Right or Wrong (Rosanne Cash album)

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Right or Wrong
RosanneCashRightorWrong.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1979
StudioEnactron Truck, Los Angeles, California
Genre Country
Length37:25
Label Columbia
Producer Rodney Crowell [1]
Rosanne Cash chronology
Rosanne Cash
(1978)
Right or Wrong
(1979)
Seven Year Ache
(1981)
Singles from Right or Wrong
  1. "No Memories Hangin' Round"
    Released: September 8, 1979
  2. "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right"
    Released: February 2, 1980

Right or Wrong is the second studio album by American country music singer Rosanne Cash. [2] [3] It was released in September 1979 by Columbia Records. [4] [5]

Contents

The three highest charting Billboard country tracks were "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right" at #15, "No Memories Hangin' 'Round", a duet with Bobby Bare, at #17, and "Take Me, Take Me" at #25. The album peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Christgau's Record Guide B [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 4/10 [11]

AllMusic wrote that Rodney Crowell and Cash "made the song selections while Rodney called in Emmylou Harris's band (of which he was an alumnus) and some up and comers and created a sonic palette that accented the brave new world of stripped-down mixes and songs that came from the left field of country or pop." [7] Pitchfork wrote that Right or Wrong "kicked off a decade of untouchable albums." [12] Orange Coast praised the "smooth, satisfying vocal performance." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Right or Wrong"Keith Sykes3:22
2."Take Me, Take Me"Sykes3:37
3."Man Smart, Woman Smarter"Norman Span (King Radio))2:55
4."This Has Happened Before" Rosanne Cash 3:55
5."Baby, Better Start Turnin' Em Down" Rodney Crowell 4:08
6."No Memories Hangin' Round" (duet with Bobby Bare)Crowell3:24
7."Couldn't Do Nothin' Right" Karen Brooks, Gary P. Nunn 4:48
8."Seeing's Believing"Crowell3:28
9."Big River" Johnny Cash 2:45
10."Anybody's Darlin' (Anything but Mine)"Crowell5:03

Personnel

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