''Well...'' is the first album by the American singer-songwriter and actress

Katey Sagal Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal (; born January 19, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Peggy Bundy on '' Married... with Children'' (1987–1997), Leela on ''Futurama'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023), Cate Hennes ...

. It was released in 1994 via

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. The album peaked at No. 33 on ''Billboards Heatseekers Albums chart.

Critical reception

'' The Advocate'' thought that "in an attempt to endow the schmaltzy lyrics with as much sincerity as possible, Sagal emotes almost to the point of parody."

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wrote that "the problem with ''Well...s lack of commercial success probably had to do with the fact that it was too smooth for blues fans and too bluesy for adult contemporary; of course, those are also its strengths."

Track listing

#"Thunderhead (I Just Wanted a Little Rain)" (Julie Christensen) 3:40 #"Can't Hurry the Harvest" (Katey Sagal, Phil Roy, Bob Thiele Jr.) 5:20 #"Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" (Sagal,

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, David Frank) 4:20 #"That's How Love Goes" (Sagal, Thiele Jr.,

John Shanks John Matthew Shanks (born December 18, 1964) is an American songwriter, record producer and guitarist. Early life and education John Matthew Shanks was born in New York City. Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17 years old. He was in a ban ...

) 4:55 #"September Rain" (Sagal, Roy, Thiele Jr.) 6:15 #"Peace" (Sagal, Roy, Thiele Jr.) 6:04 #"All Is Well" (Brent Bourgeois, Bongo Bob Smith) 4:31 #"Act of Faith" (Sagal, Shanks, Brent Bourgeois) 4:49 #"I Don't Wanna Know" (Sagal, Roy, Thiele Jr.) 5:01 #"Don't Know How to Let You Go" (Sagal, Shanks, Thiele Jr.) 4:38 #"Best Part" (Kathy Fisher, Ron Wasserman) 3:52 #"Dignity" (Sagal, Paul Gordon) 3:48

Personnel

*Katey Sagal - vocals, piano *David Frank, John Philip Shenale - keyboards *Tom Keene - piano *Mark Goldenberg,

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- guitars *Amy Kanter, Joe Williams - gut-string guitars, backing vocals *Brent Bourgeois - gut-string guitars, keyboards, backing vocals * Bob Thiele Jr. - guitars, keyboards, programming, piano, backing vocals *Jim Hanson, Tom Lilly, Guy Pratt, Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington - bass *

Rupert Hine Rupert Neville Hine (21 September 1947 – 4 June 2020) was an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins ...

- electric and synthesized bass, organ, piano, keyboards, programming, backing vocals * Brian MacLeod, Jack White - drums * Paulinho da Costa,

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- percussion *Martin Tillman - cello *Rosemary Butler,

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, Laura Creamer, Julie Delgado, Beth Hooker, Kipp, Mark & Pat Lennon, Roger Manning, Sandy Simmons, Andy Sturmer, Billy Valentine - backing vocals

References

1994 debut albums Albums produced by Rupert Hine Virgin Records albums Katey Sagal albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub