Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

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Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1967
RecordedSeptember 1966 – January 1967
Studio Columbia, Nashville
Genre Country [1]
Label Epic
Producer Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette chronology
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
(1967)
My Elusive Dreams
(1968)
Singles from Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
  1. "Apartment No. 9"
    Released: October 1966
  2. "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"
    Released: February 1967

Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad is a studio album by American country artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in May 1967 and contained ten tracks. The majority of the album was a collection of cover tunes Wynette recorded, including songs by George Jones, Loretta Lynn and Jeannie Seely. Several new songs were also part of the project. It was the debut studio album of Wynette's career and included two singles: "Apartment No. 9" and "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad". The latter became Wynette's first chart success, climbing into the top five of the American country chart. The album itself reached the American country LP's chart in 1967. The album later received a positive review from AllMusic, which gave it a five-star rating.

Contents

Background, recording and content

In 1965, Tammy Wynette moved to Nashville, Tennessee with her three children in hopes of finding a recording contract. [2] Second husband, Don Chapel, had attempted to secure his wife a recording contract but was turned down by the Decca, Hickory, Kapp and Musicor labels. [3] As a last resort, a friend helped her schedule a meeting with a new producer named Billy Sherrill. Impressed by her talents, he signed her to Epic Records in 1966. [4] With Sherrill serving as her producer, the pair began recording what came to be her debut studio album, which would later be titled Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad. The sessions began on September 1966 and were recorded at the Columbia Studio located in Nashville. The remainder of the album's sessions were complete in January 1967. [5]

The album contained a total of ten tracks. [1] Six of the album's songs were previously-released singles by other country artists that Wynette covered: David Houston's "Almost Persuaded", Loretta Lynn's "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", Jeannie Seely's "Don't Touch Me", George Jones's "Walk Through This World with Me", Jack Greene's "There Goes My Everything" and Bobby Austin's "Apartment No. 9". [6] [1] [5] Remaining tracks were original cuts, such as "Send Me No Roses", "I'm Not Mine to Give" and the Sherrill-Glenn Sutton-penned title track. [5]

Release, reception and singles

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad was originally released by Epic Records in May 1967. It marked the debut studio album of Wynette's recording career. Epic distributed the album as a vinyl LP, containing five songs on each side. [5] In 1995, it was re-released as a compact disc via Legacy Recordings [7] and digitally years later. [8] In its initial release, the album reached number seven on the American Billboard Country LP's chart. It was the first charting album in Wynette's career. [9] The album was later reviewed by Stephen Cook of AllMusic who gave it a five-star rating. Cook noted that the album was "one of her best" and concluded that it was "one of the classic debuts in country music". [1]

The project contained two singles. Its first single was Wynette's cover of "Apartment No. 9", which was issued by Epic in October 1966. [10] With the release, "Apartment No. 9" became Wynette's debut and first charting single in her career. On the American Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, it climbed to the number 44 position. [11] The second single included on the album was the title track, which Epic issued in February 1967. [12] It became the breakout single in Wynette's career, reaching number three on the Billboard country songs chart in June 1967. [13]

Track listings

Vinyl version

Side two [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"
2:00
2."Walk Through This World with Me"
  • Kay Savage
  • Sandra Seamons
2:40
3."I'm Not Mine to Give"Fred Lehner2:14
4."I Wound Easy (But I Heal Fast)"Bill Owens2:21
5."Almost Persuaded"
  • Sherrill
  • Sutton
2:55

Compact disc and digital versions

Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad [7] [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Apartment No. 9"
  • Foley
  • Owen
  • Paycheck
2:56
2."Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)"
  • Lynn
  • Wells
2:04
3."Don't Touch Me"Cochran2:43
4."There Goes My Everything"Frazier2:38
5."Send Me No Roses"Mills2:56
6."Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"
  • Sherrill
  • Sutton
2:01
7."Walk Through This World with Me"
  • Savage
  • Seamons
2:42
8."I'm Not Mine to Give"Lehner2:14
9."I Wound Easy (But I Heal Fast)"Owens2:23
10."Almost Persuaded"
  • Sherrill
  • Sutton
2:57

Chart performance

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 7

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaMay 1967VinylColumbia Records [5]
February 7, 1995Compact disc
  • Epic Records
  • Legacy Recordings
[7]
December 30, 2002
Sony Music [15]
2010s
  • Download
  • streaming
Sony BMG [8]

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References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cook, Stephen. "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad: Tammy Wynette: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. McDonough 2010, p. 73.
  3. McDonough 2010, p. 79-85.
  4. McDonough 2010, p. 86-88.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wynette, Tammy (May 1967). "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Epic Records . BN-26305.
  6. McDonough 2010, p. 124-125.
  7. 1 2 3 Wynette, Tammy (February 7, 1995). "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Legacy Recordings . EK-66998.
  8. 1 2 3 "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad by Tammy Wynette". Apple Music . Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums: 1967-1997. Record Research Inc. ISBN   0898201241.
  10. Wynette, Tammy (October 1966). ""Apartment No. 9"/"I'm Not Mine to Give" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records . 5-10095.
  11. "Billboard Magazine - January 28, 1967" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  12. Wynette, Tammy (February 1967). ""Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"/"Send Me No Roses" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records . 5-10134.
  13. "Billboard Magazine - June 10, 1967" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  14. "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  15. Wynette, Tammy (December 30, 2002). "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (CD and Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information)". Legacy Recordings . 58922.

Books

  • McDonough, Jimmy (2010). Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN   9781101189955.