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| Pride of America | ||||
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| Studio album by Charley Pride | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Jerry Bradley | |||
| Charley Pride chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Pride of America | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | |
Pride of America is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer Charley Pride. It was released in 1974 on RCA Records.
The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Production
The album was recorded at RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. The vocal accompaniment was by the Jordanaires and the Nashville Edition.
Critical reception
In a retrospective article, Rolling Stone included "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" on a list of Pride's 10 "essential" songs, writing that "Pride’s delivery perfectly splits the difference between a tender evocation of home and a stark memory of a world he was happy to have left behind."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Then Who Am I" | A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dallas Frazier | 2:11 |
| 2. | "I Still Can't Leave Your Memory Alone" | Geoffrey Morgan, Kent Robbins | 2:50 |
| 3. | "The Hard Times Will Be the Best Times" | Red Steagall | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Completely Helpless" | John Schweers | 2:27 |
| 5. | "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" | Harold Dorman, Wiley Gann | 2:22 |
| 6. | "She Loves Me The Way That I Love You" | Bobby Barker | 2:21 |
| 7. | "Mary Go Round" | Johnny Duncan | 2:03 |
| 8. | "That Was Forever Ago" | Duncan | 2:36 |
| 9. | "Thorns of Life" | Paul Huffman, Joane Keller, Bucky Jones | 2:18 |
| 10. | "North Wind" | Rod Morris | 1:50 |
Production
- Recording Engineer - Bill Vandevort
- Recording Technicians - Dave Roys and Mike Shockley
- Photography - John Donegan
- Cover Graphics - Herb Burnette, Pinwheel Studios
References
- "Pride of America - Charley Pride | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 646.
- The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 401.
- ^ Betts, Stephen L.,Jonathan Bernstein,Jon Dolan,Patrick Doyle (December 12, 2020). "Charley Pride: 10 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Gaudet, Amber (December 17, 2020). "5 Charley Pride Songs That Celebrate His Southern Roots". Dallas Observer.
- "Charley Pride". Billboard.