Tonight Carmen (album)

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Tonight Carmen
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1967 [1]
Genre Country
Length28:47
Label Columbia Records
Producer Bob Johnston
Marty Robbins chronology
My Kind of Country
(1967)
Tonight Carmen
(1967)
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
(1968)

Tonight Carmen is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1967 by Columbia Records. [2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on September 2, 1967, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 25 weeks. The album included two hit singles: "Tonight Carmen" (No. 1) and "Gardenias in Her Hair" (No. 9). [3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of two stars. [4]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Tonight Carmen" – 2:45
  2. "Waiting in Reno" – 2:26
  3. "Is There Anything Left I Can Say" – 1:59
  4. "Love Has Gone Away" – 2:13
  5. "Bound for Old Mexico" – 3:00
  6. "Don't Go Away Señor" – 2:37

Side B

  1. "The Girl with Gardenias in Her Hair" – 2:35
  2. "In the Valley of the Rio Grande" – 2:23
  3. "The Mission in Guadalajara" – 2:35
  4. "Chapel Bells Chime" – 2:51
  5. "Spanish Lullaby" – 3:23

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References

  1. "Billboard". August 19, 1967.
  2. "Marty Robbins - Tonight Carmen". Discogs. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 150. ISBN   0898201241.
  4. "Tonight Carmen". AllMusic . Retrieved December 18, 2020.