Pride of America (album)

Pride of America
Studio album by
Charley Pride
Released1974
StudioRCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJerry Bradley
Charley Pride chronology
Country Feelin'
(1974) 		Pride of America
(1974) 		Charley
(1975)
Singles from Pride of America
  1. "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
    Released: August 1974
  2. "Then Who Am I"
    Released: November 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

Pride of America is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer Charley Pride.[4][5] It was released in 1974 on RCA Records.[2]

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[6]

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."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Then Who Am I"A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dallas Frazier2:11
2."I Still Can't Leave Your Memory Alone"Geoffrey Morgan, Kent Robbins2:50
3."The Hard Times Will Be the Best Times"Red Steagall3:12
4."Completely Helpless"John Schweers2:27
5."Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"Harold Dorman, Wiley Gann2:22
6."She Loves Me The Way That I Love You"Bobby Barker2:21
7."Mary Go Round"Johnny Duncan2:03
8."That Was Forever Ago"Duncan2:36
9."Thorns of Life"Paul Huffman, Joane Keller, Bucky Jones2:18
10."North Wind"Rod Morris1:50

Production

  • Recording Engineer - Bill Vandevort
  • Recording Technicians - Dave Roys and Mike Shockley
  • Photography - John Donegan
  • Cover Graphics - Herb Burnette, Pinwheel Studios

References

  1. ^ "Pride of America - Charley Pride | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 646.
  3. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 401.
  4. ^ a b 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)
  5. ^ Gaudet, Amber (December 17, 2020). "5 Charley Pride Songs That Celebrate His Southern Roots". Dallas Observer.
  6. ^ "Charley Pride". Billboard.