Maria McKee (album)

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Maria McKee
Maria McKee - Maria McKee.jpg
Studio album by
Maria McKee
ReleasedJune 1989
GenreCountry rock
Length44:43
LabelGeffen[1]
ProducerMitchell Froom
Maria McKee chronology
Maria McKee
(1989) 		You Gotta Sin to Get Saved
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide3/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 stars[4]

Maria McKee is the self-titled debut album by American singer-songwriter Maria McKee, released in 1989.[5][6]

Production[]

The songwriting was inspired in part by books about the history of vaudeville, as well as by Tennessee Williams plays.[7]

Critical reception[]

The Washington Post's Joe Brown called the album "stunning", writing that "aside from her luminous singing, the real success story of McKee's solo album is her songwriting, highly developed and ambitious, full of melodic and rhythmic variety."[8] Chris Willman writing for the Los Angeles Times stated the album "presents Maria McKee the person as something of an introspective, even introverted loner reeling from a romantic split."[9] Ira Robbins wrote McKee's "lyrics don't reveal any clear artistic mission and Mitchell Froom's overstylized production ... drowns and/or drains her personality out of the album, leaving characterless elegance instead of a strong statement."[10] NME placed the album at No. 9 on its 1989 albums of the year list.[11]

Track listing[]

All songs by Maria McKee, except where noted

  1. "I've Forgotten What It Was in You (That Put the Need in Me)" – 3:41
  2. "To Miss Someone" – 3:52
  3. "Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way?)" – 2:56
  4. "Nobody's Child" (McKee, Robbie Robertson) – 3:58
  5. "Panic Beach" – 5:55
  6. "Can't Pull the Wool Down (Over the Little Lamb's Eyes)" – 3:45
  7. "More Than a Heart Can Hold" (Bruce Brody, McKee) – 4:29
  8. "This Property Is Condemned" (Brody, McKee, Patrick Sugg, Gregg Sutton) – 4:44
  9. "Breathe" (McKee, Sutton) – 4:39
  10. "Has He Got a Friend for Me?" (Richard Thompson) – 3:32
  11. "Drinkin' in My Sunday Dress" – 3:27

Personnel[]

Production

  • Mitchell Froom – producer
  • Gary Gersh – executive producer
  • Bruce Brody – associate producer
  • Tchad Blake – engineer
  • Ed Goodreau – assistant engineer
  • Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
  • Randy Staub – assistant engineer
  • Randy Wine – assistant engineer
  • Scott Woodman – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Bruce Brody – arranger
  • Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
  • Maria DeGrassi – design
  • Deborah Frankel – photography

Charts[]

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1989 Billboard 200 120[12]

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "I've Forgotten What It Was in You (That Put the Need in Me)" Modern Rock Tracks 29

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 5: MUZE. p. 652.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Maria McKee at AllMusic
  3. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 685.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 463.
  5. ^ "Maria McKee | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Schoemer, Karen (January 1990). "Lonesome Dove". SPIN: 23.
  7. ^ Buckley, Peter (November 16, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Brown, Joe (August 30, 1989). "PIOUS, PAGAN MARIA MCKEE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  9. ^ Willman, Chris (July 31, 1989). "POP MUSIC REVIEW : A Calmer but Strong McKee". Los Angeles Times.
  10. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Maria McKee". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "1989 | NME". October 10, 2016.
  12. ^ "Maria McKee". Billboard.
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