| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Chicago Tribune | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[5] |
| Gavin Report | (favorable)[6] |
When Fallen Angels Fly is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Patty Loveless, released on August 23, 1994. 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," "You Don't Even Know Who I Am," "Here I Am," and "Halfway Down" — reached the 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.
When Fallen Angels Fly won the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year in 1995; Loveless was only the third woman in the history of the CMA Awards to win.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Handful of Dust" | Tony Arata | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Halfway Down" | Jim Lauderdale | 3:45 |
| 3. | "When the Fallen Angels Fly" | Billy Joe Shaver | 4:33 |
| 4. | "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" | Gretchen Peters | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad" | Emory Gordy Jr., Jim Rushing | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Here I Am" | Arata | 2:59 |
| 7. | "I Try to Think About Elvis" | Gary Burr | 2:49 |
| 8. | "Ships" | Peters | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)" | Gary Nicholson, Bob DiPiero | 2:59 |
| 10. | "Over My Shoulder" | Roger Murrah, Marcus Hummon | 4:22 |
Personnel
- Technical
- Emory Gordy Jr.: Producer
- Mixed By Derek Bason & John Guess
- Engineered By Bob Bullock, Amy Hughes, Craig White & Marty Williams
- Mastered By Glenn Meadows
- Musicians
- Eddy Anderson – percussion
- Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Kathy Burdick – background vocals
- Jerry Douglas – slide guitar
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle
- Pete Finney – steel guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar
- Owen Hale – drums
- Jimmy Hall – blues harp
- Tim Hensley – background vocals
- John Hobbs – piano
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Mike Lawler – keyboards
- Patty Loveless – lead vocals
- Donna McElroy – background vocals
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Carmella Ramsey – backgrounds vocals
- Dawn Sears – background vocals
- Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Paul Worley – acoustic guitar
- Curtis Young – background vocals
Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 60 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 8 |
References
- ^ Gleason, Holly (November 20, 2017). "Shocking Omissions: Patty Loveless' 'When Fallen Angels Fly'". NPR. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ "Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels Fly - Album Review". Country Universe. August 26, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Chicago Tribune review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Bleetstein, Rob (27 January 1995). "Gavin Picks: Albums" (PDF). Gavin Report. p. 53. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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