Homeward Looking Angel

Homeward Looking Angel
Studio album by Pam Tillis
Released	September 29, 1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Country
Label	Arista
Producer	Paul Worley, Ed Seay, Anthony Martin
Pam Tillis chronology
Put Yourself in My Place (1991) Homeward Looking Angel (1992) Sweetheart's Dance (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Homeward Looking Angel is the third album from 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 1992 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.

Track listing

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" (Annette Cotter, Kim Tribble) – 3:38
   • Duet vocals: Marty Roe of Diamond Rio
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

Production

• Engineer Outboard Gear Service: Studio Equipment Rental (co owner: Pamela M Jones)

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Eddie Bayers – drums (5, 7)
• Stephanie Bentley – background vocals (2)
• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar (1, 3, 6)
• Dennis Burnside – organ (2)
• Larry Byrom – electric guitar (4, 5, 7-10)
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar (except 2)
• Ashley Cleveland – background vocals (8)
• Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar (4, 5, 7-10), lap steel guitar (4)
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals (8)
• John Hobbs – piano (4, 7-9)
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2), mandolin (2, 5, 7)
• John Jorgenson – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (1, 3)
• Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals (7)
• Paul Leim – drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
• Anthony Martin – piano, synthesizer (5, 7), background vocals (3)
• Gary Morse – steel guitar (10)
• Steve Nathan – piano (1, 3), organ (8, 10)
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar (2)
• Pam Rose – background vocals (7)
• Blaine Sprouce – fiddle (1, 2, 3)
• Harry Stinson – background vocals (1)
• Pam Tillis – lead vocals, background vocals (2, 9, 10)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (except 2)
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals (6)
• Lonnie Wilson – drums (2, 9)
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar, electric guitar (4), electric 12-string guitar (10), tic tac bass (3), background vocals (3)

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	23
U.S. Billboard 200	82
Canadian RPM Country Albums	11

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Homeward Looking Angel (Media notes). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1992. 07822-18649-2.