Diamond in the Rough (album)

Diamond in the Rough
Studio album by Jessi Colter
Released July 1976
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Producer Ken Mansfield
Waylon Jennings
Jessi Colter chronology
Jessi
(1976)		 Diamond in the Rough
(1976)		 Mirriam
(1977)
Singles from Diamond in the Rough
  1. "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name"
    Released: August 30, 1976
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Diamond in the Rough is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Jessi Colter. It was the second album issued by Colter in 1976; the previous was Jessi, released earlier in the year. Diamond in the Rough was issued under Capitol Records and was produced by Ken Mansfield.

Contents

Background

Diamond in the Rough was issued as Colter's second studio album in 1976, containing ten new tracks, which included a cover of The Beatles's "Hey Jude".[2] The album only spawned one single released in 1977, titled "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name", which peaked at #29 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song's B-side, "You Hung the Moon (Didn't You Waylon)", was also released as a single, however it failed to chart. Diamond in the Rough peaked at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart (Colter's third album in a row to do so), while also reaching #79 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[3] The album was co-produced by Colter's husband, country music artist Waylon Jennings, who also produced her previous two albums.

Track listing

  1. "Diamond in the Rough"
  2. "Get Back"
  3. "Would You Leave Now"
  4. "Hey Jude"
  5. "Oh Will (Who Made it Rain Last Night)"
  6. "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name"
  7. "Ain't No Way"
  8. "You Hung the Moon (Didn't You Waylon)"
  9. "Woman's Heart is a Handy Place to Be"
  10. "Oh Will"

Personnel

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America), RPM (Canada)

Year Chart Position
1976 Country Albums 4
Pop Albums 79
Canadian Albums 64

Singles - Billboard (United States), RPM (Canada)

Year Single Chart Position
1976 "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name" Country Singles 29
Canadian Country Singles 48

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Diamond in the Rough > Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r106006. Retrieved 2009-07-12. 
  3. ^ "Diamond in the Rough > Charts & Awards". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r106006/charts-awards. Retrieved 2009-07-12. 
Jessi Colter
Studio albums
Collaboration albums
Compilations
The Jessi Colter Collection  · The Very Best of Jessi Colter: An Outlaw...a Lady
Top 40 hits
"Suspicious Minds" (with Waylon Jennings)  · "Under Your Spell Again" (with Waylon Jennings)  · "I'm Not Lisa"  · "What's Happened to Blue Eyes"  · "It's Morning (And I Still Love You)"  · "I Thought I Heard Calling My Name"  · "Storms Never Last" (with Waylon Jennings)  · "The Wild Side of Life"/"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (with Waylon Jennings)
See also