Why Not Me (The Judds album)
- Why Not Me (The Judds album)
Infobox Album | Name = Why Not Me
Type = studio
Artist = The Judds
Released = October 1984
Recorded = Creative Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre = Country
Length = 32:41
Label = RCA/Curb
Producer = Brent Maher
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:v23m962o3ep3 Link]
Last album = "Wynonna & Naomi"
(1983)
This album = "Why Not Me"
(1984)
Next album = "Rockin' with the Rhythm"
(1985) |
"Why Not Me" is the first full-length LP album by American country duo The Judds, released by RCA Records in 1984.
"Why Not Me" includes the duo's first Billboard number one single on the Country music charts, "Mama He's Crazy". [ [http://mikecurb.com/about/pdf/billboard_charted_Singles.pdf BB Charted Singles.xls ] ] That single was first released on their 1983 EP release "The Judds: Wynonna & Naomi". Three more singles from the album reached number 1 on the country charts: "Why Not Me", "Girls Night Out", and "Love Is Alive". [ [http://mikecurb.com/about/pdf/billboard_charted_Singles.pdf BB Charted Singles.xls ] ]
The album reached number 1 on the country charts and went on to sell more than 1 million copies Fact|date=May 2007 - a huge feat for a new female country act.
The song "Why Not Me" went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1986, as did "Mama He's Crazy" in 1985.
The album was produced by Brent Maher and arranged by Don Potter. Maher and Potter have had a hand in each Judds' album.
Track listing
#"Why Not Me" (Harlan Howard, Sonny Throckmorton, Brent Maher) - 3:29
#"Mr. Pain" (Kent Robbins, Naomi Judd) - 3:17
#"Drops of Water" (Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland) - 3:24
#"Sleeping Heart" (Don Potter, Rhonda Fleming Gill) - 3:03
#"My Baby's Gone" (Dennis Linde) - 2:48
#"Bye Bye Baby Blues" (Howard, Throckmorton, Maher) - 2:52
#"Girls Night Out" (Maher, Jeff H. Bullock) - 2:50
#"Love Is Alive" (Robbins) - 3:54
#"Endless Sleep" (Judy Reynolds, Dolores Nance) - 3:06
#"Mama He's Crazy" (Kenny O'Dell) - 3:11
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