Tempted (Marty Stuart album)

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Tempted
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1991 [1]
Recorded1990
Genre Country
Length30:01
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Richard Bennett
Tony Brown
Marty Stuart chronology
Hillbilly Rock
(1989)
Tempted
(1991)
This One's Gonna Hurt You
(1992)
Singles from Tempted
  1. "Little Things"
    Released: January 7, 1991
  2. "Till I Found You"
    Released: April 1991
  3. "Tempted"
    Released: August 12, 1991
  4. "Burn Me Down"
    Released: January 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Tempted is the fifth studio album by American country music artist, Marty Stuart. It was released in January 1991 by MCA Nashville. It peaked at #20 on the Top Country Albums chart. It was certified Gold in the United States and Canada. The songs, "Little Things", "'Til I Found You", "Tempted" and "Burn Me Down" were released as singles and all of them reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. [3] [4] [5] [6] "Tempted" at #5 is the highest charting solo single of his career in the United States, although he would reach #2 in 1992 as a duet partner on Travis Tritt's "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'."

Contents

Content

Several songs on this album are covers. "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome" was co-written by Bill Monroe and Hank Williams and was featured on Monroe's 1966 album, High Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe. In addition, "Get Back to the Country" was released as a single in 1985 by Neil Young from his album Old Ways .

Critical reception

Jana Pendragon of Allmusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, comparing it to Dwight Yoakam's Hillbilly Deluxe in style and saying, "Stuart kicks country-pop in its well-defined hindquarters[…]But Stuart is just as deadly when he slows things down and does a ballad." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome" Bill Monroe, Hank Williams 3:21
2."Paint the Town Tonight" Marty Stuart 2:01
3."Till I Found You" Hank DeVito, Paul Kennerley 2:24
4."Tempted"Stuart, Kennerley3:16
5."Blue Train" Johnny Cash, Billy Smith3:08
6."Little Things"Stuart, Kennerley3:10
7."Half a Heart"Stuart, Kostas 2:34
8."I Want a Woman"Stuart, Kostas4:16
9."Burn Me Down" Eddie Miller, Don Sessions2:56
10."Get Back to the Country" Neil Young 2:55
Total length:30:01

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [7]

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1991"Little Things" [3] 83
"'Til I Found You" [4] 1211
"Tempted" [5] 54
1992"Burn Me Down" [6] 712

Sources

  1. AOL Music Profile for "Tempted"
  2. 1 2 Pendragon, Jana. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. March 1, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. July 19, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. November 1, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. May 1, 1992. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  7. Tempted (CD inssert). Marty Stuart. MCA Records. 1991. MCAD-10106.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. "Marty Stuart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  9. "Marty Stuart Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

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