I'm Jessi Colter Explained

I'm Jessi Colter
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jessi Colter
Cover:	Jessi Colter-I'm Not Lisa.jpg
Released:	January 1975
Studio:	Glaser Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)^[1]
Genre:	Country
Label:	Capitol Records Capitol Nashville (reissue)
Producer:	Ken Mansfield Waylon Jennings
Prev Title:	A Country Star is Born
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Jessi
Next Year:	1976

I'm Jessi Colter is the second studio album by American country music artist, Jessi Colter. The album was released on Capitol Records in January 1975 and was produced by Ken Mansfield. The release contained the single, "I'm Not Lisa," which peaked at #1 on the country chart and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

I'm Jessi Colter was Colter's first studio album for the Capitol label. The album spawned two major hits: "I'm Not Lisa," which became Colter's first major hit, and "What's Happened to Blue Eyes," which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country Chart. The latter's B-side, "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The two singles were Colter's only solo Top 10 singles.

Colter's album was enormously successful, peaking at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart and #50 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.^[2] The release was given a positive review from Allmusic, who gave the album four out of five stars.^[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Jessi Colter:

1. "Is There Any Way (You'd Stay Forever)" — 2:45
2. "I Hear a Song" — 2:43
3. "Come on In" — 2:30
4. "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" — 2:57
5. "Love's the Only Chain" — 3:16
6. "I'm Not Lisa" — 3:23
7. "For the First Time" — 2:38
8. "Who Walks Thru' Your Memory (Billy Jo)" — 2:20
9. "What's Happened to Blue Eyes" — 2:19
10. "Storms Never Last" — 4:14

Personnel

Recorded at Glaser Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California, United States.^[1]

• Jessi Colter - lead vocals
• Lea Jane Berinati — backing vocals
• Tommy Cogbill — bass
• Johnny Gimble — fiddle
• Duke Goff — bass
• Jim Gordon — horn
• Dick Hyde — horn
• Waylon Jennings — producer, guitar
• Mack Johnson — horn
• Bruce King — backing vocals (track 3)
• Ken Mansfield — producer
• Marge McMahon — backing vocals
• Lee Montgomery — backing vocals
• Ralph Mooney — steel guitar
• Larry Muhoberac — piano, strings
• Weldon Myrick — steel guitar
• Elmo Peeler — strings
• Billy Ray Reynolds — backing vocals
• Wendy Suits — backing vocals
• John Buck Wilkins — guitar, backing vocals
• Marijohn Wilkin — backing vocals
• Sharon Vaughn — backing vocals
• Reggie Young — guitar

Charts

Year-end charts

Singles - Billboard (United States), RPM (Canada)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1975	"I'm Not Lisa"	Country Singles	1
		Pop Singles	4
		Adult Contemporary Singles	16
		Canadian Country Singles	1
		Canadian Pop Singles	6
		Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles	1
	"What's Happened to Blue Eyes"	Country Singles	5
		Pop Singles	57
		Canadian Country Singles	11
	"You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)"	Pop Singles	64
		Canadian Pop Singles	65

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jessi Colter - I'm Jessi Colter (LP) at Discogs. 1975 . Discogs.com. July 12, 2009.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r106004/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} ''I'm Jessi Colter'' > Charts & Awards]. allmusic. July 12, 2009.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r106004|pure_url=yes}} ''I'm Jessi Colter'' > Overview]. allmusic. July 12, 2009.
4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1975. Billboard. April 17, 2021.