Just for the Record (Barbara Mandrell album) explained

Just for the Record
Type:	Album
Artist:	Barbara Mandrell
Cover:	Barbara Mandrell-Just for the Record.jpg
Released:	August 17, 1979
Studio:	Woodland Studios, East Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Country pop
Label:	MCA Nashville
Producer:	Tom Collins
Prev Title:	Moods
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Love Is Fair
Next Year:	1980

Just for the Record is the ninth solo studio album by American country music singer Barbara Mandrell.^[1] It was released in August 1979.

Mandrell's career was beginning to reach its peak with the end of the 1970s. As such, her sound began to change, particularly with this album. Like her previous album Moods, two singles were released from Just for the Record. Both of these singles were Top 5 Country hits. The first single, "Fooled by a Feeling", also peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Top 30 on the Adult Contemporary charts. The second single, "Years", went to #1, as well as the Top 40 on the Adult Contemporary charts. This exemplified Mandrell's new crossover style. The album was produced by Tom Collins, who helped Mandrell bring out this pop sound onto her albums.

The album also included a cover of a pop tune called "Darlin'", also recorded by Tom Jones.

Just for the Record proved to be very successful, peaking at #9 on the Top Country Albums chart in 1979, as well as reaching #166 on the Billboard 200, her third album to chart there.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan; except where indicated.

Personnel

• Background Vocals: Lea Jane Berinati, Tom Brannon, Steve Brantley, Thomas Cain, Bruce Dees, Janie Fricke, Rob Galbraith, Hank Martin, Donna Sheridan, Lisa Silver, Karen Taylor, Duane West, Randy Wright
• Bass guitar

Mike Leech

• Celesta

Tom Collins

• Clavinet

Charlie McCoy

• Drums

Roger Clark, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone

• Guitar

Pete Bordonali, Jimmy Capps, Bruce Dees

• Harmonica

Charlie McCoy

• Lead Vocals: Barbara Mandrell
• Mandolin

Pete Bordonali

• Piano

David Briggs, Bobby Ogdin

• Programming: Lee Hargrove
• Steel Guitar

John Hughey

• Strings

Sheldon Kurland Strings

• String Arranger. Mike Leech
• Synthesizer

Lee Hargrove, Shane Keister, Bobby Ogdin

• Synthesizer Drums: Clyde Brooks

Charts

Year-end charts

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Fooled by a Feeling"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	4
1979	"Fooled by a Feeling"	Billboard Hot 100	89
1979	"Fooled by a Feeling"	Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	26
1979	"Years"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
1979	"Years"	Bubbling Hot 100	102
1979	"Years"	Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	38

Notes and References

1. Book: DiCaire . David . The New Generation of Country Music Stars: Biographies of 50 Artists Born After 1940 . 2008 . McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers . 170.
2. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980. Billboard. June 3, 2021.