Pride of America (album)

Pride of America is an album by the country singer Charley Pride.[4][5] It was released in 1974 on RCA Records.[2]

Pride of America
Studio album by
Charley Pride
Released1974
GenreCountry
LabelRCA
ProducerJerry Bradley
Charley Pride chronology
Country Feelin'
(1974)		 Pride of America
(1974)		 Charley
(1975)
Singles from Pride of America
  1. "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
    Released: August 1974
  2. "Then Who Am I"
    Released: November 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[6]

Production

The album was recorded at RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. The vocal accompaniment was by the Jordanaires and the Nashville Edition.

Critical reception

In a retrospective article, Rolling Stone included "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" on a list of Pride's 10 "essential" songs, writing that "Pride’s delivery perfectly splits the difference between a tender evocation of home and a stark memory of a world he was happy to have left behind."[4]

Track listing
  1. "Then Who Am I" (A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dallas Frazier)
  2. "I Still Can't Leave Your Memory Alone" (Geoffrey Morgan, Kent Robbins)
  3. "The Hard Times Will Be the Best Times" (Red Stegall)
  4. "Completely Helpless" (John Schweers)
  5. "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" (Harold Dorman, Wiley Gann)
  6. "She Loves Me The Way That I Love You" (Bobby P. Barker)
  7. "Mary Go Round" (Johnny Duncan)
  8. "That Was Forever Ago" (Johnny Duncan)
  9. "Thorns of Life" (Paul Huffman, Joane Keller, Bucky Jones)
  10. "North Wind" (Rod Morris)

Production
  • Recording Engineer - Bill Vandevort
  • Recording Technicians - Dave Roys and Mike Shockley
  • Photography - John Donegan
  • Cover Graphics - Herb Burnette, Pinwheel Studios

References
  1. "Pride of America - Charley Pride | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 646.
  3. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 401.
  4. Betts, Stephen L.,Jonathan Bernstein,Jon Dolan,Patrick Doyle (December 12, 2020). "Charley Pride: 10 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone.
  5. Gaudet, Amber (December 17, 2020). "5 Charley Pride Songs That Celebrate His Southern Roots". Dallas Observer.
  6. "Charley Pride". Billboard.
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