| Homeward Looking Angel | ||||
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| Studio album by Pam Tillis | ||||
| Released | September 29, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:38 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
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| Pam Tillis chronology | ||||
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Homeward Looking Angel is the third studio album by American country music artist Pam Tillis. The album was a #23 album on the Billboard charts. This album produced four singles for Tillis on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Top Five hits "Shake the Sugar Tree" (#3) and "Let That Pony Run" (#4), as well as the Top 20 hits "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" (#11) and "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" (#16). The demo tape of "Shake the Sugar Tree", sung by Stephanie Bentley, was incorporated into Tillis's recording.
"We've Tried Everything Else" was also recorded by Canadian country artist Michelle Wright on her 1994 album The Reasons Why, while "Rough and Tumble Heart" was previously recorded by Highway 101 on their 1989 album Paint the Town. The album has been certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| USA Today | |
USA Today wrote that "Tillis has a strong, flexible voice and virtuosity in country, R&B and rock."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "How Gone Is Goodbye" | Pam Tillis, Bob DiPiero, Jan Buckingham | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Shake the Sugar Tree" | Chapin Hartford | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" | Carol Chase, Dave Gibson, Russell Smith | 3:45 |
| 4. | "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" | Tillis, DiPiero, Buckingham | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Love Is Only Human" (duet with Marty Roe of Diamond Rio) | Annette Cotter, Kim Tribble | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Rough and Tumble Heart" | Tillis, DiPiero, Sam Hogin | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Let That Pony Run" | Gretchen Peters | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Fine, Fine, Very Fine Love" | DiPiero, Jim Photoglo | 3:12 |
| 9. | "We've Tried Everything Else" | Tillis, DiPiero, Steve Seskin | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Homeward Looking Angel" | Tillis, DiPiero | 4:57 |
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.
- Pam Tillis – lead vocals, backing vocals (2-4, 9, 10)
- Steve Nathan – acoustic piano (1, 3), organ (8, 10)
- Dennis Burnside – organ (2)
- Anthony Martin – acoustic piano (2), backing vocals (3), synthesizers (5, 7)
- John Hobbs – acoustic piano (4, 5, 7-9)
- John Jorgenson – electric guitars (1, 3), acoustic guitars (6)
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitars (1, 3-10)
- Paul Worley – acoustic guitars, tic tac bass (3), backing vocals (3), electric guitars (4), electric 12-string guitar (10)
- Bill Hullett – acoustic guitars (2), electric guitars (2), mandolin (2, 5, 7)
- Larry Byrom – electric guitars (4, 5, 7-10)
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (1, 3, 6)
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (4, 5, 7-10), lap steel guitar (4)
- Gary Morse – steel guitar (10)
- Joe Chemay – bass (1, 3-10)
- Larry Paxton – bass (2)
- Paul Leim – drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
- Lonnie Wilson – drums (2, 9)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (5, 7)
- Blaine Sprouce – fiddle (1-3, 6)
- Harry Stinson – backing vocals (1)
- Stephanie Bentley – backing vocals (2)
- Marty Roe – lead vocals (5)
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (6, 9)
- Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals (7)
- Pam Rose – backing vocals (7)
- Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals (8)
- Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (8)
Production
- Paul Worley – producer
- Ed Seay – producer, recording, mixing, recording (piano, acoustic guitar, fiddle & BGVs on 2)
- Anthony Martin – associate producer, second engineer
- Ernie Winfrey – recording (organ, guitars, mandolin, bass, drums & BGVs on 2)
- Clarke Schleicher – additional recording
- Carlos Grier – digital editing, mastering
- Don Cobb – mastering
- Denny Purcell – mastering
- Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
- Ramona Simmons – project administrator
- Maude Gilman – art direction
- Peter Nash – photography
- Mary Beth Felts – make-up
- Linda DeMith – hair stylist
Chart performance
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 82 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 11 |
References
- "Homeward Looking Angel by Pam Tillis". Billboard. 104 (40): 56. Oct 3, 1992.
- AllMusic review
- ^ Zimmerman, David (13 Oct 1992). "Nashville's gems among rhinestones". USA Today. p. 7D.
- Homeward Looking Angel (Media notes). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1992. 07822-18649-2.
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