''Patty Loveless'' is the debut album from country music artist

Patty Loveless Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957) is an American country music singer. She began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985. While her first ...

. It was released in January 1987. Among its tracks were

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Top Country Singles minor hits, "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights," "I Did," "After All," and "Wicked Ways." The album peaked at #35 on the

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charts in 1987.

Content

"Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" was the first single from the album. An uncredited review in '' Cashbox'' "a boot-tapper that shows off her strong voice and rhythmic phrasing." According to Loveless, MCA executives had originally held off on releasing the album due to the poor performance of its singles. However, she told these executives that "I Did" was popular with fans in spite of its low chart peak.

Track listing

#"Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (

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) – 2:49 #"I Did" (Loveless) – 2:47 #"You Are Everything" (

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, Keith Sykes) – 2:27 #"Blue Is Not a Word" (

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, Judy Ball) – 2:57 #"Slow Healing Heart" (Jim Rushing) – 3:42 #"After All" (

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) – 3:51 #"Wicked Ways" (Staley) – 3:06 #"Half Over You" (Staley) – 3:08 #"Some Blue Moons Ago" (

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, Richard Bennett) – 2:19 #"Sounds of Loneliness" (Loveless) – 4:18

Production

*Emory Gordy Jr., Tony Brown: Producers *Jeff Coppage: Engineer, Assistant Engineer *Mark J. Coddington: Engineer, Assistant Engineer *Tim Kish: Engineer, Assistant Engineer *Russ Martin: Engineer, Assistant Engineer *Robbie Rose: Engineer *Ron Treat: Engineer, Mixing *Glenn Meadows: Mastering

Personnel

*Linda Alosko - viola * Richard Bennett - acoustic, electric & steel guitars * Tony Brown - keyboards, synthesizers *

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- acoustic, electric & bass guitars *John Catchings - cello *Glen Duncan - fiddle *Ray Flacke - acoustic & electric guitars *Sara Fogel - viola * Paul Franklin - steel guitar, dobro, pedabro *

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- bass, acoustic guitars, string arrangements *Jim Grosjean - viola *

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- keyboards, piano *Jerry Kroon - drums, percussion *

- acoustic guitars, tambourine, lead & harmony vocals *

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- acoustic guitars *Connie McCollister - violin, concertmaster *

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- bass, double bass, cello *

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: Electric Guitars * Paul Davis,

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, Harry Stinson - harmony vocals

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patty Loveless (Album) 1987 debut albums Patty Loveless albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer) Albums produced by Emory Gordy Jr.