Pride of America (album)
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Pride of America | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Jerry Bradley | |||
Charley Pride chronology | ||||
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Singles from Pride of America | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [3] |
Pride of America is an album by the country singer Charley Pride.[4][5] It was released in 1974 on RCA Records.[2]
The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[6]
Production[]
The album was recorded at RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. The vocal accompaniment was by the Jordanaires and the Nashville Edition.
Critical reception[]
In a retrospective article, Rolling Stone included "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" on a list of Pride's 10 "essential" songs, writing that "Pride’s delivery perfectly splits the difference between a tender evocation of home and a stark memory of a world he was happy to have left behind."[4]
Track listing[]
- "Then Who Am I" (A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dallas Frazier)
- "I Still Can't Leave Your Memory Alone" (Geoffrey Morgan, Kent Robbins)
- "The Hard Times Will Be the Best Times" (Red Stegall)
- "Completely Helpless" (John Schweers)
- "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" (Harold Dorman, Wiley Gann)
- "She Loves Me The Way That I Love You" (Bobby P. Barker)
- "Mary Go Round" (Johnny Duncan)
- "That Was Forever Ago" (Johnny Duncan)
- "Thorns of Life" (Paul Huffman, Joane Keller, Bucky Jones)
- "North Wind" (Rod Morris)
Production[]
- Recording Engineer - Bill Vandevort
- Recording Technicians - Dave Roys and Mike Shockley
- Photography - John Donegan
- Cover Graphics - Herb Burnette, Pinwheel Studios
References[]
- ^ "Pride of America - Charley Pride | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 646.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 401.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Betts, Stephen L.,Jonathan Bernstein,Jon Dolan,Patrick Doyle (December 12, 2020). "Charley Pride: 10 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Gaudet, Amber (December 17, 2020). "5 Charley Pride Songs That Celebrate His Southern Roots". Dallas Observer.
- ^ "Charley Pride". Billboard.
Categories:
- 1974 albums
- Albums produced by Jerry Bradley (music executive)
- Charley Pride albums
- RCA Records albums