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. It was released on June 26, 1987, her fifth album for the label. The album produced four singles on the

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country singles chart. They were "

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", a cover of her father

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's "

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", " If You Change Your Mind", and "

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". This was the last album in Cash's career to feature

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as the sole record producer, who produced all of her albums since her first Columbia album '' Right or Wrong'' in 1980. The album is named after King's Record Shop in

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, which was owned by

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's younger brother, Gene. A photograph of Rosanne Cash standing in the shop's doorway is featured on the cover, though she was never actually at the shop for the photo. Veteran steel guitarist

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took the photo of the record shop and one of Rosanne standing as she is in the photo. A picture of Cash's 1981 album ''

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'' is shown. He superimposed her into the record shop photo (Music City News magazine, August 1987).

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controversially used their XCP technology on the album when it was re-released in 2005 as part of its ''American Milestones'' series.

Track listing

CD bonus tracks

"707" (John Kilzer) – 3:34
"
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" (live) (John Stewart) – 4:17
"Green, Yellow and Red" (live) (John Kilzer) – 5:15

Personnel

: vocals, guitar *

: background vocals *

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: background vocals *

Arnold McCuller Arnold McCuller (born August 26, 1950) is an American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He was active as a solo artist and session musician, but is perhaps best known for his work as a touring back-u ...

: background vocals *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

: mandola *

Patty Smyth Patricia Smyth (born June 26, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She first came into national attention with the rock band Scandal and went on to record and perform as a solo artist. Her distinctive voice and new wave image gained broa ...

: background vocals *

Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ...

: piano, keyboards *

Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a keyboard player and vocalist prominent for his disti ...

: background vocals *Sterling Ball: acoustic guitar *

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

: drums *

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in th ...

: piano, Hammond organ *Larry Crane: acoustic & electric guitar *Anthony Crawford: background vocals *Kristen DeLauer: background vocals *Terry Evans: background vocals *Willie Green, Jr.: background vocals *

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: background vocals *Joann Neal: background vocals * Michael Rhodes: bass guitar, acoustic bass *Vince Santoro: drums *

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: acoustic guitar *Jean Smith: background vocals *

Steuart Smith Steuart Smith (born 24 June 1952) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer from Arlington, Virginia, United States. He is a touring member of the American rock band Eagles, where he has performed as one of ...

: electric guitar, gut string guitar *

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: acoustic & electric guitar

Production

*Rodney Crowell: producer *T-Bone Toglio: assistant producer *Margie Hunt: production assistant *Martha Wood: production assistant *John Agnello: engineer *Donivan Cowart: engineer *Jeanne Kinney: engineer *Steve Marcantonio: engineer, mixing *Keith Odle: engineer *Frank Pekoc: engineer *George Marino: mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

*Hall, Wade. ''Hell-Bent for Music: The Life of Pee Wee King''. University Press of Kentucky, 1996. *Music City News magazine, "Seeing Is Deceiving On Cash's New Album", August 1987. {{Authority control 1987 albums Rosanne Cash albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Rodney Crowell