''Kathy Mattea'' is the debut studio album by the American

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singer of the same name. It was released in 1984 (see 1984 in country music) on

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. It includes the singles "Street Talk", "Someone Is Falling in Love", "You've Got a Soft Place to Fall", and "That's Easy for You to Say". The song "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" was later released in 1986 by

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from their self-titled debut album.

Track listing

Personnel

Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than 30 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reac ...

– lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar *Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar *Gregg Galbraith –

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*Jon Goin – electric guitar *Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar *Dale Sellers – electric guitar *Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar * David Briggs –

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*Bobby Wood – piano *Spady Brannan –

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*Alan Rush – bass guitar *Gene Chrisman – drums *Tommy Wells – drums *Curtis Young – background vocals *Wade McCurdy – background vocals *Pat McManus – background vocals *Marcy Cates – background vocals *Margie Cates – background vocals *

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– strings; arranged by D. Bergen White

Production notes

*Produced by Rick Peoples, Byron Hill *Engineered by Mike Poston, Joe Scaife, George W. Clinton, Jim Cotton *Mastered by Tom Coyne

Chart performance

Release history

References

External links

* ''Kathy Mattea''at

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{{Authority control 1984 debut albums Kathy Mattea albums Mercury Nashville albums Albums produced by Byron Hill