Sure Feels Good (album) explained

Sure Feels Good
Type:studio
Artist:Barbara Mandrell
Cover:Barbara Mandrell-Sure Feels Good.jpg
Released:July 15, 1987
Recorded:January 1987 (Nashville, TN)
Genre:Country pop
Length:34:44
Label:EMI America
Producer:Tom Collins
Prev Title:Moments
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight
Next Year:1988

Sure Feels Good is the eighteenth solo studio album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in July 1987 on EMI America Records and was produced by Tom Collins. It was Mandrell's first album released under EMI America since leaving MCA Records one year earlier.

Background and content

Sure Feels Good was recorded in January 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was produced by Tom Collins, who Mandrell carried over from her MCA Records run.[1] The album consisted of 10 tracks, similar to most of her previous albums. The sixth track entitled "Angels Love Bad Men" was co-written by Waylon Jennings and featured Jennings performing on the track with Mandrell. Jennings also wrote the album's opening track "Just to Satisfy You". Most of the album's material consisted of Country pop ballads as was her previous releases.[2] Sure Feels Good was issued on an LP album with five songs available on each side of the record. The album was also issued on a compact disc a year after its initial release.[3]

Release

Sure Feels Goods title track was released as the lead single in March 1987. The song became Mandrell's first since 1969 to peak outside of the Top 40, reaching #48 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #41 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The second single released was "Child Support" in June 1987. It became the only significant hit from the album, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart and #14 on the Canadian Country chart. The third and final single released was "Angels Love Bad Men" with Waylon Jennings, which only peaked at #49.[4] Sure Feels Good was released in 1987 and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart.[5]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Just to Satisfy You" (Waylon Jennings, Don Bowman) – 3:30
  2. "You Can't Get There from Here" (Keith Stegall, Roger Murrah) – 2:57
  3. "It All Came True" (James Dean Hicks, Rick West) – 3:05
  4. "Hangin' On" (B. Mize, I. Allen) – 3:58
  5. "Child Support" – (Thom Schuyler) 2:49
Side two
  1. "Angels Love Bad Men" (Jennings, Murrah) – 3:44
  2. "One of Us Is Always Leaving" (R. C. Bannon) – 3:10
  3. "Sunshine Street" (Murrah, Steve Dean, Rich Alves) – 3:11
  4. "I'm Glad I Married You" (Hicks, B.P. Parker) – 3:55
  5. "Sure Feels Good" (Carson Whitsett, Frederick Knight) – 3:25

Chart positions

Album
Singles
YearSongChart positions
US CountryCAN Country
1987"Sure Feels Good"4841
"Child Support"1314
1988"Angels Love Bad Men"4940

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbara Mandrell's Recording Sessions. Country Music. Blogspot. 12 January 2010.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93102|pure_url=yes}} ''Sure Feels Good'' > Overview]. Allmusic. 12 January 2010.
  3. Web site: Amazon.com: Sure Feels Good: Barbara Mandrell. Amazon.com. 12 January 2010.
  4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93102/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}} ''Sure Feels Good'' > Singles]. Allmusic. 12 January 2010.
  5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93102/charts-awards/billboard-album|pure_url=yes}} ''Sure Feels Good'' > charts]. Allmusic. 12 January 2010.

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