On the Move
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On the Move
- Artist: Donna Fargo
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- Release Date: 1976
- Genre: Country
Review
Donna Fargo was literally On the Move in 1976, from her previous label ABC/Dot to Warner Bros., where she made this, her sixth album. She got off to a rocky start when the first two singles for her new label, "Mr. Doodles" and "I've Loved You All of the Way," just cracked the Top 20 while a competing ABC/Dot leftover sailed into the Top Three. Fargo always had a bubblegum streak, and "Mr. Doodles" reveals that tendency by marrying a straightforward song about long-distance romance to a pair of characters named Mr. & Mrs. Doodles. "I've Loved You All of the Way" is a pure country ballad, delivered in Fargo's raspy Dolly Parton-meets-Joan Rivers voice. As usual, Fargo wrote the bulk of the songs for On the Move herself, but the two exceptions are interesting; both the funky "Southern Lady" and the bombastic "Country Girl" seem aimed at reinforcing Fargo's identity as a country artist. On the Move is a fair album, but the caliber of songwriting is not up to Fargo's usual standards. ~ Greg Adams, Rovi| On the Move (1964 Album by Trini Lopez) | |
| On the Move (2008 Album by Tal Babitzky) |
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On the Move (album)
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| Studio album by Donna Fargo | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | January 1976 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Stan Silver | |||
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On the Move is the sixth studio album released by American country artist Donna Fargo. The album was released in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records and was produced by Fargo's husband and manager Stan Silver. It was Fargo's first album released on the Warner Bros. label, after recording five studio albums for Dot Records between 1972 and 1975.
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Background and content
On the Move was recorded in January 1976 at the Columbia Recording Studio and the Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was Fargo's first recordings for Warner Bros. Records.[2] Fargo's previous label Dot Records was financially unstable and instead, Warner Bros. offered her a seven figure sum to record for the label.[3] The title for the album can literally refer to Fargo being "on the move" according to Greg Adams of Allmusic, as he related the album title to her transition from Dot Records to Warner Bros. Records. Adams called the opening track "Mr. Doodles" to have qualities carried on by Fargo's "bubblegum streak" of song titles and themes. He also called the song "I've Loved You All of the Way" to resemble vocals similar to that of "Dolly Parton meets Joan Rivers". Adams gave the album two out of five stars stating, "On the Move is a fair album, but the caliber of songwriting is not up to Fargo's usual standards."[1] On the Move was originally issued as an LP record with five songs contained on each side of the album.[4]
Release
On the Move spawned two singles in 1976. The lead single from the album and the opening track entitled "Mr. Doodles" was released in 1976, peaking at #20 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart[5] and #40 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles chart.[6] The second and final single spawned was "I've Loved You All of the Way" in July 1976. The song reached #15 on the Billboard country singles chart and did not chart the Canadian country chart.[5] On the Move was released in mid 1976 and peaked at #31 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart, Fargo's lowest-peaking album on the chart up to that point.[7]
Track listing
- Side one
- "Mr. Doodles"
- "Song with No Music"
- "I've Loved You All of the Way"
- "Southern Leady"
- "If You Can't Love All of Me"
- Side two
- "(I Wanna) Sing for My Supper"
- "Patches"
- "Country Girl"
- "Nothing Good Comes Easy"
- "One of God's Children"
Sales chart positions
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| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Top Country Albums[7] | 31 |
- Singles
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CAN Country [6] |
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| 1976 | "Mr. Doodles" | 20 | 40 |
| "I've Loved You All of the Way" | 15 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
References
- ^ a b Adams, Greg. "On the Move > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r576200. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Donna Fargo's recording sessions". Praguefrank's Country Music. http://countrydiscography.blogspot.com/2009/10/donna-fargo.html. Retrieved 31 March 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "100 Greatest Women - Donna Fargo (#36)". Country Universe. http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/05/28/100-greatest-women-36-donna-fargo/. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "On the Move by Donna Fargo". Rate Your Music. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/donna_fargo/on_the_move/. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ a b c "Billboard chart positions > singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p1601. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Search results for "Mr. Doodles"". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Mr+Doodles&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ a b "On the Move charts & awards". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r576200. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
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