Juice (Juice Newton album)
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| Studio album by Juice Newton | ||||
| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Genre | Country pop, country rock | |||
| Length | 34:42 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Richard Landis | |||
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Juice is the multi-Platinum 1981 breakthrough album by American country-rock singer Juice Newton. The album was Newton's third solo album and her first major international success.
Hits
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"Angel of the Morning"
Newton remade the 1968 Merrilee Rush hit at the suggestion of Steve Meyer, who promoted Capitol Records product to radio stations and felt it would be a strong candidate to attain airplay for Newton.[2] |
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The album features two #1 hits "Angel of the Morning" and "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)". It also contains "Queen of Hearts," the biggest-selling single of Juice Newton's career, which peaked at #2 on both Billboard's Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts[3] ("Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie prevented the song from reaching #1). "Queen of Hearts" was a popular music video during the summer of MTV's debut. Newton would go on to have more hit songs and albums, but this remains the album for which she is best known.
Awards
Juice garnered Juice Newton two "Best Female Vocalist" Grammy Award nominations (in the Pop and Country categories, respectively) neither of which she won. But she did win her first Grammy for her follow-up album Quiet Lies.
Greatest Hits
In 1984, a fourth track from Juice titled "Ride 'Em Cowboy" was released in support of Newton's first "Greatest Hits" album. The single reached #32 on the U.S. Billboard Country charts.
Track listing
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Angel of the Morning" | Chip Taylor | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Shot Full of Love" | Bob McDill | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Ride 'Em Cowboy" | Paul Davis | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Queen of Hearts" | Hank DeVito | 3:26 |
| 5. | "River of Love" | Juice Newton, Otha Young | 2:53 |
| Side two | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | Felice and Boudleaux Bryant | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Headin' for a Heartache" | Byron Hill, J. Remington Wilde | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Country Comfort" | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | 4:17 |
| 4. | "Texas Heartache" | Keith Stegall, Chris Waters | 2:59 |
| 5. | "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" | Otha Young | 4:04 |
Personnel
- Juice Newton - guitar, vocals
- Chuck Martin, George Doering, Mitch Holder, Otha Young, Tim May - electric guitar
- Billy Walker, Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett - acoustic guitar
- Dan Dugmore, Doug Livingston, Jay Dee Maness - pedal steel guitar
- Phil Aaberg - keyboards
- Neil Stubenhaus, Scott Chambers - bass
- Rick Shlosser - drums
- Steve Forman - percussion
- Brad Felton - banjo
- Andrew Gold, Brock Walsh, Harry Stinson, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Kenny Edwards, Lewis Morford, Stan Farber - background vocals
Production
- Produced by Richard Landis
- Associate Producer: Otha Young
- Engineered by Joe Chiccarelli
- Assistant Engineers: David Cole, Hugh Davies, Mitch Gibson, Karen Siegel
- Mixing: Michael Verdick
- Mastering: Wally Traugott
Chart performance
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top LPs[4] | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[4] | 4 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 16 |
References
- ↑ Juice at AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ↑ Campbell, Mary (April 15, 1981). "Juice Newton is into Pop". Lewiston Daily Sun. Lewiston, Maine. p. 6. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ↑ Juice - Juice Newton AllMusic.com Singles charts and awards
- 1 2 Juice - Juice Newton AllMusic.com Album charts and awards
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