Gentle on My Mind (Patti Page album)
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| Released | June 1968 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Don Costa | |||
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Gentle on My Mind was a studio album by Patti Page, released by Columbia Records. It was originally released in June 1968 as a vinyl LP.[1] It produced and arranged by Don Costa, and conducted by Patti's long-time accompanist, Rocky Cole.
Overview
The album was recorded right after her hit country song "Little Green Apples", which peaked at No. 12 on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart,[2] and at No. 96 on the Hot 100.[3] The other single included in the album was Gentle On My Mind (No. 7 on the Easy Listening chart and No. 66 on the Hot 100). The album includes many other well-known country hits, such as the Jim Reeves hit song, "Four Walls" and a country hit of 1967, "Green Green Grass of Home".
The album peaked at No. 168 on the Billboard Top LPs chart during a six-week run on the chart.[4]
Reception
An unspecified reviewer on Record World said that "The songs here, mostly in the city - country frame, will fall gently on the ear", and noted; "But doesn't everything that Patti sings? 'Gentle on My Mind,' 'Green Green Grass of Home,' 'Skip a Rope,' 'Little Green Apples,' etc."[5]
Reissue
The album was reissued, combined with the 1965 Patti Page album Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, on compact disc by Collectables Records on August 24, 1999.
Track listing
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gentle On My Mind" | John Hartford | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Little Green Apples" | Bobby Russell | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Take Me to Your World" | Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Am I That Easy to Forget" | Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Have A Little Faith" | Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton | 2:11 |
| 6. | "Four Walls" | Marvin Moore, George Campbell | 3:18 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "This House" | Annette Tucker, Kathy Wakefield | 3:04 |
| 8. | "Honey (I Miss You)" | Bobby Russell | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Skip a Rope" | Jack Moran, Glenn Douglas Tubb | 2:29 |
| 10. | "Green Green Grass of Home" | Claude "Curly" Putman Jr. | 3:30 |
| 11. | "Release Me" | Eddie Miller, James Pebworth, Robert Yount | 3:30 |
| Total length: | 34:43 | ||
Charts
Album
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs[4] | 168 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | "Gentle On My Mind" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 66 |
| US Easy Listening (Billboard) | 7 | ||
| 1968 | Little Green Apples | US Billboard Hot 100 | 96 |
| US Easy Listening (Billboard) | 12 |
References
- ^ Page, Patti (June 1968). "Gentle on My Mind (Disc Information)". Columbia Records. CS-9666.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0898201697.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0898201550.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era. Record Research, Inc. p. 708. ISBN 978-0898201666.
- ^ "Record World's Top Non-Rock", Record World, July 20, 1968. p. 12. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
