Sure Feels Good is the twentieth studio album released by American country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Barbara Mandrell

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...

. The album was released in August 1987 on EMI America Records

EMI America Records

EMI America Records was started in 1978 by EMI as a second US label next to Capitol Records. It absorbed Liberty Records in 1984. In the late 1980s EMI America was consolidated with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan Records, which later became known simply as EMI in 1990, then part of EMI...

 and was produced by Tom Collins. It was Mandrell's first album released under EMI America since leaving MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

 one year earlier.

Background and content

Sure Feels Good was recorded in January 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, United States

United States

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. It was produced by Tom Collins, who Mandrell had carried over from MCA Records to produce her album for EMI. The album consisted of ten tracks of material, similar to that of her MCA albums. The sixth track entitled "Angels Love Bad Men" was co-written by Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

 and featured Jennings performing on the track with Mandrell. Jennings also wrote the album's opening track "Just to Satisfy You". Most of the album's material consisted of Country pop

Country pop

Country pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to Top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to...

 ballads as was her previous releases. Sure Feels Good was issued on an LP album

LP album

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 with five songs available on each side of the record. The album was also issued on a compact disc

Compact Disc

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 a year after its initial release.

Release

Sure Feels Good 's title track was released as the lead single in March 1987. The song became Mandrell's first since 1969 to peak outside of the Top 40, reaching #48 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #41 on the Canadian RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Country Tracks chart. The second single released was "Child Support" in June 1987. It became the only significant hit from the album, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart and #14 on the Canadian Country chart. The third and final single released was "Angels Love Bad Men" with Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

, which only peaked at #49. Sure Feels Good was released in 1987 and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Just to Satisfy You" – 3:30
2. "You Can't Get There from Here" – 2:57
3. "It All Came True" – 3:05
4. "Hangin' On" – 3:58
5. "Child Support" – 2:49

Side two

1. "Angels Love Bad Men" – 3:44
   • featuring Waylon Jennings
     Waylon Jennings
     Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
     
     
2. "One of Us Is Always Leaving" – 3:10
3. "Sunshine Street" – 3:11
4. "I'm Glad I Married You" – 3:55
5. "Sure Feels Good" – 3:25

Sales chart positions

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Top Country Albums	48

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	CAN Country
1987	"Sure Feels Good"	48	41
	"Child Support"	13	14
1988	"Angels Love Bad Men"	49	40