''Love Goes On'' is the debut album by American

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singer

Paulette Carlson Paulette Tenae Carlson (born October 11, 1952) is an American country singer-songwriter, who rose to fame in the 1980s as the founder and lead vocalist for the country band Highway 101. With Highway 101, she charted four No. 1 hit singles, ...

, who until 1991 was the lead singer of the band Highway 101. Her first solo album, it produced the singles "I'll Start with You" and "Not with My Heart You Don't," which respectively reached numbers 21 and 68 on the Hot Country Songs charts. A third single, "The Chain Just Broke," failed to chart.

Critical reception

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rated the album four stars out of five, saying that she showed a similar musical personality to her work in Highway 101, but adding that the production was too slick.

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'' gave the album a "C", saying that "Without a spirited band behind her ��arlson and her hyper-quavering soprano seem oddly detached from the material, which, with the exception of the bluesy ''The Chain Just Broke,'' seems merely bland and undistinguished country-pop."

Track listing

#" I'll Start with You" (Paulette Carlson,

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, Chris Waters) — 3:12 #"Not with My Heart You Don't" (Carlson, Jeff Pennig, Mike Noble) — 2:56 #"Someone I Used to Know" (Carlson, Shapiro, Waters) — 3:24 #"Love Is Never Wrong" ( Paul Overstreet,

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) — 3:13 #"Why Should I?" (Shapiro, Chuck Jones) — 3:05 #"The Chain Just Broke" (

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, Noble) — 3:16 #"It's Too Bad" (Carlson, Shapiro, Waters) — 3:03 #"Where Ya Comin' From" (Carlson, Shapiro, Waters) — 2:45 #"Falling in Love for a Lifetime" (Carlson, Jerry Careaga) — 2:55 #"Love Goes On" (Carlson, Shapiro, Waters) — 3:24

Personnel

- Lead Vocals * Bill Cuomo - Synthesizer,

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* Paul Franklin - Pedabro, Steel Guitar * Sonny Garrish - Steel Guitar * Vicki Hampton - Background Vocals *

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- Piano * Mike Lawler - Synthesizer * Tom Roady -

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* Chris Rodriguez - Background Vocals *

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- Background Vocals * Carlos Vega - Drums * Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Acoustic Guitar * Reggie Young -

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References

{{Authority control Paulette Carlson albums 1991 debut albums Albums produced by Jimmy Bowen Capitol Records albums