Straight, Clean and Simple

{{Infobox album

| name = Straight, Clean and Simple

| type = Studio

| artist = Anne Murray

| cover = StraightCleanandSimple.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 26, 1971

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

  • Eastern Sound and Bay Studios (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  • Vanguard Studios (New York City, New York, USA)

| genre = Country

| length =26:43

| label = Capitol

| producer = Brian Ahern

| prev_title = Snowbird

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Talk It Over in the Morning

| next_year = 1971

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Straight, Clean and Simple

| type = Studio

| single1 = Sing High, Sing Low

| single1date = December 1970

| single2 = It Takes Time

| single2date = April 1971

}}

}}

Straight, Clean and Simple is the fourth studio album by Anne Murray issued in 1971 on Capitol Records. Outside Canada, where Anne Murray was not so well known, it was simply titled Anne Murray.{{cite web|title=Anne Murray - Anne Muirray|url=https://www.discogs.com/Anne-Murray-Anne-Murray/master/403355|website=Discogs|date=1971 |accessdate=15 April 2016}} The album contained material by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Kenny Rogers and Kin Vassy. The album peaked at No.4 on the RPM album chart in Canada on 27 March 1971.

Track listing

  1. "It Takes Time" (Shirley Eikhard) - 3:18
  2. "People's Park" (Brent Titcomb) - 2:55
  3. "One Day I Walk" (Bruce Cockburn) - 2:27
  4. "Child of Mine" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 3:00
  5. "Sycamore Slick" (Titcomb, Vicky Taylor) - 1:55
  6. "Wishing Smiles Made It All True" (Richard Gael) - 2:13
  7. "Sing High, Sing Low" (Titcomb) - 2:47
  8. "Days of the Looking Glass" (Gene MacLellan) - 2:21
  9. "A Stranger in My Place" (Kenny Rogers, Kin Vassy) - 2:54
  10. "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:53

Personnel

= Production =

  • Paul White – executive producer
  • Brian Ahern – producer, engineer
  • Skip Beckwith – engineer
  • Frank Bertin – engineer
  • Bill Ronckin – engineer
  • Chris Skene – engineer
  • Miles Wilkinson – engineer

References