I'm Jessi Colter
{{Short description|Album by Jessi Colter}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = I'm Jessi Colter
| type = studio
| artist = Jessi Colter
| cover = Jessi Colter-I'm Not Lisa.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1975
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = *Glaser Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Sound Factory (Hollywood, California){{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/993430|title=Jessi Colter - I'm Jessi Colter (LP) at Discogs|year=1975 |publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=July 12, 2009}}
| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Capitol Records
Capitol Nashville (reissue)
| producer = Ken Mansfield
Waylon Jennings
| prev_title = A Country Star is Born
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Jessi
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{Singles
| name = I'm Jessi Colter
| type = Studio
| single1 = I'm Not Lisa
| single1date = January 6, 1975
| single2 = What's Happened to Blue Eyes"/
"You Ain't Never Been Loved
| single2date = August 4, 1975
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r106004|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
I'm Jessi Colter is the second studio album by American country music artist, Jessi Colter. The album was released on Capitol Records in January 1975 and was produced by Ken Mansfield. The release contained the single, "I'm Not Lisa," which peaked at #1 on the country chart and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Background
I'm Jessi Colter was Colter's first studio album for the Capitol label. The album spawned two major hits: "I'm Not Lisa," which became Colter's first major hit, and "What's Happened to Blue Eyes," which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country Chart. The latter's B-side, "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The two singles were Colter's only solo Top 10 singles.
Colter's album was enormously successful, peaking at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart and #50 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r106004/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=I'm Jessi Colter > Charts & Awards|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=July 12, 2009}} The release was given a positive review from Allmusic, who gave the album four out of five stars.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r106004|pure_url=yes}}|title=I'm Jessi Colter > Overview|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=July 12, 2009}}
Track listing
All songs composed by Jessi Colter:
- "Is There Any Way (You'd Stay Forever)" — 2:45
- "I Hear a Song" — 2:43
- "Come on In" — 2:30
- "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" — 2:57
- "Love's the Only Chain" — 3:16
- "I'm Not Lisa" — 3:23
- "For the First Time" — 2:38
- "Who Walks Thru' Your Memory (Billy Jo)" — 2:20
- "What's Happened to Blue Eyes" — 2:19
- "Storms Never Last" — 4:14
Personnel
Recorded at Glaser Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California, United States.
- Jessi Colter - lead vocals
- Lea Jane Berinati — backing vocals
- Tommy Cogbill — bass
- Johnny Gimble — fiddle
- Duke Goff — bass
- Jim Gordon — horn
- Dick Hyde — horn
- Waylon Jennings — producer, guitar
- Mack Johnson — horn
- Bruce King — backing vocals (track 3)
- Ken Mansfield — producer
- Marge McMahon — backing vocals
- Lee Montgomery — backing vocals
- Ralph Mooney — steel guitar
- Larry Muhoberac — piano, strings
- Weldon Myrick — steel guitar
- Elmo Peeler — strings
- Billy Ray Reynolds — backing vocals
- Wendy Suits — backing vocals
- John Buck Wilkins — guitar, backing vocals
- Marijohn Wilkin — backing vocals
- Sharon Vaughn — backing vocals
- Reggie Young — guitar
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1975)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|50|artist=Jessi Colter|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 17, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|4|artist=Jessi Colter|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 17, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1975)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1975/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1975|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 17, 2021}}
| 5 |
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Singles - Billboard (United States), RPM (Canada)
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!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| align="left" rowspan="11"|1975
|align="left" rowspan="6"|"I'm Not Lisa" |align="left"|Country Singles |align="left"|1 |
| align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|4 |
| align="left"|Adult Contemporary Singles
|align="left"|16 |
| align="left"|Canadian Country Singles
|align="left"|1 |
| align="left"|Canadian Pop Singles
|align="left"|6 |
| align="left"|Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles
|align="left"|1 |
| align="left" rowspan="3"|"What's Happened to Blue Eyes"
|align="left"|Country Singles |align="left"|5 |
| align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|57 |
| align="left"|Canadian Country Singles
|align="left"|11 |
| align="left" rowspan="2"|"You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)"
|align="left"|Pop Singles |align="left"|64 |
| align="left"|Canadian Pop Singles
|align="left"|65 |