Put Yourself in My Place (album)

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Put Yourself in My Place
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1991
Recorded1990–1991
Genre Country
Length34:21
Label Arista
Producer Paul Worley, Ed Seay
Pam Tillis chronology
Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey
(1983)
Put Yourself in My Place
(1991)
Homeward Looking Angel
(1992)
Singles from Put Yourself in My Place
  1. "Don't Tell Me What to Do"
    Released: December 1, 1990
  2. "One of Those Things"
    Released: April 6, 1991
  3. "Put Yourself in My Place"
    Released: August 17, 1991
  4. "Maybe It Was Memphis"
    Released: November 25, 1991
  5. "Blue Rose Is"
    Released: April 11, 1992
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Put Yourself In My Place is the second studio album from American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was also her first album with Arista Records, following 1983's Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey, released on Warner Bros. Records. The album track Put Yourself in My Place reached number 10 on the Top Country Albums charts. Five singles were released from the album: "Don't Tell Me What to Do", followed by "One of Those Things", the title track, "Maybe It Was Memphis" and "Blue Rose Is". The album has been certified Gold for shipments of more than 500,000 copies in the U.S.

Contents

"Ancient History" was later covered by Prairie Oyster on the album Only One Moon. Their version was a number five hit on the RPM country charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Put Yourself in My Place" Carl Jackson, Pam Tillis 2:48
2."Melancholy Child"Tillis, Bob DiPiero 3:29
3."Maybe It Was Memphis"Michael Anderson3:59
4."Blue Rose Is"Tillis, DiPiero, Jan Buckingham3:41
5."Don't Tell Me What to Do" Harlan Howard, Max D. Barnes 3:12
6."One of Those Things"Tillis, Paul Overstreet 3:31
7."Draggin' My Chains"Tillis, Rick Carnes3:10
8."Ancient History"DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill 2:58
9."I've Seen Enough to Know"Tillis, Radney Foster 3:24
10."Already Fallen"DiPiero, Tillis4:08

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [5] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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