What a Crying Shame

What a Crying Shame
Studio album by The Mavericks
Released	February 1, 1994
Recorded	April–August 1993
Genre	Americana neotraditional country Tex-Mex western swing
Length	39:44
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Don Cook
The Mavericks chronology
From Hell to Paradise (1992) What a Crying Shame (1994) Music for All Occasions (1995)
Singles from O What a Crying Shame
"What a Crying Shame" Released: November 13, 1993 "O What a Thrill" Released: May 14, 1994 "There Goes My Heart" Released: October 1, 1994 "I Should Have Been True" Released: January 28, 1995 "All That Heaven Will Allow" Released: April 25, 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Music Week	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Spin	[8]

What a Crying Shame is the third studio album by American country music band The Mavericks. The album was released on February 1, 1994, by MCA Nashville. It includes the singles "What a Crying Shame", "O What a Thrill", "There Goes My Heart", "I Should Have Been True" and "All That Heaven Will Allow". In order, these singles reached numbers 25, 18, 20, 30 and 49 on the Billboard Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA and 2× Platinum by the CRIA.

"All That Heaven Will Allow" was previously recorded by Bruce Springsteen on his album Tunnel of Love as was "O What a Thrill" by James House on his self-titled debut album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There Goes My Heart"	Kostas, Raul Malo	3:20
2.	"What a Crying Shame"	Kostas, Malo	3:50
3.	"Pretend"	Kostas, Malo	3:37
4.	"I Should Have Been True"	Stan Lynch, Malo	5:14
5.	"The Things You Said to Me"	Al Anderson, Malo	3:31
6.	"Just a Memory"	Kostas, Malo	2:24
7.	"All That Heaven Will Allow"	Bruce Springsteen	3:34
8.	"Neon Blue"	Pete Anderson, Kostas	3:56
9.	"O What a Thrill"	Jesse Winchester	3:13
10.	"Ain't Found Nobody"	Harlan Howard, Kostas	3:18
11.	"The Losing Side of Me"	Malo	3:51

Production

• Produced by Don Cook
• Mixed and engineered by Mike Bradley

Personnel

The Mavericks

• Paul Deakin – drums
• Raul Malo – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Robert Reynolds – bass guitar
• Nick Kane – (electric guitar) appears on the album cover, and is credited as a member of the band, but joined the group after the album was recorded and does not play on this record.

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Dennis Burnside – string arrangements
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• James House – backing vocals on "O What a Thrill"
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano, organ
• Stan Lynch – cabasa, claves, congas, tambourine, triangle
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
• Joy Lynn White – backing vocals on "Just a Memory"
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, double bass
• Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals on "Neon Blue"
• Nashville String Machine – strings

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Canadian Albums ( RPM ) 45 Canadian Country Albums ( RPM ) 4 US Billboard 200 [9] 54 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] 6 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [12] 29 Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200 [13] 155 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 22

References

1. Mark Deming. "What a Crying Shame Review". AllMusic . Retrieved November 25, 2016.
2. Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishing. ISBN   9780312245603.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
4. Nash, Alanna (February 4, 1994). "What a Crying Shame". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 28, 2018.
5. Lewis, Randy (February 13, 1994). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
6. Ian Nicolson (September 10, 1994). "Market Preview: Pick of the Week: The Mavericks: "What a Crying Shame" (MCA MCD 10961)" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
7. Evans, Paul. "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on July 2, 2001. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
8. Corcoran, Michael (March 1994). "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Spin . SPIN Media LLC. p. 78.
9. "The Mavericks Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
10. "The Mavericks Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
11. "The Mavericks Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
12. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
13. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
14. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2021.