Tonight Carmen (album) explained

Tonight Carmen
Type:	studio
Artist:	Marty Robbins
Cover:	Tonight Carmen (Marty Robbins album).png
Released:	August 1967^[1]
Genre:	Country
Length:	28:47
Label:	Columbia Records
Producer:	Bob Johnston
Prev Title:	My Kind of Country
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Next Year:	1968

Tonight Carmen is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1967 by Columbia Records.^[2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on September 2, 1967, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 25 weeks. The album included two hit singles: "Tonight Carmen" (No. 1) and "Gardenias in Her Hair" (No. 9).^[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of two stars.^[4]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Tonight Carmen" – 2:45
2. "Waiting in Reno" – 2:26
3. "Is There Anything Left I Can Say" – 1:59
4. "Love Has Gone Away" – 2:13
5. "Bound for Old Mexico" – 3:00
6. "Don't Go Away Señor" – 2:37

Side B

1. "The Girl with Gardenias in Her Hair" – 2:35
2. "In the Valley of the Rio Grande" – 2:23
3. "The Mission in Guadalajara" – 2:35
4. "Chapel Bells Chime" – 2:51
5. "Spanish Lullaby" – 3:23

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard. August 19, 1967.
2. Web site: Marty Robbins - Tonight Carmen. Discogs. December 18, 2020.
3. Book: Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc.. 1997. 150. 0898201241.
4. Web site: Tonight Carmen. AllMusic. December 18, 2020.