Love Letters (Leslie Satcher album)

Love Letters
Studio album by Leslie Satcher
Released	November 14, 2000
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Luke Wooten
Leslie Satcher chronology
Love Letters (2002) Creation (2005)

Love Letters is the debut album from American country music artist Leslie Satcher. It was released in 2000 on Warner Bros. Records. Although it produced four singles, none of them charted. Satcher wrote or co-wrote eleven of its twelve tracks, with the only outside contribution being her cover of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe".

Reception

Billboard magazine said with the album, "intelligent lyrics meet powerhouse vocals and passionate performance" calling the combination "lethal".^[1] Chuck Taylor agreed, calling Love Letters "an impressive collection of well-crafted songs".^[2] Texas Monthly remarked that "though Satcher is occasionally guilty of trite lyrics or oversinging, her career is off to a promising start."^[3] Taking into account Satcher's songwriter background, People magazine called the album "a welcome entrance from behind the scenes" but "bad news for Nashville's other singers, since Satcher...may be tempted to keep her best work for herself from now on."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Leslie Satcher except where noted.

1. "Love Letters From Old Mexico"
   • feat. Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris
2. "Slow Way Home"
3. "Every Time It Rains"
4. "Goin' Down Hard"
5. "It Can't Be Good to Hurt That Bad"
6. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry)
7. "A Man with Eighteen Wheels"
8. "I Will Survive"
9. "Burn Me Down"
10. "Look Who's Talking Now"(Satcher, Melba Montgomery)
    • feat. Alison Krauss
11. "Texarkana (Wide Open Spaces)"
12. "White"

Personnel

• David Angell- violin
• Larry Beaird- acoustic guitar
• Dennis Burnside- string arrangements
• J.T. Corenflos- electric baritone guitar, electric guitar
• David Davidson- violin
• Glen Duncan- fiddle
• Connie Ellisor- violin
• Sonny Garrish- steel guitar
• Carl Gorodetzky- string contractor
• Kevin "Swine" Grantt- bass guitar
• Mickey Grimm- percussion
• Owen Hale- drums
• Randy Hardison- drums
• Emmylou Harris- background vocals on "Love Letters From Old Mexico"
• Wes Hightower- background vocals
• Steve Hinson- dobro
• Alison Krauss- background vocals on "Love Letters From Old Mexico" and "Look Who's Talking Now"
• Lee Larrison- violin
• Paul Liem- drums
• B. James Lowry- acoustic guitar
• Bob Mason- cello
• Cate Myer- violin
• Mickey Raphael- harmonica
• Michael Rhodes- bass guitar
• Jerry Salley- background vocals
• Leslie Satcher- lead vocals
• Steve Sheehan- acoustic guitar
• Pam Sixfin- violin
• Catherine Styron- piano
• Alan Umstead- violin
• Catherine Umstead- violin
• Gary Van Osdale- viola, violin
• Biff Watson- acoustic guitar
• Kris Wilkinson- violin
• Lonnie Wilson- drums
• Jeannie L. Winn- background vocals
• Glenn Worf- bass guitar
• Paul Worley- acoustic guitar

References

1. Padletta, Michael (February 3, 2001), "ALBUMS:COUNTRY". Billboard. 113 (5):34
2. Taylor, Chuck (March 30, 2002) "The Slow Way Home (Song)". Billboard. 114 (13):21
3. Morthland, John; Sweany, Brian D (February 2001), "How Box". Texas Monthly. 29 (2):26
4. Novack, Ralph (April 16, 2001), "Picks & Pans: Song". People. 55 (15):42