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Released
  
January 1975

Artist
  
Jessi Colter

Label
  
Capitol Records

I'm Jessi Colter (1975)
  
Jessi (1976)

Release date
  
January 1975

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Recorded
  
Glaser Sound Studios (Nashville, TN) Sound Factory (Los Angeles, CA)

Genres
  
Country music, Outlaw country

Producers
  
Ken Mansfield, Waylon Jennings

Similar
  
Jessi Colter albums, Outlaw country albums, Other albums

I'm Jessi Colter is a studio album by American country music artist, Jessi Colter. The album was released on Capitol Records in January 1975 and was produced by Ken Mansfield. The release contained the single, "I'm Not Lisa," which peaked at #1 on the country chart and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Background

I'm Jessi Colter was Colter's first studio album for the Capitol label. The album spawned two major hits: "I'm Not Lisa," which became Colter's first major hit, and "What's Happened to Blue Eyes," which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country Chart. The latter's B-side, "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The two singles were Colter's only solo Top 10 singles.

Colter's album was primarily successful, peaking at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart and #50 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The release was given a positive review from Allmusic, who gave the album four out of five stars.

Track listing

All songs composed by Jessi Colter:

  1. "Is There Any Way (You'd Stay Forever)" — 2:45
  2. "I Hear a Song" — 2:43
  3. "Come on In" — 2:30
  4. "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" — 2:57
  5. "Love's the Only Chain" — 3:16
  6. "I'm Not Lisa" — 3:23
  7. "For the First Time" — 2:38
  8. "Who Walks Thru' Your Memory (Billy Jo)" — 2:20
  9. "What's Happened to Blue Eyes" — 2:19
  10. "Storms Never Last" — 4:14

Personnel

Recorded at Glaser Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California, United States.

  • Lea Jane Berinati — background vocals
  • Tommy Cogbill — bass
  • Jessi Colter — lead vocals
  • Johnny Gimble —fiddle
  • Duke Goff — bass
  • Jim Gordon — horn
  • Richard "Slide" Hyde — horn
  • Waylon Jennings — producer, guitar
  • Mack Johnson — horn
  • Bruce King — background vocals (track 3)
  • Ken Mansfield — producer
  • Marge McMahon — background vocals
  • Lee Montgomery — background vocals
  • Ralph Mooney — steel guitar
  • Larry Muhoberac — piano, strings
  • Wendon Myrick — steel guitar
  • Elmo Peeler — strings
  • Billy Ray Reynolds — background vocals
  • Wendy Suits — background vocals
  • John Buck Wilkins — guitar, background vocals
  • Marijohn Wilkin — background vocals
  • Sharon Vaughn — background vocals
  • Reggie Young — guitar

    • Chart positions

    Album – Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (United States), RPM (Canada)

    Songs

    1Is There Any Way2:55
    2I Hear a Song2:54
    3Come on In2:39

    References

    I'm Jessi Colter Wikipedia
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