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Somewhere Between (album)

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Somewhere Between
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 1989
RecordedJune – October 1988
StudioSyncrosound Studios, Tennessee
GenreCountry (New Traditionalist)
Length32:50
LabelCapitol
ProducerWendy Waldman
Suzy Bogguss chronology
Somewhere Between
(1989)
Moment of Truth
(1990)
Singles from Somewhere Between
  1. "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Somewhere Between"
    Released: 1988
  3. "Cross My Broken Heart"
    Released: 1989
  4. "My Sweet Love Ain't Around"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Somewhere Between is the debut studio album by the American country music singer-songwriter Suzy Bogguss, released on March 21, 1989, through Capitol Records. Preceded by the singles "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" and "Somewhere Between", the album reached number 41 on the Billboard Top Country Albums during its 37-week chart stay. The album's third single "Cross My Broken Heart" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Following the album's success, Bogguss was named the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist.

The album is titled after Merle Haggard's song "Somewhere Between", initially released in 1967 on the album Branded Man. "Night Rider's Lament" was originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker on his 1975 album, Ridin' High.

Background and recording

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The songs "Hopeless Romantic", "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" and "Somewhere Between" predate the LP by some years. "Hopeless Romantic" was a song written by Doug Crider, which Bogguss produced and recorded in her demo tape while working as singer at the Dollywood theme park. After Bogguss met Crider,[1] the two eventually married in November 1986.[2] When Wendy Waldman was advanced by Capitol Records as a possible producer, Bogguss found that it was "hard to be totally objective." Although Bogguss was impressed with several male producers who were considered, she decided on having Waldman as producer.[3] Upon discovering a record of Patsy Montana's "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", Bogguss learned the song's yodel by working on it repeatedly until she eventually imitated it.[1]

Promotional video

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The only music video made to promote the album was the titular song, "Somewhere Between". Directed by Armanda Costanza and released in 1988, the video opens with a solo performance by Suzy Bogguss on her instrument at SyncroSound Studios (now known as 615 Music Studios), where the album was recorded. The performance fades to Bogguss leaving a car belonging to her boyfriend and walking alone dejectedly before returning to the solo performance. Next, it fades into Bogguss spending time in the park with her dog as well as her boyfriend, portrayed by Billy Dean, before returning again to the solo performance for the second chorus. During the instrumental break, Bogguss watches her boyfriend leave in his car before fading back to the performance again for the second verse. Bogguss and her boyfriend take photos of themselves in the park, followed by Bogguss singing by herself. The scene reverts to the solo performance once again for the finale. In the closing seconds of the video, the studio's engineer finishes recording and gives positive comments on her performance.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somewhere Between"Merle Haggard3:29
2."Guilty as They Come"Susanna Clark, Rodney Crowell3:08
3."I'm at Home on the Range"Suzy Bogguss, Doug Crider, Verlon Thompson3:00
4."My Sweet Love Ain't Around"Hank Williams3:12
5."Handyman's Dream"Gary Nicholson, Pam Tillis2:23
6."I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"Patsy Montana2:56
7."Cross My Broken Heart"Kye Fleming, Thompson3:48
8."Take It Like a Man"Bogguss, Gary Scruggs3:46
9."Hopeless Romantic"Crider3:06
10."Night Rider's Lament"Michael Burton4:02
Total length:32:50
LP edition
Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somewhere Between"Merle Haggard3:29
2."Guilty as They Come"Susanna Clark, Rodney Crowell3:08
3."I'm at Home on the Range"Suzy Bogguss, Doug Crider, Verlon Thompson3:00
4."My Sweet Love Ain't Around"Hank Williams3:12
5."Handyman's Dream"Gary Nicholson, Pam Tillis2:23
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"Patsy Montana2:56
7."Cross My Broken Heart"Kye Fleming, Thompson3:48
8."Take It Like a Man"Bogguss, Gary Scruggs3:46
9."Hopeless Romantic"Crider3:06
10."Night Rider's Lament"Michael Burton4:02

Personnel

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  • Suzy Bogguss — vocals

Additional musicians

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Recording personnel

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  • Jeff Geidt — assistant engineer
  • Daniel Johnston — assistant engineer
  • Ken Love — mastering engineer
  • Eric Prestidge — mixer, mastering engineer
  • Dennis Ritchie — additional recording
  • Wendy Waldman — producer
  • John Wiles — recording engineer

Translate Into Music And Cover Music

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in 1970-1980 the song "somewhere between" was interpreted in Indonesian as a pop song, namely Hatimu Dan Hatiku sung, created and written by Mr Is Haryanto or called "Alphonsius Is Haryanto" is a male singer from Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Haryanto himself was born on August 22, 1940, he is a famous Javanese pop singer and keroncong song. This song has been known to Indonesians and even the British also have a music group called Favourites Group with other music group members such as Mr. Harry Toos Bpk Nana Sumarna Bpk Eddy Syam Bpk M Sani bpk Mamiek Slamet and bpk Rahmat S B Hariadi this solo music group turned out to be a hit in 1970-2009 and he "is haryanto" himself when he was a teenager, he was able to imitate the sound Cliff Richard Even his group in Solo was given a name similar to the Cliff Shadows group, as if they were a shadow of the group from America. Even though he is similar to the music group Cliff Shadows, he often appears with drums while singing You walk on the wild side, which is the theme song from the famous film in 1962. After working in Solo for a long time, he finally decided to move to Jakarta in 1969. In Jakarta he joined S. Warno's group in the band Bina Ria. This band is led by Stefanus Soewarno (or S. Warno), a musician who also comes from Solo.. At that time there were also other singers who popularized the song "Antara Hatimu Dan Hatiku" like this there is Mr. Muchsin Alatas. Mrs. Titiek Sandhora The shooting location for the music video was in the front yard of the lake fence next to the statue of Singapore in (1981) while MR.Waijanto Gemilang MR.Rano Karno and Mrs Ria Irawan was the shooting location for the song and video recording in South Jakarta and also broadcast on Aneka Ria Safari television station TVRI in 1990-1999 in the album Johan Untung and Noor Brothers on the cassette Bravo Music Purnama Suara Persada and Digital Pelangi Musik

Chart positions

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Album

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Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 41[4]

Singles

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Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1988 "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" 77[5]
"Somewhere Between" 46 57
1989 "Cross My Broken Heart" 14[4] 17
"My Sweet Love Ain't Around" 38[4] 26

Release details

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Country Date Label Format Catalog
US 1989 Liberty LP C1-90237
CS C4-90237
1991 Capitol CD CDP 90237

References

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  1. ^ a b Sharpe, Jerry (May 28, 1993). "A little bit western". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Weekend ed.). p. 21. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Partington, Meg (February 2, 2000). "Suzy Bogguss - Performing at Weinberg Center". Herald-Mail. Archived from the original on February 25, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  3. ^ Hurst, Jack (July 19, 1987). "Secret Of Success". Chicago Tribune. p. 2. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Somewhere Between - Suzy Bogguss: Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1988/BB-1988-08-20-OCR-Page-0028.pdf#search=%22bogguss%22 [dead link]
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