Torn Between Two Lovers (album) explained

Torn Between Two Lovers
Type:Album
Artist:Mary MacGregor
Cover:TornBetweenTwoLovers.jpg
Released:1976
Studio:Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama
Genre:Pop
Label:Ariola America
Producer:Peter Yarrow, Barry Beckett
Next Title:...In Your Eyes
Next Year:1978

Torn Between Two Lovers is the debut album by Mary MacGregor. It was produced and partly written by Peter Yarrow, and released in 1976.

Release and promotion

The album was released in 1976 and reached the number 17 position on the Billboard 200 chart. Three singles were released in promotion of the album, all reaching both the Country singles and Hot 100 pop charts. The title track was a number-one hit on the pop and adult contemporary charts.

Critical reception

Reviewing in (1981), Robert Christgau gave the record a "C" and said, "I consider it significant that Peter Yarrow's first commercial success of the decade is an Olivia Newton-John substitute, albeit one who's willing to admit she fucks around."[1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Mama" (Stephen Ferguson) 3:19
  2. "This Girl (Has Turned Into a Woman)" (Peter Yarrow, Mary MacGregor) 3:25
  3. "Good Together" (Gretta Larson) 2:51
  4. "It's Too Soon (To Let Our Love End)" (Jim Salestrom) 2:46
  5. "Why Did You Wait (To Tell Me)" (Peter Yarrow) 4:05

Side two

  1. "The Lady I Am" (Gretta Larson) 3:45
  2. "For a While" (Peter Yarrow, Kevin Hunter) 2:52
  3. "I Just Want to Love You" (Randy Sharp) 3:00
  4. "Take Your Love Away" (Randy Sharp) 2:50
  5. "Torn Between Two Lovers" (Peter Yarrow, Phillip Jarrell) 3:49

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1977)[2] Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 35
U.S. Billboard 20017
U.S. Country Albums3

Notes and References

  1. Book: Christgau, Robert. Robert Christgau. 1981. . Ticknor & Fields. 089919026X. Consumer Guide '70s: M. https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70. March 2, 2019. robertchristgau.com.
  2. Web site: Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor : Awards. n.d.. AllMusic. August 1, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120801225149/http://www.allmusic.com/album/torn-between-two-lovers-mw0000872933/awards. August 1, 2012. dead.
  3. 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. 185.