What a Crying Shame

What a Crying Shame
Studio album by The Mavericks
Released	February 1, 1994
Genre	Country, neotraditional country
Length	39:44
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Don Cook
The Mavericks chronology
From Hell to Paradise (1992) What a Crying Shame (1994) Music for All Occasions (1995)

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What a Crying Shame is the third studio album by the American country music band The Mavericks. The album was released on February 1, 1994, by MCA Nashville. It includes the singles "What a Crying Shame", "O What a Thrill", "There Goes My Heart", "I Should Have Been True" and "All That Heaven Will Allow". In order, these singles reached numbers 25, 18, 20, 30 and 49 on the Billboard Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA and 2× Platinum by the CRIA.

"All That Heaven Will Allow" was previously recorded by Bruce Springsteen on his album Tunnel of Love, and "O What a Thrill" by James House on his first album, James House.

Track listing

1. "There Goes My Heart" (Kostas, Raul Malo) - 3:16
2. "What a Crying Shame" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:50
3. "Pretend" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:37
4. "I Should Have Been True" (Stan Lynch, Malo) - 5:14
5. "The Things You Said to Me" (Al Anderson, Malo) - 3:31
6. "Just a Memory" (Kostas, Malo) - 2:24
7. "All That Heaven Will Allow" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:34
8. "Neon Blue" (Pete Anderson, Kostas) - 3:56
9. "O What a Thrill" (Jesse Winchester) - 3:13
10. "Ain't Found Nobody" (Harlan Howard, Kostas) - 3:18
11. "The Losing Side of Me" (Malo) - 3:51

Production

• Produced by Don Cook
• Mixed and engineered by Mike Bradley

Personnel

The Mavericks

• Paul Deakin – drums, percussion
• Raul Malo – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Robert Reynolds – bass guitar

• Nick Kane (lead guitar) appears on the album cover, and is credited as a member of the band, but joined the group after the album was recorded and does not play on this record.

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Mark Casstevens – electric guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• James House – background vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano, organ
• Stan Lynch – percussion
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Trisha Yearwood – background vocals

Strings by the Nashville String Machine.

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