The Best of Barbara Mandrell
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The Best of Barbara Mandrell is a compilation album by American country music singer, Barbara Mandrell
, released in January 1979.
The Best of Barbara Mandrell covered most of Mandrell's biggest hits from the mid to late 70s. It includes the #1, "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed", other Top 10s, including, "Tonight", "Standing Room Only", and "Woman to Woman". The compilation album also includes other charted songs from the era, including, "Hold Me" and "Love Is Thin Ice", as well as an album track that earned a Grammy nomination, "After the Lovin'". The album was released by her record company at the time, MCA, which acquired Mandrell after buying the ABC
label earlier that same year.
This album was one of Mandrell's biggest-selling albums to date, becoming only one of two Barbara Mandrell albums to have an RIAA certification. The album was certified "gold" shortly after its release in 1979.
Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...
, released in January 1979.
The Best of Barbara Mandrell covered most of Mandrell's biggest hits from the mid to late 70s. It includes the #1, "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed", other Top 10s, including, "Tonight", "Standing Room Only", and "Woman to Woman". The compilation album also includes other charted songs from the era, including, "Hold Me" and "Love Is Thin Ice", as well as an album track that earned a Grammy nomination, "After the Lovin'". The album was released by her record company at the time, MCA, which acquired Mandrell after buying the ABC
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....
label earlier that same year.
This album was one of Mandrell's biggest-selling albums to date, becoming only one of two Barbara Mandrell albums to have an RIAA certification. The album was certified "gold" shortly after its release in 1979.
Track listing
- "Woman to Woman" - (James Banks, Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen) 3:27
- "Love Is Thin Ice" - (Morgan) 2:50
- "Hold Me" - (Glenn Ray) 2:58
- "After the Lovin'" - (Ritchie Adams, Alan Bernstein) 3:31
- "Married, But Not to Each Other" - (Denise LaSalleDenise LaSalleDenise LaSalle is an American R&B/soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer.-Career:...
, Miller) 2:58 - "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed" - (Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan) 2:20
- "That's What Friends Are for" - (Rob Parsons, Ed Penney) 2:44
- "Midnight Angel" - (Bill Anthony, Bob Morrison) 2:51
- "Standing Room Only" - (Susan Manchester, Charlie Silver) 3:07
- "Tonight" - (Don Cook, Rafe VanHoy) 3:00
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Top Country Albums | #13 |
| 1979 | The Billboard 200 | #170 |