When Fallen Angels Fly

Infobox Album | Name = When Fallen Angels Fly
Type = studio
Artist = Patty Loveless


Released = August 23, 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Epic
Producer = Emory Gordy, Jr.
Reviews = Allmusic - rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifuxqehld6e link]
Last album = "Only What I Feel"
(1993)
This album = "When Fallen Angels Fly"
(1994)
Next album = "The Trouble with the Truth"
(1996) |

When Fallen Angels Fly is the title of a studio album released in 1994 by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It reached #8 on the Top Country Albums charts, and all four of its singles — "I Try to Think About Elvis", "You Don't Even Know Who I Am", "Here I Am" and "Halfway Down" — all reached Top Ten on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" was also recorded by Greg Holland on his 1997 album "Exception to the Rule" and Delbert McClinton on his 1997 album "One of the Fortunate Few". Both "Old Weakness" and "Over My Shoulder" were also recorded in 2002 by Tanya Tucker on her album "Tanya".

"When Fallen Angels Fly" won CMA's Album of the Year in 1995.

Track listing

#"A Handful of Dust" (Tony Arata) – 3:09
#"Halfway Down" (Jim Lauderdale) – 3:45
#"When the Fallen Angels Fly" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 4:33
#"You Don't Even Know Who I Am" (Gretchen Peters) – 4:04
#"Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad" (Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing) – 3:18
#"Here I Am" (Tony Arata) – 3:04
#"I Try to Think About Elvis" (Gary Burr) – 2:49
#"Ships" (Peters) – 3:42
#"Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" (Gary Nicholson, Bob DiPiero) – 3:01
#"Over My Shoulder" (Roger Murrah, Marcus Hummon) – 4:22

Personnel

*Emory Gordy Jr.: Producer
*Mixed By Derek Bason & John Guess
*Engineered By Bob Bullock, Amy Hughes, Craig White & Marty Williams
*Mastered By Glenn Meadows
*Eddy Anderson – percussion
*Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Kathy Burdick – background vocals
*Jerry Douglas – slide guitar
*Glen Duncan – fiddle
*Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle
*Pete Finney – steel guitar
*Paul Franklin – steel guitar
*Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
*Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
*Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar
*Owen Hale – drums
*Jimmy Hall – blues harp
*Tim Hensley – background vocals
*John Hobbs – piano
*John Barlow Jarvis – piano
*Mike Lawler – keyboards
*Liana Manis – background vocals
*Donna McElroy – background vocals
*Carmella Ramsey – backgrounds vocals
*Dawn Sears – background vocals
*Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals
*Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
*Paul Worley – acoustic guitar
*Curtis Young – background vocals

Single Releases

I Try to Think About Elvis
EPIC 34-77608
45 RPM 7" Single, released 07/30/94.
Here I Am
EPIC 34-77734
45 RPM 7" Single, released 11/12/94.
You Don't Even Know Who I Am
EPIC 34-77856
45 RPM 7" Single, released 03/18/95.
Halfway Down
EPIC CD-77956
CD-Single
released 07/08/95.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siw_MJsQkco When The Fallen Angels Fly Live Performance on YouTube]