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Homeward Looking Angel Studio album by Pam Tillis Released September 29, 1992 Recorded 1992 Genre Country Label Arista Producer Paul Worley, Ed Seay, Anthony Martin Pam Tillis chronology Put Yourself in My Place
(1991)Homeward Looking Angel
(1992)Sweetheart's Dance
(1994)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Homeward Looking Angel is the third album from American country music artist Pam Tillis. The album was a #23 album on the Billboard charts. This album produced four singles for Tillis on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Top Five hits "Shake the Sugar Tree" (#3) and "Let That Pony Run" (#4), as well as the Top 20 hits "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" (#11) and "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" (#16). The demo tape of "Shake the Sugar Tree", sung by Stephanie Bentley, was incorporated into Tillis's recording.
"We've Tried Everything Else" was also recorded by Canadian country artist Michelle Wright on her 1992 album The Reasons Why, while "Rough and Tumble Heart" was previously recorded by Highway 101 on their 1989 album Paint the Town. The album has been certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S!
Contents
Track listing
- "How Gone Is Goodbye" (Pam Tillis, Bob DiPiero, Jan Buckingham) – 3:16
- "Shake the Sugar Tree" (Chapin Hartford) – 3:08
- "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" (Carol Chase, Dave Gibson, Russell Smith) – 3:45
- "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" (Tillis, DiPiero, Buckingham) – 3:12
- "Love Is Only Human" (Annette Cotter, Kim Tribble) – 3:38
- Duet vocals: Marty Roe of Diamond Rio
- "Rough and Tumble Heart" (Tillis, DiPiero, Sam Hogin) – 4:19
- "Let That Pony Run" (Gretchen Peters) – 3:30
- "Fine, Fine, Very Fine Love" (DiPiero, Jim Photoglo) – 3:12
- "We've Tried Everything Else" (Tillis, DiPiero, Steve Seskin) – 3:39
- "Homeward Looking Angel" (Tillis, DiPiero) – 4:57
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- Eddie Bayers – drums (tracks 5, 7)
- Stephanie Bentley – background vocals (track 2)
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6)
- Dennis Burnside – organ (track 2)
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar (tracks 4, 5, 7-10)
- Joe Chemay – bass guitar (all tracks except 2)
- Ashley Cleveland – background vocals (track 8)
- Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar (tracks 4, 5, 7-10), lap steel guitar (track 4),
- Vicki Hampton – background vocals (track 8)
- John Hobbs – piano (tracks 4, 7-9)
- Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar (track 2), electric guitar (track 2), mandolin (tracks 2, 5, 7)
- John Jorgenson – acoustic guitar (track 6), electric guitar (track 1, 3)
- Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals (track 7)
- Paul Leim – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
- Anthony Martin – piano, synthesizer (tracks 5, 7), background vocals (track 3)
- Gary Morse – steel guitar (track 10)
- Steve Nathan – piano (tracks 1, 3), organ (tracks 8, 10)
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar (track 2)
- Pam Rose – background vocals (track 7)
- Blaine Sprouce – fiddle (tracks 1, 2, 3)
- Harry Stinson – background vocals (track 1)
- Pam Tillis – lead vocals, background vocals (tracks 2, 9, 10)
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (all tracks except 2)
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals (track 6)
- Lonnie Wilson – drums (track 2, 9)
- Paul Worley – acoustic guitar (all tracks), electric guitar (track 4), electric 12-string guitar (track 10), tic tac bass and background vocals (track 3)
Chart performance
Chart (1992) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 23 U.S. Billboard 200 82 Canadian RPM Country Albums 11 References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ (1992) Album notes for Homeward Looking Angel by Pam Tillis. Arista Records (07822-18649-2).
Studio albums Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey · Put Yourself in My Place · Homeward Looking Angel · Sweetheart's Dance · All of This Love · Every Time · Thunder & Roses · It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis · RhineStoned · Just in Time for ChristmasCompilation albums Top 20 singles "Don't Tell Me What to Do" · "One of Those Things" · "Put Yourself in My Place" · "Maybe It Was Memphis" · "Shake the Sugar Tree" · "Let That Pony Run" · "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" · "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" · "Spilled Perfume" · "When You Walk in the Room" · "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" · "I Was Blown Away" · "In Between Dances" · "Deep Down" · "The River and the Highway" · "It's Lonely Out There" · "All the Good Ones Are Gone" · "Land of the Living" · "I Said a Prayer"Related articles Categories:- 1992 albums
- Arista Records albums
- Pam Tillis albums
- Albums produced by Paul Worley
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