Rose Colored Glasses is the debut studio album by American country music artist John Conlee. It was released in 1978 on ABC Records, and was his only disc for the label; he would move to MCA Records the next year.[1]
| Rose Colored Glasses | ||||
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| Released | October 11, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 26:03 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Bud Logan | |||
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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 three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. First was the title track, which reached number five.[3] Both "Lady Lay Down" and "Backside of Thirty" were number one singles on the same chart.[4] "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
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rose Colored Glasses" | John Conlee, George Baber | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Something Special" | Dave Loggins | 2:36 |
| 3. | "I'll Be Easy" | Conlee | 1:55 |
| 4. | "Let Your Love Fall Back on Me" | Jonathan Lee | 2:12 |
| 5. | "Backside of Thirty" | Conlee | 2:33 |
| 6. | "Lady Lay Down" | Don Cook, Rafe Van Hoy | 3:05 |
| 7. | "She Loves My Troubles Away" | Rayburn Anthony, Max D. Barnes | 2:28 |
| 8. | "Just Let It Slide" | A.L. "Doodle" Owens | 2:47 |
| 9. | "Some Old California Memory" | Owens, Warren Robb | 2:24 |
| 10. | "Hold On" | Conlee, Dick Kent | 2:45 |
Production
edit- Produced By Bud Logan
- Production Co-Ordination: Katie Gillon, Sherri Halford
- Engineers: Les Ladd, Bud Logan, Jack logan
- Mastering: Milan Bogdan, Glenn Meadows
References
edit- ^ a b Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun (14 July 2000). 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.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (August 2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Wolff, Kurt; Duane, Orla (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 431. ISBN 1-85828-534-8.