Released August 23, 1994 Length 36:04 Artist Patty Loveless Producer Emory Gordy Jr. | Recorded 1994 Label Epic Release date 23 August 1994 Genre Country music | |
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When Fallen Angels Fly
(1994) The Trouble with the Truth
(1996) Awards Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year Similar Patty Loveless albums, Country music albums | ||
When Fallen Angels Fly is a studio album released in 1994 by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It reached #8 on the Top Country Albums charts and was certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. All four of its singles — "I Try to Think About Elvis"#3, "You Don't Even Know Who I Am"#5, "Here I Am"#4 and "Halfway Down"#6 — all reached Top Ten on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" was also recorded by Greg Holland on his 1997 album Exception to the Rule and Delbert McClinton on his 1997 album One of the Fortunate Few. Both "Old Weakness" and "Over My Shoulder" were also recorded in 2002 by Tanya Tucker on her album Tanya.
Contents
When Fallen Angels Fly won CMA's Album of the Year in 1995, at the time Patty was only the 3rd woman in the history of the award to win.
Track listing
- "A Handful of Dust" (Tony Arata) – 3:05
- "Halfway Down" (Jim Lauderdale) – 3:45
- "When the Fallen Angels Fly" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 4:33
- "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" (Gretchen Peters) – 4:04
- "Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad" (Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing) – 3:18
- "Here I Am" (Arata) – 2:59
- "I Try to Think About Elvis" (Gary Burr) – 2:49
- "Ships" (Peters) – 3:42
- "Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)" (Gary Nicholson, Bob DiPiero) – 2:59
- "Over My Shoulder" (Roger Murrah, Marcus Hummon) – 4:22
Personnel
Songs
1A Handful of Dust3:10
2Halfway Down3:47
3When the Fallen Angels Fly4:34