Rose Colored Glasses (album)
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Rose Colored Glasses is the debut album by country music artist John Conlee
. It was released on ABC Records
, and was his only disc for the label; he would move to MCA Records
the next year.
The album was a commercial success, peaking just outside the country top 10 (at number 11), and would be his highest charting album until 1983.
It featured 3 singles; the Conlee-written title track reached number 5 in America. The next single, "Lady Lay Down
" became a number one in the States, while going to number 2 in Canada. The last single to be released from the record, the Conlee-written "Backside of Thirty
" (in 1979) was also an American number 1, while reaching number 5 in Canada. Among these singles, "Backside of Thirty" had originally been released in 1977, but it did not chart at the time.
Kurt Wolff and Orla Duane, in their book Country Music: The Rough Guide, described the album's cuts as "among Conlee's finest, including the title track and especially 'Backside of Thirty'."
John Conlee
John Conlee is an American country music singer. Between 1978 and 2004, Conlee charted a total of thirty-two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recorded eleven studio albums...
. It was released on ABC Records
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....
, and was his only disc for the label; he would move to MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
the next year.
The album was a commercial success, peaking just outside the country top 10 (at number 11), and would be his highest charting album until 1983.
It featured 3 singles; the Conlee-written title track reached number 5 in America. The next single, "Lady Lay Down
Lady Lay Down
"Lady Lay Down is a 1978 single written by Rafe VanHoy and Don Cook and recorded by John Conlee. "Lady Lay Down" would be John Conlee's second country hit and his first of seven number ones on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks within...
" became a number one in the States, while going to number 2 in Canada. The last single to be released from the record, the Conlee-written "Backside of Thirty
Backside of Thirty
"Backside of Thirty" is a 1979 single written and recorded by John Conlee. "Backside of Thirty" would be John Conlee's third country hit and second number one on the country chart...
" (in 1979) was also an American number 1, while reaching number 5 in Canada. Among these singles, "Backside of Thirty" had originally been released in 1977, but it did not chart at the time.
Kurt Wolff and Orla Duane, in their book Country Music: The Rough Guide, described the album's cuts as "among Conlee's finest, including the title track and especially 'Backside of Thirty'."
Track listing
- "Rose Colored GlassesRose Colored Glasses (John Conlee song)"Rose Colored Glasses" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer John Conlee. It was the fourth single release of his career, but the first to enter the American charts. The song is included on his debut album, Rose Colored Glasses. The song peaked at #5 in the...
" (Conlee, George Baber) – 3:18 - "Something Special" (Dave LogginsDave LogginsDavid Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
) – 2:36 - "I'll Be Easy" (Conlee) – 1:55
- "Let Your Love Fall Back on Me" (Jonathan Lee) – 2:12
- "Backside of ThirtyBackside of Thirty"Backside of Thirty" is a 1979 single written and recorded by John Conlee. "Backside of Thirty" would be John Conlee's third country hit and second number one on the country chart...
" (Conlee) – 2:33 - "Lady Lay DownLady Lay Down"Lady Lay Down is a 1978 single written by Rafe VanHoy and Don Cook and recorded by John Conlee. "Lady Lay Down" would be John Conlee's second country hit and his first of seven number ones on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks within...
" (Don CookDon CookDon Kirby Cook is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Artists who recorded Cook's material include Barbara Mandrell, John Conlee, Mark Collie, Wade Hayes and Brooks & Dunn...
, Rafe VanHoy) – 3:05 - "She Loves My Troubles Away" (Rayburn Anthony, Max D. BarnesMax D. BarnesMax D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...
) – 2:28 - "Just Let It Slide" (A.L. "Doodle" Owens) – 2:47
- "Some Old California Memory" (Owens, Warren Robb) – 2:24
- "Hold On" (Conlee, Dick Kent) – 2:45
Production
- Produced By Bud Logan
- Production Co-Ordination: Katie Gillon, Sherri Halford
- Engineers: Les Ladd, Bud Logan, Jack logan
- Mastering: Milan Bogdan, Glenn Meadows
Personnel
- Larrie LondinLarrie LondinRalph Gallant, better known by his stage name Larrie Londin , was an American drummer and session musician. Londin played with a wide range of artists including Journey and Steve Perry....
: Drums, Percussion - Joe Osborne: Bass
- Ron Oates: Keyboards
- John Propst: Piano
- Steve "Juke" Logan: SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Buddy EmmonsBuddy EmmonsBuddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...
: SteelSteel guitarSteel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use... - Billy Sanford, Dale Sellers: Guitars
- Buddy SpicherBuddy SpicherBuddy Spicher is an American fiddle player.Spicher started in the late 50s as part of the backing band for Audrey Williams, the widow of Hank Williams, later with Hank Snow, the Charles River Valley Boys....
: FiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music... - Lea Jane Berinati, Mary Fielder, Janie FrickeJanie FrickeJanie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s....
, Ginger Holladay: Backing Vocals - Sheldon Kurland OrchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
: Strings - Strings Arranged By Alan Moore