Stay Tuned (Chet Atkins album)

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Stay Tuned
Stay Tuned Chet Atkins.jpg
Studio album by
Chet Atkins
ReleasedMay 5, 1985
Recorded1985
Studio A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Room 335 (Los Angeles, CA)
CA Workshop (Nashville, TN)
The Sound Shop (Nashville, TN)
Genre Country, jazz
Length36:43
Label Columbia [1]
Producer Chet Atkins, George Benson, David Hungate
Chet Atkins chronology
Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
(1983)		Stay Tuned
(1985)		 Street Dreams
(1986)

Stay Tuned is a studio album by Chet Atkins, released in 1985 on Columbia Records. His guests included George Benson, Mark Knopfler, Steve Lukather, and Earl Klugh. [2]

Contents

Stay Tuned was the first "Nashville" album promoted specifically to compact disc purchasers. [3]

"Cosmic Square Dance" won the 1985 Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. [4]

The album peaked at No. 145 on the Billboard 200. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

AllMusic critic Cub Koda wrote of the album: "Atkins' tone is, as usual, faultless, and his playing superb. If the 'meetings' don't always come off, it's usually due to the overzealousness of the other guitar players.... All in all, a good modern-day Chet Atkins album, but not the place to start a collection." [6] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "while the tunes are formulaic, the playing is impressive." [9]

Track listing

  1. "Sunrise" (G. Benson, Randy Goodrum) – 4:06
  2. "Please Stay Tuned" (Atkins, Paul Yandell) – 4:01
  3. "Quiet Eyes" (Russell) – 3:33
  4. "A Mouse in the House" (Moss) – 3:52
  5. "Some Leather and Lace" (Atkins, Yandell) – 3:56
  6. "The Cricket Ballet" (Darryl Dybka) – 3:30
  7. "Cosmic Square Dance" (Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Paul Yandell) – 4:14
  8. "The Boot and the Stone" (Dybka) – 3:57
  9. "Tap Room" – 4:08
  10. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 1:26

Personnel

Production notes

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References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Guitar virtuoso Atkins dies". Variety. July 1, 2001.
  3. ↑ "CD Sales". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 26, 1985 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Reinhart, Mark S. (September 17, 2014). "Chet Atkins: The Greatest Songs of Mister Guitar". McFarland – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Chet Atkins". Billboard.
  6. 1 2 Koda, Cub. "Stay Tuned > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 292.
  8. ↑ MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 27.
  9. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 26–27.
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