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When Fallen Angels Fly

 
Album Review: When Fallen Angels Fly

  • Artist: Patty Loveless
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1994
  • Total Time: 35:47
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Country

Review

Patty Loveless expanded on the success of her comeback album, Only What I Feel, on its successor, When Fallen Angels Fly, which made the country Top Ten, went gold, spawned four Top Ten singles, and was named the Country Music Association's Album of the Year. Songs like the feisty hit "Halfway Down" had a bouncy rockabilly feel, and Loveless rode the rhythms well, while on the ballad "Here I Am," another hit, she sounded like a country Stevie Nicks. And then there was "I Try To Think About Elvis," a comic rocker that was one of the best pieces of material to turn up in Nashville that year, and that Loveless performed with just enough tongue in her cheek. Of course, there were a couple of those hopelessly hokey Gretchen Peters ballads, but even one of those, "You Don't Even Know Who I Am," was a hit. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
A Handful of Dust Tony Arata Patty Loveless (3:09)
Halfway Down Jim Lauderdale Patty Loveless (3:45)
When the Fallen Angels Fly Billy Joe Shaver Patty Loveless (4:33)
You Don't Even Know Who I Am (Lyrics) Gretchen Peters Patty Loveless (4:04)
Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad (Lyrics) Emory Gordy, Jim Rushing Patty Loveless (3:18)
Here I Am (Lyrics) Tony Arata Patty Loveless (3:04)
I Try to Think About Elvis (Lyrics) Gary Burr Patty Loveless (2:49)
Ships (Lyrics) Gretchen Peters Patty Loveless (3:42)
Old Weakness (Coming on Strong) Bob DiPiero, Gary Nicholson Patty Loveless (3:01)
Over My Shoulder (Lyrics) Marcus Hummon, Roger Murrah Patty Loveless (4:22)

Credits

Jerry Douglas (Slide Guitar), Patty Loveless (Vocals), Patty Loveless (Main Performer), Donna McElroy (Vocals (Background)), Steve Gibson (Guitar (Acoustic)), Steve Gibson (Mandolin), Steve Gibson (Guitar (Electric)), Jimmy Hall (Harmonica), Glen Duncan (Fiddle), Dawn Sears (Vocals (Background)), Derek Bason (Mixing Assistant), Richard Bennett (Guitar (Acoustic)), Richard Bennett (Guitar (Electric)), Bob Bullock (Engineer), Kathy Burdick (Vocals (Background)), Stuart Duncan (Fiddle), Stuart Duncan (Mandolin), Paul Franklin (Guitar (Steel)), Sonny Garrish (Guitar (Steel)), Emory Gordy (Bass), John Guess (Mixing), Owen Hale (Drums), Tim Hensley (Vocals (Background)), John Kliner (Assistant Engineer), Mike Lawler (Keyboards), Liana Manis (Vocals (Background)), Russ Martin (Engineer), Glenn Meadows (Mastering), Carmella Ramsey (Vocals (Background)), Harry Stinson (Drums), Harry Stinson (Vocals (Background)), Biff Watson (Guitar (Acoustic)), Craig White (Assistant Engineer), Marty Williams (Engineer), Paul Worley (Guitar (Acoustic)), Curtis Young (Vocals (Background)), John Barlow Jarvis (Piano), Randee Saint Nicholas (Photography), Amy Hughes (Assistant Engineer), Jodi Lynn Miller (Design), Lauren Koch (Production Coordination), Pete Finney (Guitar (Steel))
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When Fallen Angels Fly
Studio album by Patty Loveless
Released August 23, 1994
Genre Country
Length 36:04
Label Epic
Producer Emory Gordy, Jr.
Professional reviews
Patty Loveless chronology
Only What I Feel
(1993)
When Fallen Angels Fly
(1994)
The Trouble with the Truth
(1996)

When Fallen Angels Fly is a studio album released in 1994 by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It reached #8 on the Top Country Albums charts, and all four of its singles — "I Try to Think About Elvis", "You Don't Even Know Who I Am", "Here I Am" and "Halfway Down" — all reached Top Ten on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" was also recorded by Greg Holland on his 1997 album Exception to the Rule and Delbert McClinton on his 1997 album One of the Fortunate Few. Both "Old Weakness" and "Over My Shoulder" were also recorded in 2002 by Tanya Tucker on her album Tanya.

When Fallen Angels Fly won CMA's Album of the Year in 1995.

Track listing

  1. "A Handful of Dust" (Tony Arata) – 3:05
  2. "Halfway Down" (Jim Lauderdale) – 3:45
  3. "When the Fallen Angels Fly" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 4:33
  4. "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" (Gretchen Peters) – 4:04
  5. "Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad" (Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing) – 3:18
  6. "Here I Am" (Arata) – 2:59
  7. "I Try to Think About Elvis" (Gary Burr) – 2:49
  8. "Ships" (Peters) – 3:42
  9. "Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)" (Gary Nicholson, Bob DiPiero) – 2:59
  10. "Over My Shoulder" (Roger Murrah, Marcus Hummon) – 4:22

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