I Came to Hear the Music
1974 studio album by Mickey Newbury
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Studio album by Mickey Newbury | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Studio | Youngun Sound Studios, Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 38:12 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Chip Young | |||
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I Came to Hear the Music is the 1974 album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury, his fourth release on Elektra Records. The cover photography was by Norman Seeff.
I Came to Hear the Music was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection from Mountain Retreat, Newbury's own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969 to 1981.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Mickey Newbury
- "I Came To Hear The Music" - 4:15
- "Breeze Lullaby" - 1:51
- "You Only Live Once (In a While)" - 3:28
- "Yesterday's Gone" - 3:30
- "If You See Her" - 4:14
- "Dizzy Lizzy" - 3:54
- "If I Could Be" - 2:52
- "Organized Noise" - 2:22
- "Love, Look At Us Now" - 2:58
- "Baby's Not Home" - 3:47
- "1 X 1 Ain't 2" - 5:01
Charts
Chart (1974) | Position |
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United States (Billboard 200) | 209 |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 80 |
Cover versions
- "Love Look At Us Now" was recorded by Edward Woodward, Johnny Rodriguez and Joe Simon.
- "1x1 Ain't 2" was covered by psychedelic garage band Neal Ford and the Fanatics.
- "If You See Her" appeared on albums by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Rodriguez.
- Don Gibson performed "Baby's Not Home."
- Glenn Barber scored a minor country hit with "You Only Live Once (In a While)."
- Will Oldham cut a version of "I Came to Hear the Music."
References
External links
- Mickey Newbury Website
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- Harlequin Melodies (1968)
- Looks Like Rain (1969)
- Frisco Mabel Joy (1971)
- Heaven Help the Child (1973)
- I Came to Hear the Music (1974)
- Lovers (1975)
- Rusty Tracks (1977)
- The Sailor (1979)
- After All These Years (1981)
- In a New Age (1988)
- A Long Road Home (2002)
- Live at Montezuma Hall (1973)
- Sings His Own (1972)
- An American Trilogy (2011)