Thanks, Hank!

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Thanks, Hank!
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Studio album by
Jeannie Seely
ReleasedMay 1967 (1967-05)
Studio Fred Foster Sound Studio
Genre
Label Monument
Producer Fred Foster
Jeannie Seely chronology
The Seely Style
(1966)		Thanks, Hank!
(1967)		 I'll Love You More
(1968)
Singles from Thanks, Hank!
  1. "A Wanderin' Man"
    Released: December 1966
  2. "These Memories"
    Released: July 1967

Thanks, Hank! is a studio album by American country artist Jeannie Seely. It was released in May 1967, by Monument Records and was produced by Fred Foster. The album contained songs written entirely by songwriter Hank Cochran, some of which were cover tunes while others were new tracks. Among the new tracks were two singles: the top 20 country song "A Wanderin' Man" and the charting song "These Memories". The LP also made the top 20 of the US country chart. The album received reviews from AllMusic, Cash Box and Record World following its release.

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Background

Jeannie Seely met songwriter Hank Cochran and he helped launch her country music career. Upon moving to Nashville, Tennessee, she signed to Monument Records and Cochran wrote her first-label single in 1966, "Don't Touch Me". The song became Seely's breakthrough [2] and Cochran would go on to write a series of songs that Seely would record. [1] Her second studio album was titled Thanks, Hank! as a "salute" to Cochran for writing songs for and for helping to start her professional career. [3]

Recording and content

Thanks, Hank! was recorded under the production of Fred Foster at the Fred Foster Sound Studio, located in Nashville. [3] The projected consisted of 12 tracks [1] that were all solely-written by Cochran. [3] Several of the songs had already been recorded by other country artists, such as two tracks by Burl Ives: "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". [1] Also included was a cover of Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go Away" and "I Want to Go with You". Arnold also wrote a paragraph in the project's liner notes thanking Cochran. Ives did the same for Cochran. Seely herself spoke in the liner notes about Cochran and how his songs were among "the best of our era". [3] The album also included "A Wanderin' Man", which was a new recording. [1]

Release and critical reception

Thanks, Hank! was released by Monument Records in May 1967. The label issued it as a vinyl LP, offered in both mono and stereo versions. Six tracks were included on either side of the LP. It was Seely's second studio album in her career. [3] Budget company Harmony Records later re-released the album under the title Make the World Go Away in 1972 and only nine tracks were included. [1] [4] Cash Box magazine called the album a "spirited tribute" to Cochran's writing and further commented, "Jeannie Seely’s new LP should win the enthusiasm of numerous country listeners." [5] Record World commented that "Cochran has written some of the best country songs" and gave the LP four stars in their review. [6] AllMusic's Greg Adams gave it three out of five stars, writing, finding that "Side two bogs down a little with ballads, but closes with the ever-popular 'Make the World Go Away'." [1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Record World Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Chart performance and singles

Thanks, Hank! became Seely's second LP to make the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart, rising to the number 17 position in 1967. It was one of four albums to make the top 20 on the Billboard country chart and her final one to do so until 1970. [7] Two singles were included on the album. The lead single was "A Wanderin' Man", which was first issued by Monument Records in December 1966. [8] It became Seely's a top 20 single on the US country songs chart, peaking at number 13 in early 1967. [9] "These Memories" was spawned as the second single from the LP in July 1967. [10] It became her first single to peak outside the top 40 of the US country songs chart, peaking at number 42 the same year. [9]

Track listing

All songs were composed by Hank Cochran. [3]

Thanks, Hank!

Side one [3]
No.TitleLength
1."A Wanderin' Man"2:25
2."A Little Bitty Tear"2:05
3."Funny Way of Laughin'"2:47
4."A Long Way from Home"2:57
5."Everything I Had"2:17
6."These Memories"2:40
Side two [3]
No.TitleLength
1."I Want to Go with You"2:26
2."Someone's Waiting"2:37
3."I Lie a Lot"2:23
4."Me Today and Her Tomorrow"2:29
5."Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurtin' Me)"2:53
6."Make the World Go Away"2:43

Make the World Go Away

Side one [4]
No.TitleLength
1."A Wanderin' Man"2:25
2."A Little Bitty Tear"2:05
3."Funny Way of Laughin'"2:47
4."A Long Way from Home"2:57
5."Everything I Had"2:17
Side two [4]
No.TitleLength
1."I Lie a Lot"2:23
2."Me Today and Her Tomorrow"2:29
3."Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurtin' Me)"2:53
4."Make the World Go Away"2:43

Technical personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Thanks! Hank. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 17

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaMay 1967
  • Vinyl LP (Mono)
  • Vinyl LP (Stereo)
 Monument [3]
1972Vinyl LP (Stereo)Harmony Records [4]
Circa 2020
  • Music download
  • streaming
 Sony Music Entertainment [12]

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  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jeannie Seely Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  4. 1 2 3 4 Seely, Jeannie (1972). "Make the World Go Away (Liner Notes)". Harmony Records. H-31029 (LP Stereo).
  5. ↑ "Country LP Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . May 27, 1967. p. 62. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Record World's Country LP Reviews" (PDF). Record World . May 20, 1967. p. 55. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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