Untasted Honey Explained

Untasted Honey
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kathy Mattea
Cover:	matteahoney.jpg
Studio:	Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:	Country
Length:	33:57
Producer:	Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:	Walk the Way the Wind Blows
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Willow in the Wind
Next Year:	1989

Untasted Honey is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1987 on Mercury Records. The album produced Mattea's first Number One hit on the Billboard country charts in its lead-off single "Goin' Gone". Following this song was another Number One hit, "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", then "Untold Stories" and "Life as We Knew It", both of which reached #4. "The Battle Hymn of Love" was later released as a single from Mattea's 1990 album A Collection of Hits. Like Walk the Way the Wind Blows before it, this album includes a cut originally found on Nanci Griffith's 1986 album The Last of the True Believers, this time in the track "Goin' Gone". Untasted Honey was certified gold by the RIAA.

Personnel

• Pat Alger – acoustic guitar
• Billy Barnes – design, art direction
• Matthew Barnes – design
• Craig Bickhardt – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
• Tim O'Brien – acoustic guitar, mandolin, background vocals
• Beth Nielsen Chapman – background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Ray Flacke – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Nick Forster – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Roy Huskey Jr. – upright bass
• Mike Leech – bass guitar
• Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Deb Mahalanobis – design
• Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
• Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals
• Mark Miller – engineer, mixing
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Allen Reynolds – producer
• Cindy Reynolds-Wyatt – harp
• David Schaufer – dulcimer
• Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
• John Thompson – background vocals
• Pete Wasner – organ, piano, electric piano
• Buck White – piano
• Bobby Wood – organ, piano
• Bob Wray – bass guitar

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[1]	18
Chart (1989)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	43

Release history

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Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	September 28, 1987			^[3]

References

• Allmusic (see infobox)

Notes and References

1. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988. Billboard. May 18, 2021.
2. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989. Billboard. May 18, 2021.
3. Mattea . Kathy . Untasted Honey (Liner Notes and Album Information) . PolyGram/Mercury Records . September 28, 1987 . 832 793-1 (LP), 832 793-4 (Cassette), 832 793-2 (CD).