Lee Roy Parnell (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Lee Roy Parnell
| type = studio
| artist = Lee Roy Parnell
| cover = leeroydebut.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 10, 1990
| recorded = 1989–1990
| venue =
| studio = Omnisound Studio Nashville, TN
| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Arista
| producer = Barry Beckett
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Love Without Mercy
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Love Without Mercy
| type = studio
| single1 = Crocodile Tears
| single1date = February 1990
| single2 = Oughta Be A Law
| single2date = June 1990
| single3 = Family Tree
| single3date = October 1990
}}
}}
Lee Roy Parnell is the self-titled debut album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1990 via Arista Records. The album includes the singles "Crocodile Tears", "Oughta Be a Law" and "Family Tree". Although all three singles charted on the U.S. Billboard country charts, they all missed Top 40.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=315|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} "Mexican Money" was also made into a music video.
Brian Mansfield of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, praising Barry Beckett's production.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r93482|title=Lee Roy Parnell review|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|work=Allmusic|accessdate=15 April 2011}}
Track listing
- "Oughta Be a Law" (Gary Nicholson, Dan Penn) – 4:18
- "Fifty-Fifty Love" (Nicholson, Lee Roy Parnell) – 4:26
- "Where Is My Baby Tonight" (Troy Seals, Graham Lyle) – 3:35
- "Crocodile Tears" (Parnell, Leroy Preston) – 4:02
- "Family Tree" (Steve Durocher, Jeannie Smith) – 3:06
- "Let's Pretend" (Parnell, Cris Moore) – 4:10
- "You're Taking Too Long" (Parnell, Nicholson, Rory Michael Bourke) – 5:14
- "Mexican Money" (Parnell, Moore) – 3:03
- "Down Deep" (Parnell, Nicholson, Bucky Jones) – 3:59
- "Red Hot" (Parnell, Moore) – 3:30
Personnel
=Musicians=
- Barry Beckett – keyboards
- John Gardner – drums
- Jim Horn, Michael Haynes, Jack Hale, Quitman Dennis – horn section
- Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Tim Loftin – bass guitar
- Joe McGlohon – saxophone
- Jonell Mosser – background vocals
- Lee Roy Parnell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, lead vocals
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Bergen White – background vocals
- John Willis – acoustic guitar
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
=Production=
- Barry Beckett – producer
- Scott Hendricks – mixing
- Denny Purcell – mastering
References
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