Soft Talk

Soft Talk
Studio album by Shelby Lynne
Released 1991
Genre country
Length 35:34
Label Epic
Producer James Stroud
Shelby Lynne chronology

Tough All Over
(1990)
Soft Talk
(1991)
Temptation
(1993)

Soft Talk is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne. It was released in 1991 on the Epic label. Two tracks on the album, "The Very First Lasting Love" and "Stop Me" were performed with Les Taylor. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.[1] Allmusic's Bil Carpenter gave Soft Talk a star rating of three out of five and described it as "defiant, emotionally draining country."[2] People considered the album "more subdued" but a "pleasing package".[3]

Track listing

Personnel

Music[4]
  • Sonny Garrish dobro, steel guitar
  • Steve Gibson — electric guitar
  • Chuck Jones — acoustic guitar
  • Mike Lawler — organ, synthesizer
  • Paul Leim — drums
  • Shelby Lynne — vocals
  • Brent Mason — acoustic guitar
  • Mickey Raphael — harmonica
  • Gary W. Smith — piano, keyboards
  • Les Taylor — performer
  • Glenn Worf — bass

Production[4]
  • Milan Bogdan — digital editing
  • Rodney Good — assistant engineer
  • Julian King — assistant engineer
  • John Kunz — mixing assistant
  • Glenn Meadows — mastering
  • Lynn Peterzell — engineer, mixing
Design[4]
  • Bill Johnson — art direction
  • Ron Keith — photography
  • Rollow Welch — design

Chart performance

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 55

References

  1. "Shelby Lynne Album & Song Chart History", Billboard (Nielsen Company), retrieved July 18, 2010
  2. Carpenter, Bil, "Soft Talk > Review", Allmusic (Rovi Corporation), retrieved July 18, 2010
  3. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111036,00.html
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Soft Talk > Credits", Allmusic (Rovi Corporation), retrieved July 18, 2010