| My Baby's Gone | |
| Type: | studio album |
| Artist: | The Louvin Brothers |
| Cover: | My Babys Gone Louvin Brothers.jpg |
| Released: | 1960 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 28:48 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Ken Nelson |
| Prev Title: | Satan Is Real |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
My Baby's Gone is an album by American country music duo The Louvin Brothers, released in 1960. The lead-off single "My Baby Came Back" b/w "She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone" did not chart although the follow-up single "My Baby's Gone" b/w "Lorene" reached number 9 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.
The majority of the songs were recorded in 1958 and four had been released as singles that year. The duo had previously recorded gospel songs written by Hazel Houser, but "My Baby's Gone" was the only secular song of hers they recorded. It stayed on the Billboard Country Singles chart for over 20 weeks and peaked at number 9. "I Wish It Had Been a Dream" had also been released as a single although it didn't chart well. The album cover featuring a despondent looking man was designed by the brothers.[1]
In his review for Allmusic, critic Timothy Monger wrote the album "finds them back on the dark side, delivering a dozen haunting songs of heartbreak and woe that are every bit as masterful as the fire-and-brimstone fury of their previous LP... If Satan Is Real is the height of the duo's gospel style, then My Baby's Gone is the Louvin Brothers at their country best." Kris Needs of Record Collector called the album "an overlooked masterpiece, essential for anyone partial to a time-honoured wallow in the saddest music known to man. When those vocals seem to realise they have nothing but themselves to hold on to the effect is spine-chilling."
All songs by Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin unless otherwise noted.
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