Jack Ingram (album) explained

Jack Ingram
Type:studio
Artist:Jack Ingram
Cover:Jack Ingram debut album cover.jpg
Released:September 1995
Genre:Country
Length:43:42
Label:Crystal Clear Sound
Producer:Morgan Brown, Jimmy Gooch, Michael Mayer, Cary Pierce, Terry Slemmons, Brady Wood
Year:1995
Next Title:Live at Adair's[1]
Next Year:1995

Jack Ingram is the debut studio album by country music artist Jack Ingram. Initially released independently in 1993,[2] it was then the first of three albums released by Ingram on the Crystal Clear Sound label in 1995. No singles were released from this album. Most of the tracks from this album were re-released on the studio album Young Man in 2004 along with tracks from his second studio album, Lonesome Questions.

Content

The majority of the album's tracks were written by Ingram. The opening track "Beat Up Ford" would become Ingram's trademark song in his early career as well as the name of his back-up band. It would be re-recorded for his second studio album, Lonesome Question. The track "Make My Heart Flutter" would be re-recorded as "Flutter" on Ingram's 1997 album Livin' or Dyin'.

The album also features several covers of classic songs. Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried"[3] was first recorded by him in 1968 on the album of the same name. The album closes with covers of Willie Nelson's "Pick up the Tempo" from the 1978 album Waylon & Willie and Robert Earl Keen's 1989 song "The Road Goes on Forever".

Critic Bill Hobbs characterized the album as "a starker, more folk-leaning disc" compared to its follow-up.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jack Ingram unless noted

Personnel

Taken from liner notes.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. Tarradell, Mario (December 14, 1995) "A Star is Born: New management helps Ingram branch out with 'roots country'", The Dallas Morning News, p. 5C.
  2. Beal, Jim Jr. (December 29, 1995). "Man without hats – He's no punk, but roots-country singer Jack Ingram has that do-it-yourself spirit", San Antonio Express-News.
  3. Hobbs, Bill (July 14, 1995). "Jack Ingram: Lonesome Questions (Rhythmic Records)", St. Petersburg Times, p. 11.
  4. Jack Ingram . Jack Ingram . 1995 . CD . Crystal Clear Sound . ?.