Plain Brown Wrapper (album)

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Plain Brown Wrapper
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 1986
Genre Country
Length35:41
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Gary Morris
Gary Morris chronology
Anything Goes
(1985)
Plain Brown Wrapper
(1986)
What If We Fall in Love?
(1987)

Plain Brown Wrapper is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Gary Morris. It was released on August 18, 1986, via Warner Bros. The album includes the singles "Honeycomb', "Leave Me Lonely" and "Plain Brown Wrapper", the album's title track. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Better Than the New" Dave Loggins 4:30
2."Honeycomb" Bob Merrill 4:26
3."Today I Started Loving You Again" Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens 3:12
4."Leave Me Lonely" Gary Morris 3:48
5."Lovesick Blues" Cliff Friend, Irving Mills 2:50
6."I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Hank Williams 3:32
7."Eleventh Hour"Morris, Kevin Welch 4:17
8."Moonshine"Morris, Welch2:04
9."Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" Duke Ellington, Don George 3:06
10."Plain Brown Wrapper"Morris, Welch3:56

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 9

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References

  1. "Gary Morris - Plain Brown Wrapper". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. Plain Brown Wrapper (CD booklet). Gary Morris. Warner Brothers Records. 1986. 9-25438-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. "Gary Morris Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.