Rose Colored Glasses (album)
| Rose Colored Glasses | ||||
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| Studio album by John Conlee | ||||
| Released | October 11, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 26:03 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Bud Logan | |||
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Rose Colored Glasses is the debut album by country music artist John Conlee. It was released on ABC Records, and was his only disc for the label; he would move to MCA Records the next year.[1]
The album was a commercial success, peaking just outside the country top 10 (at number 11), and would be his highest charting album until 1983.[2]
It featured 3 singles; the Conlee-written title track reached number 5 in America.[3] The next single, "Lady Lay Down" became a number one in the States,[4] while going to number 2 in Canada. The last single to be released from the record, the Conlee-written "Backside of Thirty" (in 1979) was also an American number 1,[4] while reaching number 5 in Canada. Among these singles, "Backside of Thirty" had originally been released in 1977, but it did not chart at the time.[1]
Kurt Wolff and Orla Duane, in their book Country Music: The Rough Guide, described the album's cuts as "among Conlee's finest, including the title track and especially 'Backside of Thirty'."[5]
Track listing
- "Rose Colored Glasses" (Conlee, George Baber) – 3:18
- "Something Special" (Dave Loggins) – 2:36
- "I'll Be Easy" (Conlee) – 1:55
- "Let Your Love Fall Back on Me" (Jonathan Lee) – 2:12
- "Backside of Thirty" (Conlee) – 2:33
- "Lady Lay Down" (Don Cook, Rafe VanHoy) – 3:05
- "She Loves My Troubles Away" (Rayburn Anthony, Max D. Barnes) – 2:28
- "Just Let It Slide" (A.L. "Doodle" Owens) – 2:47
- "Some Old California Memory" (Owens, Warren Robb) – 2:24
- "Hold On" (Conlee, Dick Kent) – 2:45
Production
- Produced By Bud Logan
- Production Co-Ordination: Katie Gillon, Sherri Halford
- Engineers: Les Ladd, Bud Logan, Jack logan
- Mastering: Milan Bogdan, Glenn Meadows
References
- 1 2 Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun. Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Macmillan. pp. 102–103. ISBN 0-312-26487-9.
- ↑ "John Conlee: Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "John Conlee biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (August 2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 102. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ Wolff, Kurt; Duane, Orla. Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 431. ISBN 1-85828-534-8.