I Just Came Home to Count the Memories

I Just Came Home To Count The Memories
I Just Came Home To Count The Memories
Studio album by John Anderson
Released	October 14, 1981
Genre	Country
Length	32:49
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Frank Jones, John Anderson
John Anderson chronology
Singles from I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
	"I Just Came Home to Count the Memories"; Released: November 21, 1981; "Would You Catch a Falling Star"; Released: April 17, 1982;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]

I Just Came Home To Count The Memories is the third studio album by country artist John Anderson. It was released in October 1981 under Warner Bros. Records. Three singles were released from this album, which were "Would You Catch A Falling Star", "I Danced With The San Antone Rose", and the title track. The middle failed to chart.

Track listing[]

"I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" (Glenn Ray) – 3:29
"Would You Catch a Falling Star" (Bobby Braddock) – 2:52
"One of Those Old Things" – 3:35
"Girl for You" – 2:32
"When a Lady is Cloudin' Your Vision" – 3:14
"Stop in the Road" (Ronal McCown) – 2:52
"I Danced With The San Antone Rose" – 3:22
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (Bob Dylan) – 3:38
"Jessie Clay and the 12:05" – 2:22
"Trail of Time" – 4:01

Personnel[]

Acoustic Guitar: Bobby Thompson, Pete Wade
Background Vocals: Donna Kay Anderson, Ronnie Drake, Beckie Foster, Joy Gardner, Allen Henson
Banjo: Bobby Thompson
Bass guitar: Henry Strzelecki
Drums: Jerry Carrigan, Buddy Harman, Kenny Malone
Electric Guitar: Fred Carter Jr.
Fiddle: Buddy Spicher
Lead Vocals: John Anderson
Piano: Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood
Steel Guitar: Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons
Strings: The Sheldon Kurland Strings
Tic-Tac Bass: Harold Bradley
Upright Bass: Bob Moore

Chart performance[]

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	40

References[]

^ I Just Came Home to Count the Memories at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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[1] I Just Came Home to Count the Memories at AllMusic

[Christgau-2] Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.

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Studio albums	John Anderson John Anderson 2 I Just Came Home to Count the Memories Wild & Blue All the People Are Talkin' Eye of a Hurricane Tokyo, Oklahoma Countrified Blue Skies Again 10 Too Tough to Tame Seminole Wind Solid Ground Country 'til I Die Paradise Takin' the Country Back Nobody's Got It All Easy Money Bigger Hands Years
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1984) Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits (1996)
Notable singles	"Your Lying Blue Eyes" "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs" "1959" "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" "Chicken Truck" "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" "Would You Catch a Falling Star" "Wild and Blue" "Swingin'" "Goin' Down Hill" "Black Sheep" "Let Somebody Else Drive" "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" "Eye of a Hurricane" "It's All Over Now" "Down in Tennessee" "Honky Tonk Crowd" "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings) "Straight Tequila Night" "When It Comes to You" "Seminole Wind" "Let Go of the Stone" "Money in the Bank" "I Fell in the Water" "I've Got It Made" "I Wish I Could Have Been There" "Bend It Until It Breaks" "Mississippi Moon" "Paradise" "Somebody Slap Me" "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" "Years" "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"
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