''Pride of America'' is the nineteenth studio album by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
Charley Pride.
It was released in 1974 on
RCA Records
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.
[
The album peaked at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' ]Top Country Albums
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chart.
Production
The album was recorded at RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
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. The vocal accompaniment was by the Jordanaires
The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet that formed as a gospel group in 1948. Over the years, they recorded both sacred and secular music for recording companies such as Capitol Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records, Decca Records, Vocal ...
and the Nashville Edition.
Critical reception
In a retrospective article, ''Rolling Stone
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'' included "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town
"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" is a song written by Harold Dorman and George Gann, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in August 1974 as the first single from his album ''Pride of America''. The ...
" on a list of Pride's 10 "essential" songs, writing that "Pride’s delivery perfectly splits the difference between a tender evocation of home and a stark memory of a world he was happy to have left behind."
Track listing
Production
*Recording Engineer - Bill Vandevort
*Recording Technicians - Dave Roys and Mike Shockley
*Photography - John Donegan
*Cover Graphics - Herb Burnette, Pinwheel Studios
References
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1974 albums
Albums produced by Jerry Bradley (music executive)
Charley Pride albums
RCA Records albums