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Patty Smyth (album)

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Released
  
August 18, 1992

Genre
  
Rock

Label
  
MCA

Recorded
  
1991-1992

Length
  
44:44

Producer
  
Roy Bittan

Patty Smyth is the second solo studio album by rock singer-songwriter Patty Smyth, formerly of Scandal, which went gold, as a result of the popularity of its first single, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and also went Gold. The album also produced two further singles in the opening track "No Mistakes" (top 40) and another, albeit minor, hit in "I Should Be Laughing".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "No Mistakes" (Patty Smyth, Kevin Savigar) 5:23
  2. "Too Much Love" (Michael Lunn, Sam Lorber) 3:54
  3. "Make Me a Believer" (Jesse Harms) 4:38
  4. "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" with Don Henley (Smyth, Glen Burtnik) 4:28
  5. "Out There" (Smyth, Edward Roynesdal) 4:46
  6. "River of Love" (Smyth, Burtnik) 4:23
  7. "My Town" (Smyth, Savigar) 4:07
  8. "Shine" (Smyth, Burtnik) 4:27
  9. "One Moment to Another" (Jon Dee Graham) 3:34
  10. "I Should Be Laughing" (Smyth, Burtnik) 5:04

Production

  • Roy Bittan: Producer
  • Robbie Jacobs, Brian Scheuble: Engineering and mixing
  • Additional engineering by Nick DiDia and John Aguto
  • Mastered by David Collins
  • A&R direction: Susan Dodes

    • Personnel

  • Patty Smyth: Lead Vocals
  • Tim Pierce, Rusty Anderson, Jimmy Ripp: Guitars
  • Roy Bittan: Keyboards
  • John Pierce: Bass
  • Kenny Aronoff: Drums, Percussion
  • Suzie Davis, Sheryl Crow, Gia Ciambotti, Kip Lennon, Arnold McCullough, Terry Young, Robert Molnar: Backing Vocals
  • Ruby's Class: Children's Chorus on "Out There"

    • Reception

    Brian Mansfield of Allmusic gave the disc two stars, saying that "it's not as good as (previous album) Never Enough.

    References

    Patty Smyth (album) Wikipedia
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