| Encore | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Wanda Jackson |
| Cover: | Wanda Jackson--Encore--1989.jpg |
| Studio: | Studio Seven |
| Genre: | Gospel[1] |
| Label: | Amethyst |
| Producer: | Gregg W. Gray |
| Prev Title: | Classy Country |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Don't Worry Be Happy |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Encore is a studio album by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. It was released in 1988 via Amethyst Records and contained 11 tracks. The album was a collection of gospel selections and her second album with the Amethyst label. It was re-released on the Tab label in 1989 and was sold exclusively in Europe. It was the thirty fourth studio album of Jackson's career.
Wanda Jackson became known to audiences though a series of country and Rockabilly recordings during the 1950s and 1960s. Examples included the singles "You Can't Have My Love" (1954), "Let's Have a Party" (1960), "In the Middle of a Heartache" (1961) and "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine" (1966). She left Capitol Records in the 1970s to concentrate more on gospel music.[2] In the 1980s, Jackson was recording a mixture of gospel and country selections for various labels including Amethyst Records.[3] Her second Amethyst project would be Encore, which was an 11-track collection of gospel songs recorded in 1988 at Studio Seven in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sessions were produced by Gregg W. Gray.[1]
Encore included covers of various gospel songs, including "I'll Fly Away" and "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". Also included is a re-recorded cover of "How Great Thou Art",[1] which Jackson first recorded for her 1971 album Praise the Lord.[4] The record was originally released in 1988 on Amethyst Records as a cassette. It was Jackson's thirty fourth studio album released in her career.[1] In 1989, it was re-released to European markets on the Tab record label. The album was distributed as a vinyl LP with an identical track listing.[5] Tab had previously released albums by Jackson, beginning with 1984's Rockabilly Fever.[6]
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Encore.[1]
Musical and technical personnel
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1988 | Cassette | Amethyst Records | |
| Sweden | 1989 | Vinyl | Tab Records | |