''The Forester Sisters'' is the debut 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, ...
group
The Forester Sisters
The Forester Sisters were an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim, and Christy Forester. Having performed together locally in their native Lookout Mountain, Georgia, since the 1970s, the four sisters began si ...
. It was released in 1985 (see
1985 in country music) on
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...
. The lead-off single, "(That's What You Do) When You're in Love", peaked at No. 10 on the ''
Billboard'' country chart. It was followed by three consecutive number-one hits: "I Fell in Love Again Last Night", "Just in Case", and "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes".
Track listing
Personnel
The Forester Sisters
* Christy Forester – vocals
* June Forester – vocals
* Kathy Forester – vocals
* Kim Forester – vocals
Musicians
*
Steve Nathan
Steven Jay Nathan is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios.
Biography
Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After touring w ...
– keyboards
* J.L. Wallace – keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitars
* Ken Bell – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
* Will McFarlane – acoustic guitar
*
John Willis – acoustic guitar
* Sonny Garrish –
steel guitar
*
Hoot Hester
Hubert Dwane "Hoot" Hester (August 13, 1951 – August 30, 2016) was an American fiddle player, multi-instrumentalist, and country music and bluegrass artist. He was born on a small farm near Louisville, Kentucky, on August 13, 1951. Hester playe ...
–
fiddle,
mandolin
* Lonnie "Butch" Ledford – bass guitar
*
Owen Hale
Owen Hale (Born July 15, 1948) is an American musician best known for playing drums with Lynyrd Skynyrd, on their album '' Twenty'' and the Lyve from Steel Town DVD concert. Hale left the group in 1998. He was also a busy studio drummer in Na ...
– drums
Production
* Terry Skinner – producer
* J.L. Wallace – producer
* Steve Melton – recording, mixing
* Alan Schulman – recording
* George Clinton – recording assistant
* Paul Mann – recording assistant
* Steve Moore – recording assistant
* Jerell Sockwell – mix assistant
* Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Paige Rowden – production coordinator
* Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction, design
* Alan Messer – photography
Chart performance
References
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1985 debut albums
The Forester Sisters albums
Warner Records albums