Come On Joe Explained
| Come On Joe |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jo-El Sonnier |
| Cover: | Sonnier come on joe.jpg |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Richard Bennett, Bill Halverson |
| Prev Title: | Cajun Life |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Right Next Door to Texas |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Come On Joe is a 1987 album by American country music singer Jo-El Sonnier. It was released in 1987 via RCA Records.
Content
Four singles from Come On Joe charted on Billboard Hot Country Songs between 1987 and 1989: the title track, "No More One More Time", "Tear-Stained Letter", and "Rainin' in My Heart".[1]
Critical reception
Rating it 4.5 out of 5 stars, Brian Mansfield of AllMusic wrote, " Cajun-tinged contemporary country with a rock edge and intelligent songs, it is the best of Sonnier's Nashville work."[2]
Personnel
From Come On Joe liner notes.[3]
- Musicians
- Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
- Ashley Cleveland – background vocals
- Gary Gazaway – trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Michael Joyce – background vocals, bass guitar
- Mike Lawler – keyboards
- Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Marianne Osiel – background vocals
- Ward Smith – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Jo-El Sonnier – vocals, Cajun accordion, harmonica
- Val and Birdie – background vocals
- Tommy Wells – drums, percussion
- Steve Winwood – organ
- Production
- Richard Bennett – producer
- Tim Farmer – recording
- Bill Halverson – producer, recording
- Mary Hamilton – art direction
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- The World Winds – horn arrangement
Chart performance
Notes and References
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. 2017. 338. 978-0-89820-229-8.
- Web site: Come On Joe . AllMusic . May 24, 2022 . Brian Mansfield.
- Come On Joe . Jo-El Sonnier . CD booklet . RCA Records . 6374-2-R.
- Web site: Hot Country Albums for February 10, 1989 . Billboard . May 24, 2022.
