''Old Flame'' is the seventh solo studio album by American

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singer

Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 1983as well ...

. It was released by

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in November 1985.

Overview

''Old Flame'' was recorded after Newton signed a new recording contract with RCA. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard album chart. In his review of the album music critic Thom Owens notes that "out of all of Juice Newton's albums, ''Old Flame'' has the strongest country roots and influences". Featured on the album were cover versions of

Del Shannon Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one '' Billboard'' hit " Runaway". In 1999, he was ind ...

's "

Cheap Love "Cheap Love" is a song written and recorded by Del Shannon for his 1983 album ''Drop Down and Get Me''. The song became a top-ten hit for Juice Newton in 1986. Juice Newton version American country music singer Juice Newton released her rendition ...

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's " Hurt",

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's " Feel a Whole Lot Better" and

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's "

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". "

You Make Me Want to Make You Mine "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" is a song written by Dave Loggins, and recorded by American country music artist Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. ...

", written for Newton by

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, was the album's lead-off single and went to number one on the Billboard Country chart. The song was her first top ten hit in three years. This was followed by "Hurt" which also went to number one on Billboard's chart. "Old Flame" and "Cheap Love", the next two singles to be released, peaked at number five and number nine, respectively. "

What Can I Do with My Heart "What Can I Do with My Heart " is a song recorded by American country music artist Juice Newton. It was released in December 1986 as the fifth single from the original version of the '' Old Flame'' album (subsequent editions of the album containe ...

", the album's final single release was written by Newton's long-time collaborator

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and also peaked at number nine. "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" earned Newton her fifth

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nomination for Best Female Vocalist. However, she lost to

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I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rosanne Cash. It was released in February 1985 as the first single from the album '' Rhythm & Romance''. The song was Cash's fourth number one ...

" - which was written by Cash in response to losing a Grammy to Newton in 1983. "Both to Each Other (Friends & Lovers)", a duet by Newton and

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, was released as a single in July 1985 and peaked at number one. This song was not included in the original release of ''Old Flame'' but was added to the vinyl, cassette, CD reissues.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the AllMusic credits. (credits) *Juice Newton – guitar, vocals *Philip Aaberg – keyboards *Beth Andersen – background vocals *Susan Boyd – background vocals *

Joe Chemay Joe Chemay is an American bassist and background singer, known for his recording session work. Biography Chemay started out working as a session and touring support musician in Los Angeles, but moved to Nashville in 1989. Chemay has worked wi ...

– background vocals *Donna Davidson – background vocals *George Doering – guitar *Gary Durrett – drums, background vocals *Kenny Edwards – background vocals *

Andrew Gold Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who influenced much of the Los Angeles-dominated pop rock, pop/soft rock sound in the 1970s. Gold played on scor ...

– guitar, background vocals *Jim Haas – background vocals *Jon Joyce – background vocals *Robin Lamble – bass *

Richard Landis Richard Landis is an American studio musician, recording artist, singer/songwriter, and music producer. He has over 40 years of professional credits and chart success including a share of the 1994 CMA award for Album of the Year. At years end, ...

– percussion, background vocals *Jim Lang – keyboards *Chuck Martin – guitar, soloist *Richard Page – background vocals *

Alan Pasqua Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. As a ...

– organ, synthesizer *

Timothy B. Schmit Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He has performed as the bassist and vocalist for Poco and the Eagles (band), Eagles, having replaced bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner in both cases ...

– background vocals * Tom Scott – saxophone, soloist *

Rick Shlosser Rick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has been a member of Van Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer. Discography 1970s * Andy Pratt - ''Records Are Like Life'' (1 ...

– drums *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...

– bass *

Fred Tackett Fred Tackett (born August 30, 1945) is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known as a member of the band Little Feat. In addition to his work with Little F ...

– guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Old Flame 1985 albums Juice Newton albums Albums produced by Richard Landis RCA Records albums