My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (Dean Martin album) explained

My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
Type:studio
Artist:Dean Martin
Cover:MartinWomanWife.jpg
Caption:Cover art by Bernie Fuchs
Released:1970
Recorded:1970
Genre:Traditional pop, country
Length:28:41
Label:Reprise
RS 6403
Producer:Jimmy Bowen
Prev Title:I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:For the Good Times
Next Year:1971

My Woman, My Woman, My Wife is a 1970 studio album by Dean Martin, arranged by John Bahler, Glen D. Hardin and Billy Strange.

The album peaked at 97 on the Billboard 200 and at 92 on the Australian Kent Music Report.[1] It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009. Martin was recording infrequently at this stage of his career, recording for only two days every spring to produce a new album and otherwise recording an occasional singles session.

My Woman, My Woman, My Wife was advertised by Reprise Records as Martin's open letter to the Women's liberation movement. The advert ended with the statement "Take that, ladies".[2]

Reception

The initial Billboard review from 22 August 1970 commented that "Martin has everything going for him".[3] William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann criticized Martin's lack of emotional commitment to the lyrics of the title song, and of Bowen and Martin's collaboration adds that "Martin obliged, and Bowen provided his usual Nashville sound-style production. But this was nothing the two hadn't done many times before, and record buyers were losing interest".

Track listing

Side One:

  1. "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" (Marty Robbins) – 3:30
  2. "Once a Day" (Bill Anderson) – 2:44
  3. "Here We Go Again" (Don Lanier, Red Steagall) – 3:07
  4. "Make the World Go Away" (Hank Cochran) – 2:47
  5. "The Tip of My Fingers" (Anderson) – 2:28

Side Two:

  1. "Detroit City" (Danny Dill, Mel Tillis) – 3:43
  2. "Together Again" (Buck Owens) – 2:32
  3. "Heart Over Mind" (Tillis) – 2:44
  4. "Turn the World Around" (Ben Peters) – 2:24
  5. "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin''" (Johnny Tillotson) – 2:42

Personnel

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. 193.
  2. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 14 July 2013. 25 July 1970. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 9–. 0006-2510.
  3. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 14 July 2013. 22 August 1970. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 1–. 0006-2510.