I Came to Hear the Music explained

I Came to Hear the Music
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mickey Newbury
Cover:	I Came to Hear the Music.png
Released:	1974
Recorded:	1974
Studio:	Youngun Sound Studios, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Genre:	Country
Length:	38:12
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Chip Young
Prev Title:	Live at Montezuma Hall
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Lovers
Next Year:	1975

I Came to Hear the Music is the 1974 album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury, his fourth release on Elektra Records. The cover photography was by Norman Seeff.

I Came to Hear the Music was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection from Mountain Retreat, Newbury's own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969 to 1981.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mickey Newbury

1. "I Came To Hear The Music" - 4:15
2. "Breeze Lullaby" - 1:51
3. "You Only Live Once (In a While)" - 3:28
4. "Yesterday's Gone" - 3:30
5. "If You See Her" - 4:14
6. "Dizzy Lizzy" - 3:54
7. "If I Could Be" - 2:52
8. "Organized Noise" - 2:22
9. "Love, Look At Us Now" - 2:58
10. "Baby's Not Home" - 3:47
11. "1 X 1 Ain't 2" - 5:01

Charts

Chart (1974)	Position
United States (Billboard 200)	209
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	80

Cover versions

• "Love Look At Us Now" was recorded by Edward Woodward, Johnny Rodriguez and Joe Simon.
• "1x1 Ain't 2" was covered by psychedelic garage band Neal Ford and the Fanatics.
• "If You See Her" appeared on albums by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Rodriguez.
• Don Gibson performed "Baby's Not Home."
• Glenn Barber scored a minor country hit with "You Only Live Once (In a While)."
• Will Oldham cut a version of "I Came to Hear the Music."

External links

• Mickey Newbury Website

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 216.