I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight
| I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight | ||||
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| Studio album by Barbara Mandrell | ||||
| Released | September 14, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | May 1988 (Nashville, TN) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Tom Collins | |||
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| Singles from I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight is the twenty first studio album by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in September 1988 on Capitol Records and was produced by Tom Collins. It would be the first of four albums Mandrell released under Capitol.
Background and content
I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight was recorded in May 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Like her previous release for EMI America Records, Mandrell carried over Tom Collins as her producer for the album.[2] The album consisted of ten tracks of new material. Mandrell's sound changed for her 1988 release, as the songs had a more traditional country music approach, which was similar to many other country artists of the time. The album included a cover version of Wynn Stewart's 1961 single, "Big, Big Love", which is the second track on the album. The single, "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today" was written by Harlan Howard, who had written songs such as Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces".[1] I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight was released on a compact disc in 1988 and was also available on cassette as well.[3]
I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight received only two out of five stars by Allmusic.[1]
Release
I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight spawned three singles between 1988 and 1989. The lead single released was "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today" in July 1988. The single peaked at #5 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming her first single since 1986 to reach the Top 10. It would also become Mandrell's final Top 10 single. "My Train of Thought" was released as the second single in January 1989, peaking at #19 on the Billboard Country Singles chart and #15 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The third single "Mirror, Mirror" was released in May 1989 and peaked at #49 on the Billboard Country chart and became her final charting single in the United States.[4] I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight was issued in November 1988 and peaked at #35 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart.[5]
Track listing
- "I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight" – (James Dean Hicks, Roger Murrah)
- "Big, Big Love" – (Ray Carroll, Wynn Stewart)
- "Mirror, Mirror" – (Bobby Barker, Phil Thomas)
- "Blanket of Love"
- "My Train of Thought" – (Bruce Burch, Michael Woody)
- "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today" – (Harlan Howard)
- "My Heart Is in the Right Place This Time"
- "I Dropped Your Name"
- "If We Fall, We Will Fly"
- "Till It's Love Again"
Sales chart positions
- Album
| Chart (1988) | Peak position [5] |
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| U.S. Top Country Albums | 35 |
- Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions | |
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| US Country | CAN Country | ||
| 1988 | "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today" | 5 | — |
| 1989 | "My Train of Thought" | 19 | 15 |
| "Mirror, Mirror" | 49 | 56 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
References
- 1 2 3 "I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ↑ "Barbara Mandrell's Recording Sessions". Country Music.Blogspot. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ↑ "I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight by Barbara Mandrell". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ↑ "Billboard chart positions > singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- 1 2 "I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 January 2010.