The backbeat rocks as well as swings this time. The song choices are supreme, as she covers everything from a Ray Price shuffle to progressive country by Jim Lauderdale and John Hiatt. ~ Michael McCall, All Music Guide
Lonnie Allen (Vocals (Background)), Scott Martin (?), Scott Martin (Assistant Engineer), Linell (Assistant Engineer), Duane Eddy (Bass), Kostas (Vocal Harmony), Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (Fiddle), Richard MacDonald (Guitar), Rhys Clark (Drums), Maria Smoot (Hair Stylist), Kostas (Vocals (Background)), Milton Sledge (Drums), Harry Stinson (Drums), Bradley Hartman (Engineer), Senor McGuire (Photography), Don Whaley (Vocals (Background)), John Molo (Drums), Bill Cooper (?), Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (Dobro), Billy Barnes (Design), Mike Henderson (Slide Guitar), Ed Simonton (Assistant Engineer), Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (Guitar (Rhythm)), Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (Mandolin), Billy Barnes (Artwork), Albert Lee (Guitar), Ademola Adepoju (Pedal Steel), Michael Rhodes (Bass), Bill Cooper (Assistant Engineer), John Propst (Piano), Ed Seay (Mixing), Harry Stinson (Vocals (Background)), Duane Eddy (6-String Bass), Duane Eddy (Guitar), Steve Fishell (Producer), Mike Poole (Mixing), Jann Browne (Vocals (Background)), Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (?), Mike Poole (Engineer), Iris DeMent (Vocals (Background)), Jim Lauderdale (Vocals (Background)), Steve Fishell (Hawaiian Guitar), Albert Lee (Guitar (Rhythm)), Biff Watson (Guitar (Acoustic)), Don Whaley (Bass), Richard MacDonald (Guitar (Rhythm)), Denny Purcell (Mastering), Buddy Emmons (Pedal Steel), Lawrence Brown (Engineer), Billy Barnes (?), Greg Garing (Vocals (Background)), Vanessa Ware (Stylist), Michael Bowden (Bass), Steve Fishell (Pedal Steel), Maria Smoot (Make-Up), Jim Lauderdale (Vocal Harmony), Glen D. Hardin (Piano), Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (Banjo)
It Only Hurts When I Laugh is the second album by Jann Browne. Among its highlights are a cover of Nanci Griffith's "I Wish It Would Rain," the title song "It Only Hurts When I Laugh" (penned by Kostas and Marty Stuart), "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (later recorded by George Strait for the soundtrack to his acting debut, Pure Country), and the old country standard "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You."
