What I Deserve Explained
| What I Deserve |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kelly Willis |
| Cover: | KellyWillisWhatIDeserve.jpg |
| Released: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Rykodisc |
| Prev Title: | Kelly Willis |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Easy |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
What I Deserve is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kelly Willis. It was released in 1999 through Rykodisc, almost six years after her eponymous album. The recording sessions took place at the Hit Shack, Cedar Creek Studios and Congress House Studio in Austin. The album was produced by Dave McNair with Daniel Presley and Norman Kerner.
The album peaked at number 30 on the Top Country Albums and number 24 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States and number 36 on the UK Independent Albums chart. It was supported with two promotional singles: "Take Me Down" and "Not Forgotten You".
Personnel
Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes:[1]
- Kelly Willis – vocals
- Bruce Robison – harmony vocals (tracks: 2-5, 7)
- Amy Farris – harmony vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 11), fiddle (tracks: 4, 9, 11), mandolin (track 5)
- Charlie Robison – harmony vocals (track 4)
- John Ludwick – harmony vocals (track 6), bass (tracks: 4-6, 8, 10)
- Chuck Prophet – harmony vocals (track 8), acoustic guitar (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 10, 12), electric guitar (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)
- Mark Spencer – acoustic guitar (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13), electric guitar (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 10, 12)
- Jon Dee Graham – lap steel guitar (tracks: 3, 11, 13), electric guitar solo (track 5)
- Max Butler – electric guitar (tracks: 3, 7)
- Lloyd Maines – pedal steel guitar (track 9)
- Michael Ramos – Hammond B-3 organ (tracks: 5, 6, 12), Farfisa organ (track 8), piano (track 9)
- Michael Been – bass (tracks: 1-3, 7, 9, 11-13)
- Larry Aberman – drums (tracks: 1-3, 7, 9, 11-13)
- Rafael Gayol – drums (tracks: 4-6, 8, 10)
- Dave McNair – percussion (tracks: 1, 5, 6), bells (track 8), producer, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Daniel Presley – producer & engineering (tracks: 1-3, 7, 9, 11-13)
- Norman Kerner – producer & engineering (tracks: 1-3, 7, 9, 11-13)
- Geoff Travis – executive producer
- Adam Larson – design
- Steven Jurgensmeyer – design
- Michael Gomez – photography
Notes and References
- What I Deserve . Kelly Willis . liner notes . 1999 . . RCD 10458.
