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1978 studio album by Moe Bandy
Soft Lights and Hard Country Music
Studio album by Moe Bandy
Released1978
GenreCountry
Length27:53
LabelColumbia
ProducerRay Baker
Moe Bandy chronology
Cowboys Ain't Supposed to Cry
(1977) 		Soft Lights and Hard Country Music
(1978) 		Love Is What Life's All About
(1978)

Soft Lights and Hard Country Music is an album by country singer Moe Bandy, released in 1978. It was recorded at CBS Recording Studio "B", Nashville, Tennessee. It peaked at No. 34 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "another good snort of his beer-drinking music." The Fort Worth Star-Telegram considered it "archetypical country music, and it's good."

Track listing

  1. "Soft Lights and Hard Country Music" (Sanger D. Shafer) - 2:50
  2. "Darling, Will You Marry Me Again" (Sanger D. Shafer, Warren Robb) - 2:50
  3. "Paper Chains" (Steve Collom) - 2:42
  4. "This Haunted House" (Sanger D. Shafer, Arthur Leo "Doodle" Owens) - 2:39
  5. "If She Keeps Loving Me" (Glenn Martin) - 2:53
  6. "That's What Makes The Juke Box Play" (Jimmy Work) - 2:40
  7. "There's Nobody Home on the Range Anymore" (Ed Penney, Robert Shaw Parsons) - 2:54
  8. "Are We Making Love or Just Making Friends" (Steve Collom) - 2:50
  9. "A Wound Time Can't Erase" (Bill D. Johnson) - 2:46
  10. "A Baby and a Sewing Machine" (Ken McDuffie) - 2:49

Musicians

Backing

  • The Jordanaires

Production

  • Sound engineers - Lou Bradley & Ron Reynolds
  • Photography - Jim McGuire
  • Album design - Bill Barnes
  • Illustration - Gene Wilkes

References

  1. Ching, Barbara (2001). Wrong's What I Do Best: Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture. Oxford University Press. p. 9.
  2. Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. 2000. p. 28.
  3. "Moe Bandy". Billboard. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. "Soft Lights and Hard Country Music Moe Bandy". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. Hurst, Jack (19 Mar 1978). "Moe Bandy". Chicago Tribune. p. 6.14.
  6. Stewart, Perry (25 Mar 1978). "Records". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 4C.
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