The Object of My Affection (album)

The Object of My Affection
Studio album by
Faron Young
Released1958 (1958)
GenreCountry
Length28:03
LabelCapitol
Faron Young chronology
Sweethearts or Strangers
(1957) 		The Object of My Affection
(1958) 		This Is Faron Young!
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music[1]

The Object of My Affection is the second album by the country music singer Faron Young, released in 1958 via Capitol Records.[2] The album contains country versions of many of the popular standards that Young sang as a teenager.[3]

Buck Owens, Young's guitarist, wanted to sing on the album. Young declined the request, because he feared losing Owens to a solo career, but eventually helped to sign him after listening to a demo.[2]

Critical reception

Billboard wrote that the album included "pretty standards ... done up with poppish, slightly rocking backings."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Take Your Love from Me"Henry Nemo2:58
2."If I Had You"Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro2:28
3."Stay as Sweet as You Are"Mack Gordon, Harry Revel2:45
4."My Darling, My Darling"Frank Loesser2:49
5."Who Wouldn't Love You"Bill Carey, Carl T. Fisher2:11
6."I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me"Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh2:06
7."The Object of My Affection"Jimmy Grier, Coy Poe, Pinky Tomlin2:51
8."It All Depends on You"Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson2:19
9."Thank You for a Lovely Evening"Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh2:29
10."Everything I Have Is Yours"Harold Adamson, Burton Lane2:34
11."Nearness of You"Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington3:09
12."Sweet and Lovely"Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias2:18

References

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music. Virgin. p. 479.
  2. ^ a b Diekman, Diane (May 18, 2011). Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252093807 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Lange, Jeffrey J. (2004). Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954. University of Georgia Press. p. 193.
  4. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (May 19, 1958). "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)


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