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Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.

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Released
  
1983

Artist
  
Chet Atkins

Producer
  
Randy Goodrum

Work It Out With Chet Atkins C.G.P. (1983)
  
Stay Tuned (1985)

Release date
  
1983

Label
  
RCA Victor

Genres
  
Country music, Pop music, Jazz

Similar
  
Chet Atkins albums, Country music albums

Work It Out With Chet Atkins C.G.P. is an album by Chet Atkins. After recording for RCA Victor since 1947, Chet left the label to join Columbia. This release is background music for exercising. He was nominated for the 1984 Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance Grammy award for "Tara's Theme" but did not win. It peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard Country Albums charts.

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Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "Some of the song choices are as corny as all get out... but the performances are dignified, musical, definitely not throwaways... A most unpretentious, even likeable Columbia debut for Atkins..."

Track listing

  1. "Warm up Medley: Grandfather’s Clock/Jubilo/Swanee River/Humoresque"
  2. "Walk Me Home"
  3. "Walking Medley"
  4. "Strolling Medley: Bicycle Built for Two/Farewell Blues/Bye Bye Blues"
  5. "Bouree " (Bach)
  6. "Streakin’ Medley "
  7. "Tara’s Theme"
  8. "Cross Country Medley: Take Me Home, Country Roads/Jersey Bounce/"
  9. "Twilight Medley "
  10. "Run, Don’t Walk" (Smith)
  11. "Harlequin Romance"

Personnel

  • Chet Atkins - guitar
  • David Hungate – bass
  • Randy Goodrum – keyboards

    • Songs

    1In the Good Old Summertime2:08
    2Beautiful Brown Eyes2:43
    3The Prisoner's Song2:19

    References

    Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. Wikipedia
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