Just for the Record (album)
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Just for the Record is a studio album by American country music singer, Barbara Mandrell
, released in August 1979.
Mandrell's career was beginning to reach its peak with the end of the 1970s. Mandrell's sound began to change, especially with this album. This album (like her previous album) also spawned two singles. Both of these singles were Top 5 Country hits. The first single, "Fooled by a Feeling" also peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Top 30 on the Adult Contemporary charts. The second single, "Years" went to #1, as well as the Top 40 on the Adult Contemporary charts. This exemplified Mandrell's new crossover style. The album was produced by Tom Collins, who helped Mandrell bring out this Pop sound onto her albums. The album became very successful.
The album also included a cover of a pop tune called "Darlin'", also covered by Tom Jones
.
The album peaked at #9 on the Top Country Albums chart in 1979, as well as reaching #166 on the Billboard 200
, her first album to peak on the Billboard 200.
Singles – Billboard (North America)
Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...
, released in August 1979.
Mandrell's career was beginning to reach its peak with the end of the 1970s. Mandrell's sound began to change, especially with this album. This album (like her previous album) also spawned two singles. Both of these singles were Top 5 Country hits. The first single, "Fooled by a Feeling" also peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Top 30 on the Adult Contemporary charts. The second single, "Years" went to #1, as well as the Top 40 on the Adult Contemporary charts. This exemplified Mandrell's new crossover style. The album was produced by Tom Collins, who helped Mandrell bring out this Pop sound onto her albums. The album became very successful.
The album also included a cover of a pop tune called "Darlin'", also covered by Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
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The album peaked at #9 on the Top Country Albums chart in 1979, as well as reaching #166 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, her first album to peak on the Billboard 200.
Track listing
- "Fooled by a FeelingFooled by a Feeling"Fooled by a Feeling" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in July 1979 as the second single from the album Just for the Record The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
" - "YearsYears (song)"Years" is the title of a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan and recorded by Barbara Mandrell. The song would be Barbara Mandrell third number one on the country chart...
" - "My Love Can Do No Wrong"
- "She's Out There Dancin' Alone"
- "Selfish"
- "Darlin'"
- "Using Him to Get To You"
- "Is It Love Yet"
- "It Can Wait"
- "Love Takes a Long Time to Die"
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Top Country Albums | #9 |
| 1979 | The Billboard 200 | #166 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Fooled by a Feeling" | Hot Country Singles & Tracks | #4 |
| 1979 | "Fooled by a Feeling" | Billboard Hot 100 | #89 |
| 1979 | "Fooled by a Feeling" | Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | #26 |
| 1979 | "Years" | Hot Country Singles & Tracks | #1 |
| 1979 | "Years" | Bubbling Hot 100 | #102 |
| 1979 | "Years" | Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | #38 |