Moods (Barbara Mandrell album)

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Moods
Moods cover
Studio album by Dottie West
Released 1978
Genre Country pop
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Tom Collins
Professional reviews
Dottie West chronology
Love's Ups & Downs
1977
Moods
1978
Just for the Record
1979

Moods is a studio album by American country music singer, Barbara Mandrell, released in 1978.

Moods became Mandrell's successful album yet during her the course of her of her career up to this point. The album spwaned two singles, both of which became #1 Country hits, "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed" and a remake of the popular Pop hit, "(I Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right". Both singles also charted on the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts. "If Loving You Is Wrong" became Mandrell's only Top 40 Pop hit, peaking at #31. The popularity of these singles made Mandrell's album become a success. The album peaked at #8 on the Top Country Albums chart, her highest-selling album up to this point. The album did not peak on the Billboard 200, despite "If Loving You Is Wrong" became a Top 40 Pop hit.

Moods consisted of 10 tracks. The album foreshadowed the success Mandrell would have well into the 80s, achieving more high-selling albums, becoming the part in Mandrell's career, where she would reach her full, peak. She would become one of the few women to win "Entertainer of the Year" and would also win American Music Music awards and two Grammy awards.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" - 3:04
  2. "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed" - 2:19
  3. "No Walls, No Ceilings, No Floors" - 2:49
  4. "It's a Cryin' Shame" - 3:04
  5. "Early Fall" - 3:31
  6. "Pity Party" - 2:29
  7. "I Feel the Heat Comin' On" - 2:52
  8. "Just One More of Your Goodbyes" - 3:15
  9. "I Believe You" - 3:16
  10. "Don't Bother to Knock" - 2:39

[edit] Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1978 Top Country Albums #8
1978 The Billboard 200 #N/A

SinglesBillboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1978 "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed" Hot Country Singles & Tracks #1
1978 "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed" Bubbling Hot 100 #102
1979 "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" Hot Country Singles & Tracks #1
1979 "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" Billboard Hot 100 #31
1979 "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks #6