille Talks Back. Both versions of the box are physically out of print; the four disc edition is bundled along with Lucille Talks Back digitally, although this version removes King's first single.