Sure Feels Good (album)

Sure Feels Good
Studio album by Barbara Mandrell
Released August 1, 1987
Recorded January 1987 (Nashville, TN)
Genre Country pop
Length 34:44
Label EMI America
Producer Tom Collins
Barbara Mandrell chronology

Moments
(1986)		 Sure Feels Good
(1987)		 I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight
(1988)
Singles from Sure Feels Good
  1. "Sure Feels Good"
    Released: March 1987
  2. "Child Support"
    Released: June 1987
  3. "Angels Love Bad Men"
    Released: February 1988

Sure Feels Good is the twentieth studio album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in August 1987 on EMI America Records and was produced by Tom Collins. It was Mandrell's first album released under EMI America since leaving MCA Records one year earlier.

Background and content

Sure Feels Good was recorded in January 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was produced by Tom Collins, who Mandrell had carried over from MCA Records to produce her album for EMI.[1] The album consisted of ten tracks of material, similar to that of her MCA albums. The sixth track entitled "Angels Love Bad Men" was co-written by Waylon Jennings and featured Jennings performing on the track with Mandrell. Jennings also wrote the album's opening track "Just to Satisfy You". Most of the album's material consisted of Country pop ballads as was her previous releases.[2] Sure Feels Good was issued on an LP album with five songs available on each side of the record. The album was also issued on a compact disc a year after its initial release.[3]

Release

Sure Feels Good 's title track was released as the lead single in March 1987. The song became Mandrell's first since 1969 to peak outside of the Top 40, reaching #48 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #41 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The second single released was "Child Support" in June 1987. It became the only significant hit from the album, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart and #14 on the Canadian Country chart. The third and final single released was "Angels Love Bad Men" with Waylon Jennings, which only peaked at #49.[4] Sure Feels Good was released in 1987 and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart.[5]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Just to Satisfy You" – 3:30
  2. "You Can't Get There from Here" – 2:57
  3. "It All Came True" – 3:05
  4. "Hangin' On" – 3:58
  5. "Child Support" – (Thom Schuyler) 2:49
Side two
  1. "Angels Love Bad Men" – 3:44
  2. "One of Us Is Always Leaving" – 3:10
  3. "Sunshine Street" – 3:11
  4. "I'm Glad I Married You" – 3:55
  5. "Sure Feels Good" – 3:25

Sales chart positions

Album
Chart (1987) Peak
position
[5]
U.S. Top Country Albums 48
Singles
Year Song Chart positions
US Country CAN Country
1987 "Sure Feels Good" 48 41
"Child Support" 13 14
1988 "Angels Love Bad Men" 49 40

References

  1. ↑ "Barbara Mandrell's Recording Sessions". Country Music. Blogspot. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sure Feels Good > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Amazon.com: Sure Feels Good: Barbara Mandrell". Amazon.com. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Sure Feels Good > Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sure Feels Good > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.