I'm Jessi Colter | ||||
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Released | January 1975 | |||
Recorded | Glaser Sound Studios (Nashville, TN) Sound Factory (Los Angeles, CA) [1] | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Capitol Records Capitol Nashville (reissue) | |||
Producer | Ken Mansfield Waylon Jennings | |||
Jessi Colter chronology | ||||
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Singles from I'm Jessi Colter | ||||
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I'm Jessi Colter is the second studio album by American country music artist, Jessi Colter. The album was released on Capitol Records in January 1975 and was produced by Ken Mansfield. The release contained the single, "I'm Not Lisa," which peaked at #1 on the country chart and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
I'm Jessi Colter was Colter's first studio album for the Capitol label. The album spawned two major hits: "I'm Not Lisa," which became Colter's first major hit, and "What's Happened to Blue Eyes," which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country Chart. The latter's B-side, "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The two singles were Colter's only solo Top 10 singles.
Colter's album was enormously successful, peaking at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart and #50 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. [3] The release was given a positive review from Allmusic, who gave the album four out of five stars. [4]
All songs composed by Jessi Colter:
Recorded at Glaser Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California, United States. [1]
Weekly charts
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Singles - Billboard (United States), RPM (Canada)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1975 | "I'm Not Lisa" | Country Singles | 1 |
Pop Singles | 4 | ||
Adult Contemporary Singles | 16 | ||
Canadian Country Singles | 1 | ||
Canadian Pop Singles | 6 | ||
Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles | 1 | ||
"What's Happened to Blue Eyes" | Country Singles | 5 | |
Pop Singles | 57 | ||
Canadian Country Singles | 11 | ||
"You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" | Pop Singles | 64 | |
Canadian Pop Singles | 65 | ||
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