Sleepless Nights (Patty Loveless album)

Infobox Album | Name = Sleepless Nights
Type = cover
Artist = Patty Loveless


Released = September 9, 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 43:01
Label = Saguaro Road
Producer = Emory Gordy, Jr.
Reviews =
* Allmusic – Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difyxzukldke link]
* "Slant Magazine" – Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1498 link]
* The 9513 – Rating|4|5 [http://www.the9513.com/album-review-patty-loveless-sleepless-nights/ link]
Last album = "Super Hits"
(2008)
This album = "Sleepless Nights"
(2008)
Next album = TBA |

"Sleepless Nights" is the fifteenth album by American country music artist Patty Loveless. The album was released on September 9, 2008 (see 2008 in country music). [http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5900066,00.html Patty Loveless Covers Country Bases] ] Her first album for the Sagauaro Road Records label, it is also her first studio album since "Dreamin' My Dreams" in 2005. "Sleepless Nights" comprises cover versions of traditional classic country music songs. [http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5900766_,00.html Patty Loveless’ Covers Album Celebrates Youth] ] "Why Baby Why", a song originally recorded by George Jones which has also been a chart hit for several other artists, was released in September 2008 as the first single from the album.

Critical reception

Allmusic critic Thom Jurek gave "Sleepless Nights" a four-star rating out of five, saying "Loveless takes each of these cuts deep into the well of her heart and let'ssic them rip… [Emory Gordy, Jr., Loveless' husband and producer] showers [the songs] in emotion and Loveless simply needs to open her mouth to tell the story behind the words to get it across to the listener, where it resonates deeply." [cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difyxzukldke |title=Sleepless Nights - Review |accessdate=2008-09-11 |last=Jurek |first=Thom |work=Allmusic]

Matt C., a critic for The 9513, also gave the album four stars out of five. He described "Sleepless Nights" as "a thoroughly arresting listening experience, as Loveless lays twenty-first century gloss, if not sensibilities, on a few songs that haven’t been dusted off in quite some time." Although he criticized the album's lack of up-tempo songs and felt that some of the covers were "uncomfortable", he nonetheless commended Loveless for "find [ing] her wheelhouse on songs that are no-less classic but nonetheless haven’t achieved corner bar ubiquity", also saying "The success of these songs is equal testament to Loveless’ outstanding country voice and the timeless quality of the material she’s selected." [cite web |url=http://www.the9513.com/album-review-patty-loveless-sleepless-nights/ |title=Patty Loveless - "Sleepless Nights" |accessdate=2008-09-11 |last=C. |first=Matt |date=2008-09-04 |work=The 9513]

"Slant Magazine" critic Jonathan Keefe also shared the criticism that the album could have used more up-tempo material, but nonetheless gave it four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "Loveless has offered another unqualified masterpiece with "Sleepless Nights" and reasserted her place as one of the premier artists not just of the country genre but of contemporary popular music." [cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1498 |title=Patty Loveless - "Sleepless Nights" |accessdate=2008-09-12 |last=Keefe |first=Jonathan |date=2008-09-07 |work=Slant Magazine]

Track listing

Source: cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1905 |title=Patty Loveless readies new CD |accessdate=2008-07-19 |format= |work=Country Standard Time ] .* Bonus Track, only available via download [ [http://www.pattyloveless.com/index.php?content=news Album bonus track information listed on official website] ]

Personnel

*Harold Bradley – bass guitar, tic tac bass, archtop guitar
*Pete Finney – steel guitar
*Vince Gill – background vocals
*Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
*Steve Gibson – electric guitar
*John Hobbs – piano
*Jedd Hughes – background vocals
*Virgil Lee – background vocals
*Jim Leer – background vocals
*Billy Linneman – upright bass
*Al Perkins – steel guitar
*Sydnie Perry – background vocals
*Carmella Ramsey – background vocals
*Deanie Richardson – fiddle, mandolin
*Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
*Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals
*Guthrie Trapp – electric guitar
*Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, archtop guitar

References