King's Record Shop
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Although it was not Rosanne Cash's highest charting album at #6, King's Record Shop (her sixth release) had the most singles topping the country charts. No fewer than four of its tracks placed #1 on the Billboard country singles chart. They were "The Way We Make a Broken Heart", "If You Change Your Mind", "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (which was written and originally sung by father Johnny Cash), and "Runaway Train".
The album is named after King's Record Shop in Louisville, Kentucky, which was owned by Pee Wee King's younger brother, Gene. A photograph of Rosanne Cash standing in the shop's doorway is featured on the cover, though she was never actually at the shop for the photo. Veteran steel guitarist Hank DeVito took the photo of the record shop and one of Rosanne standing as she is in the photo. He superimposed her into the record shop photo (Music City News magazine, August 1987).
Track listing
- "Rosie Strike Back" (Eliza Gilkyson) – 3:32
- "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" (John Hiatt) – 3:55
- "If You Change Your Mind" (Rosanne Cash/Hank DeVito) – 3:12
- "The Real Me" (Rosanne Cash) – 4:24
- "Somewhere Sometime" (Rosanne Cash) – 4:05
- "Runaway Train" (John Stewart) – 3:58
- "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (Johnny Cash) – 3:07
- "I Don't Have to Crawl" (Rodney Crowell) – 4:33
- "Green, Yellow and Red" (John Kilzer) – 3:40
- "Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone?" (Benmont Tench) – 4:00
- "707" (John Kilzer) – 3:34
- "Runaway Train" (live) (John Stewart) – 4:17
- "Green, Yellow and Red" (live) (John Kilzer) – 5:15
Personnel
Production
- Rodney Crowell: Producer
- T-Bone Toglio: Assistant Producer
- Margie Hunt: Production Assistant
- Martha Wood: Production Assistant
- John Agnello: Engineer
- Donivan Cowart: Engineer
- Jeanne Kinney: Engineer
- Steve Marcantonio: Engineer, Mixing
- Keith Odle: Engineer
- Frank Pekoc: Engineer
- George Marino: Mastering
Chart performance
Chart (1987) |
Peak
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
6 |
U.S. Billboard 200 |
138 |
Canadian RPM Top Albums |
57 |
References
- Hall, Wade. Hell-Bent for Music: The Life of Pee Wee King. University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
- Music City News magazine, "Seeing Is Deceiving On Cash's New Album", August 1987.
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