Jesus Was a Capricorn

Infobox Album
Name = Jesus Was a Capricorn
Type = Album
Artist = Kris Kristofferson


Released = November 1972
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 31:21
Label = Monument
Producer = Fred Foster
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1yd8vwbva92k link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kriskristofferson/albums/album/102110/review/5944345/jesus_was_a_capricorn link]
Last album = "Border Lord"
(1972)
This album = "Jesus Was a Capricorn"
(1972)
Next album = "Full Moon"
(1973)

"Jesus Was a Capricorn" is the fourth album by Kris Kristofferson, released in 1972 on Monument Records. The album cover pictures Kristofferson and his soon-to-be wife Rita Coolidge. "Why Me" reached #1 on the Country singles charts.

Track listing

"All songs by Kris Kristofferson except as noted"
#"Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)" – 2:28
#"Nobody Wins" – 3:06
#"It Sure Was (Love)" – 2:51
#"Sugar Man" – 3:59
#"Help Me" (Larry Gatlin) – 3:22
#"Jesse Younger" – 2:40
#"Give It Time to Be Tender" (Kristofferson/Fritts) – 3:26
#"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" (Kristofferson/Stephen Bruton) – 2:58
#"Enough for You" – 3:05
#"Why Me" – 3:26

Personnel

*Drums - Andy Newmark, Kenny Buttrey
*Guitar - Chip Young, Dennis Linde, Fred Carter Jr, Grady Martin, Jerry Shook, James Colvard, John Buck Wilkin, John L Christopher Jr, Mac Gayden, Stephen Bruton
*Guitar [Bass] - Norbert Putnam, Tommy Cogbill
*Guitar [Slide Dobro] - "Uncle Josh" Graves
*Guitar [Steel] - Weldon Myrick
*Piano - Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, David Briggs, Dr. John Harris, Mike Utley
*Producer - Fred Foster
*Strings - Brenton Banks, Byron T Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, David Darling, George Binkley III, Lillian Hunt, Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith