I Came to Hear the Music

1974 studio album by Mickey Newbury
I Came to Hear the Music
Studio album by
Mickey Newbury
Released1974
Recorded1974
StudioYoungun Sound Studios, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length38:12
LabelElektra
ProducerChip Young
Mickey Newbury chronology
Live at Montezuma Hall
(1973)
I Came to Hear the Music
(1974)
Lovers
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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

  1. "I Came To Hear The Music" - 4:15
  2. "Breeze Lullaby" - 1:51
  3. "You Only Live Once (In a While)" - 3:28
  4. "Yesterday's Gone" - 3:30
  5. "If You See Her" - 4:14
  6. "Dizzy Lizzy" - 3:54
  7. "If I Could Be" - 2:52
  8. "Organized Noise" - 2:22
  9. "Love, Look At Us Now" - 2:58
  10. "Baby's Not Home" - 3:47
  11. "1 X 1 Ain't 2" - 5:01

Charts

Chart (1974) Position
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

  1. ^ I Came to Hear the Music at AllMusic
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 216. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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