Released August 1, 1987 Producer Tom Collins Release date 1 August 1987 Genre Country pop | Length 34:44 Artist Barbara Mandrell Label EMI America Records | |
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Recorded January 1987 (Nashville, TN) Sure Feels Good
(1987) I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight
(1988) Similar Love Is Fair, Midnight Angel, Clean Cut, Just for the Record, This Time I Almost Made It | ||
Sure Feels Good is the twentieth studio album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in August 1987 on EMI America Records and was produced by Tom Collins. It was Mandrell's first album released under EMI America since leaving MCA Records one year earlier.
Contents
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Background and content
Sure Feels Good was recorded in January 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was produced by Tom Collins, who Mandrell had carried over from MCA Records to produce her album for EMI. The album consisted of ten tracks of material, similar to that of her MCA albums. The sixth track entitled "Angels Love Bad Men" was co-written by Waylon Jennings and featured Jennings performing on the track with Mandrell. Jennings also wrote the album's opening track "Just to Satisfy You". Most of the album's material consisted of Country pop ballads as was her previous releases. Sure Feels Good was issued on an LP album with five songs available on each side of the record. The album was also issued on a compact disc a year after its initial release.
Release
Sure Feels Good 's title track was released as the lead single in March 1987. The song became Mandrell's first since 1969 to peak outside of the Top 40, reaching #48 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #41 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The second single released was "Child Support" in June 1987. It became the only significant hit from the album, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart and #14 on the Canadian Country chart. The third and final single released was "Angels Love Bad Men" with Waylon Jennings, which only peaked at #49. Sure Feels Good was released in 1987 and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart.
Track listing
- "Just to Satisfy You" – 3:30
- "You Can't Get There from Here" – 2:57
- "It All Came True" – 3:05
- "Hangin' On" – 3:58
- "Child Support" – (Thom Schuyler) 2:49
- "Angels Love Bad Men" – 3:44
- featuring Waylon Jennings
- "One of Us Is Always Leaving" – 3:10
- "Sunshine Street" – 3:11
- "I'm Glad I Married You" – 3:55
- "Sure Feels Good" – 3:25