Roll On Mississippi (album)

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Roll On Mississippi
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ReleasedMarch 1981 (1981-03)
RecordedDecember 1980
StudioMusic City Music Hall
Genre
Label RCA Records
Producer
Charley Pride chronology
There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me
(1980)
Roll On Mississippi
(1981)
Greatest Hits
(1981)
Singles from Roll On Mississippi
  1. "You Almost Slipped My Mind"
    Released: September 1980
  2. "Roll On Mississippi"
    Released: February 1981

Roll On Mississippi is the twenty-eighth studio album by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in March 1981 via RCA Records and contained ten tracks. It was co-produced by Pride and Jerry Bradley. Roll On Mississippi was Pride's twenty eighth studio album in his career and included two major hits: "You Almost Slipped My Mind" and the title track. The album itself would also reach a peak position on the American country music chart following its release.

Contents

Background and content

Charley Pride was able to continue having commercial country music success by adapting his style to a more contemporary country pop. Beginning in the middle 1970s, his music began to reflect this in hits like "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory," and "Where Do I Put Her Memory." [2] This country pop style continued into the 1980s with albums including Roll On Mississippi. [1] The project was co-produced by Pride himself and his most recent collaborator, Jerry Bradley. The album was recorded at the Music City Music Hall studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of the recording took place in December 1980. [3] It contained a total of ten tracks. [1] Many of the record's tracks contained string instrumentation and arrangements, such as the songs "He Can Be an Angel" and "Taking the Easy Way Out." In addition, Pride chose songs that had been composed by songwriters he had used for previous albums. This included Ben Peters, John Schweers and Troy Seals. [3]

Release and reception

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Roll On Mississippi was released in March 1981 on RCA Records. It would mark Pride's twenty-eighth studio collection. [3] It was originally released as both a vinyl LP and a cassette. It would later be issued in the 2010s in a digital format, that was available to music download and streaming services, including Apple Music. The album spent a total of 17 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and peaked at number 17 by May 1981. [4] The album would later receive a rating of three stars from AllMusic. [1] Two singles were included on the project. The first was "You Almost Slipped My Mind," which was issued as a single in September 1980. [5] It spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and reached number four by the end of the year. [6] Its second single was the title track, released in February 1981. [5] Spending 13 weeks on the Billboard country chart, it peaked at number seven by the spring of 1981. [7] Both singles would also reach the top ten of the RPM Country Singles chart in Canada. [8]

Track listings

Vinyl and cassette versions

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Roll On Mississippi"3:33
2."I Used to Be That Way"John Schweers2:43
3."Taking the Easy Way Out"2:35
4."She's as Good as Gone"
  • Charles Quillen
  • Wills
2:30
5."He Can Be an Angel"Donny Lowery3:41
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fall Back on Me"
  • Danny Dunn
  • Richard Root
3:37
2."Make It Special Again"2:41
3."You Beat 'Em All" Ben Peters 2:17
4."Ghost-Written Love Letters"Jerry Hutchins2:26
5."You Almost Slipped My Mind"
2:47

Digital version

Roll On Mississippi
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Roll On Mississippi"
  • Fleming
  • Morgan
3:33
2."I Used to Be That Way"Schweers2:45
3."Taking the Easy Way Out"
  • Robbins
  • Wills
2:38
4."She's as Good as Gone"
  • Quillen
  • Wills
2:30
5."He Can Be an Angel"Lowery3:42
6."Fall Back on Me"
  • Dunn
  • Root
3:39
7."Make It Special Again"
  • Harrison
  • Wills
2:42
8."You Beat 'Em All"Peters2:19
9."Ghost-Written Love Letters"Hutchins2:25
10."You Almost Slipped My Mind"
  • Back
  • Barker
  • Goodman
  • Seals
2:51

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Roll On Mississippi. [3]

Musical and technical personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 17

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
AustraliaMarch 1981Vinyl RCA Victor Records
Canada
United Kingdom
Cassette
United StatesVinyl [3]
2010s
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Sony Music Entertainment

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