Highly Prized Possession
{{Infobox album
| name = Highly Prized Possession
| type = Studio
| artist = Anne Murray
| cover = Murraypossession.png
| alt =
| released = November 1974
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
- Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Capitol
| producer = Brian Ahern
| prev_title = Anne Murray Country
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = Together
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Highly Prized Possession
| type = Studio
| single1 = Uproar
| single1date = February 15, 1975
}}
}}
{{album ratings
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|access-date=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Highly Prized Possession is the tenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in November 1974. In the U.S., the album peaked at number 8 on the country album charts and number 70 on the pop albums chart; in Canada, the album reached number 26. Murray's cover of the Beatles' "Day Tripper" was released as a single (following her chart success the year before on another Beatles cover "You Won't See Me"), and it reached # 59 on the Hot 100, but failed to hit the U.S. Country chart.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total length =
| title1 = Dream Lover
| writer1 = Bobby Darin
| length1 = 3:05
| title2 = Slow Fall
| writer2 = Jack Lee
| length2 = 4:25
| title3 = Saved by the Grace of Your Love
| writer3 = David Palmer, William Smith
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = Lullaby
| writer4 = Robbie MacNeill
| length4 = 2:52
| title5 = When We Both Had the Time to Love
| writer5 = Alex Harvey
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Day Tripper
| writer6 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney
| length6 = 2:35
| title7 = Lift Your Hearts to the Sun
| writer7 = Brent Titcomb
| length7 = 3:21
| title8 = Uproar
| writer8 = Paul Grady
| length8 = 2:48
| title9 = Highly Prized Possession
| writer9 = Brian Russell, David Palmer
| length9 = 3:48
| title10 = Please Don't Sell Nova Scotia
| writer10 = Peter Pringle
| length10 = 2:43
}}
Personnel
- Anne Murray – vocals, supporting vocals (1-7, 9, 10)
- Pat Riccio Jr. – pianos (1, 2), acoustic piano (3, 5, 6, 8-10), organ (3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
- Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar (1-3, 5, 6, 9), percussion (3, 6, 7, 9), guitars (4, 7, 10), bass (4), rhythm guitars (8), ukulele (8), harmonica (8)
- Amos Garrett – guitars (1-3, 6, 9)
- Ben Keith – steel guitar (2, 5, 7, 9), slide guitar (8)
- Rick Kunha – guitars (4)
- Robert Cardwell – guitars (5, 10)
- Robbie MacNeill – "ragtime" guitar (8), supporting vocals (8)
- Skip Beckwith – basses (1, 3), bass (2, 5-10)
- Pentti Glan – drums (1-3, 6, 9, 10), percussion (1)
- Andy Cree – drums (5, 7, 8)
- Don Thompson – saxophones (1, 6)
- Milan Kymlicka – horns (1), strings (1-3)
- Rick Wilkins – horns (5), strings (5, 7, 9, 10), saxophone arrangements (6)
- Dianne Brooks – supporting vocals (1-7, 9, 10)
- Laurel Ward – supporting vocals (1-7, 9, 10)
- Bonnie Beckwith – supporting vocals (8)
= Production =
- Paul White – executive producer
- Brian Ahern – producer, arrangements, engineer
- Gregory "Gabby" Garcia – engineer
- Peter Mann – engineer
- Chris Skene – engineer
- Stuart Taylor – engineer
- Bob Hanks – administrator
- Balmur Ltd. – art direction, design
- Paul Cade – art direction, design
- Ed Harris – photography
- Gord Marci – photography
- Typsettra Ltd. – typography
Chart performance
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1975) ! Peak |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums
| align="center"| 26 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=212}}
| style="text-align:center;"|96 |
Production
- Producer: Brian Ahern for Happy Sack Productions Ltd.
- Executive Producer: Paul White
- Arranger: Brian Ahern
References
{{Anne Murray}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Capitol Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Brian Ahern (producer)
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