Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind

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Outlaw is Just a State of Mind
Outlaw is Just a State of Mind cover
Studio album by Lynn Anderson
Released 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre Country-Pop
Label Columbia Records
Lynn Anderson chronology
I Love What Love is Doin to Me
1978		 Outlaw is Just a State of Mind
1979		 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1980

Outlaw is Just a State of Mind is the name of a studio album, released by legendary Country-Pop music singer, Lynn Anderson in 1979.

This was one of Lynn Anderson's last albums with Columbia, where up to this point, she had spent nearly ten years under. This album spawned three successful Top 40 hits for Anderson on Country radio. The first single released in early 1979 called, "Isn't It Always Love", reached No. 10 on the Country charts, making this Anderson's first Top 10 hit in five years (she hadn't reached the Top 10 since 1974 with her No. 1 single, "What a Man My Man Is"). The second single, "I Love How You Love Me", was a successful Top 20 Country hit, at No. 18. The third and final single released from the album, titled "Sea of Heartbreak" (a remake of the Don Gibson version) reached No. 33, and was the albums most unsuccessful single. This album was fairly successful, reaching No. 29 on the "Top Country Albums" chart in 1979.

This album is sometimes called Lynn Anderson's comeback album, being it spawned her first Top 10 hit in a long time. The album was perfectly titled Outlaw is Just a State of Mind, especially being the Outlaw theme was very popular at the time. However none of the album's music reflected the Outlaw country theme. The album's cover was one of the few things that reflected an Outlaw theme in the album, featuring Anderson wearing a fur coat, while holding a silver-colored gun. Instead the songs sounded more Country-Pop, a version of Country music that was also was very popular at the time, giving Country songs a more Pop-edged sound it, by adding orchestral instruments and over-produced sound. Anderson's singles, especially "Isn't It Always Love", reflected this theme.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. "Isn't It Always Love" - 2:55
  2. "I Love How You Love Me" - 3:14
  3. "Child With You Tonight" - 2:44
  4. "This Night Won't Last Forever" - 4:14
  5. "I Am Alone" - 3:41
  6. "Say You Will" - 3:05
  7. "Outlaw is Just a State of Mind" - 4:49
  8. "Come as You Are" - 3:12
  9. "Come Running" - 2:14
  10. "Sea of Heartbreak" - 3:31