Watch Me is the third studio album by American country music singer Lorrie Morgan. The album was her first for BNA Records. It was released on 9 October 1992. It peaked at #15 on the Billboard country albums chart, and includes the singles "Watch Me" (#2) "What Part of No" (#1), "I Guess You Had to Be There" (#14), and "Half Enough" (#8). Also included on this album is a cover of "It's a Heartache", a pop standard previously recorded by Bonnie Tyler and Juice Newton.

Watch Me
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1992
RecordedJanuary–March 1992
GenreCountry
LabelBNA
ProducerRichard Landis
Lorrie Morgan chronology
Something in Red
(1991)
Watch Me
(1992)
Merry Christmas from London
(1993)
Singles from Watch Me
  1. "Watch Me"
    Released: August 1992
  2. "What Part of No"
    Released: December 7, 1992
  3. "I Guess You Had to Be There"
    Released: February 1993
  4. "Half Enough"
    Released: June 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]

Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey are all featured as background vocalists on this album. At the time, these three musicians recorded on BNA as The Remingtons. Mainegra and Yancey also wrote the last track, "She's Takin' Him Back Again", which was omitted from the cassette version of Watch Me.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Half Enough"Wendy Waldman, Reed Nielsen3:50
2."I Guess You Had to Be There"Jon Robbin, Barbara Cloyd4:10
3."What Part of No"Wayne Perry, Gerald Smith2:46
4."You Leave Me Like This"Skip Ewing2:53
5."Someone to Call Me Darling"Dale Daniel, Naomi Martin2:52
6."Watch Me"Tom Shapiro, Gary Burr3:37
7."Behind His Last Goodbye"Charles Harter, Smith3:30
8."It's a Heartache"Ronnie Scott, Steve Wolfe4:29
9."From Our House to Yours"Angela Kaset3:49
10."She's Takin' Him Back Again"Richard Mainegra, Rick Yancey2:56

Production

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  • Richard Landis - producer
  • Chuck Ainlay - engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Giedt - assistant engineer
  • Russ Martin - mixing assistant
  • Denny Purcell - mastering
  • Grahame Smith - assistant engineer
  • Ed Thacker - engineer

Personnel

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As listed in liner notes.[4]

  • Michael Black – background vocals
  • Mark E. Blumberg – keyboards
  • Jessica Bouchér – background vocals
  • Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
  • Dale Daniel – background vocals
  • Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
  • Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
  • Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Jimmy Griffin – background vocals
  • Mitch Humphries – keyboards
  • John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
  • Angela Kaset – background vocals
  • Jerome Kimbrough – acoustic guitar
  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion
  • Richard Mainegra – background vocals
  • Carl Marsh – keyboards
  • Tom Roady – percussion
  • Lisa Silver – background vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – background vocals
  • Glenn Worf – bass guitar
  • Rick Yancey – background vocals
  • Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  4. ^ a b Watch Me (Media notes). Lorrie Morgan. BNA Records. 1992. BNA 07863 66047-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Lorrie Morgan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Lorrie Morgan Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2021.