Soft Touch (Tammy Wynette album)

Soft Touch is the twenty-third studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. It was released on May 3, 1982, by Epic Records.[3]

Soft Touch
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 3, 1982
RecordedJan. 1982
StudioWoodland (Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
GenreCountry
Length32:19
LabelEpic
ProducerGeorge Richey
Tammy Wynette chronology
You Brought Me Back
(1981)
Soft Touch
(1982)
Good Love & Heartbreak
(1982)
Singles from Soft Touch
  1. "Another Chance"
    Released: Mar. 1982
  2. "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams"
    Released: Jul. 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Commercial performance

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The album peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album's first single, "Another Chance", peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, and the second single, "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams", peaked at No. 16.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Reliable"Wayland Holyfield3:03
2."She Can't Take My Love Off the Bed"Debbie Hupp, Bob Morrison2:56
3."Being Gone"Bill Taylor, Bobby Keel, Toni Dae, Judy Tigert3:18
4."What's It Like to Be a Woman" (duet with daughter Tina Byrd Jones)Chris Waters, Michael Garvin3:30
5."I'll Still Be Loving You This Much"Bobby Borchers, Curly Putman2:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Another Chance"Robert Dawdry, Jerry Taylor, Dennis Knutson2:42
2."If I Didn't Have a Heart"Jerry Taylor, Knutson, Linda Juma3:53
3."You Still Get to Me in My Dreams"A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Bill Shore3:11
4."Sometimes I'm a Little Girl"Larry Henley, C. Michael Spriggs, Kathy Burdick3:24
5."Dancing Your Memory Away"Eddie Burton, Thomas Grant3:24

Personnel

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Adapted from the album liner notes.

  • George Binkley - strings
  • David Briggs - keyboard
  • Jerry Carrigan - drums, percussion
  • James Capps - acoustic guitar
  • Marvin Chantry - strings
  • Roy Christensen - strings
  • Virginia Christensen - strings
  • Jo Coulter - make-up
  • Connie Ellisor - strings
  • Phil Forrest - background vocals
  • Lloyd Green - steel guitar
  • Carl Gorodetzky - strings
  • Sherri Huffman - background vocals
  • Shane Keister - keyboard
  • Millie Kirkham - background vocals
  • Slick Lawson - photography
  • Mike Leech - bass
  • Rebecca Lynch - strings
  • Connie McCollister - background vocals
  • Ric McCollister - engineer
  • Charlie McCoy - harmonica, vibes
  • Dennis Molchan - strings
  • Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
  • George Richey - producer
  • Billy Sanford - lead guitar
  • Walter Schwede - strings
  • Lisa Silver - background vocals
  • Jan Smith - hairdresser, wardrobe
  • Henry Strzelecki - bass
  • Wendellyn Suits - background vocals
  • Robert Thompson - acoustic guitar
  • Diane Tidwell - background vocals
  • Gary Vanosdale - strings
  • Pete Wade - lead guitar
  • D. Bergen White - background vocals, string arrangements
  • Tommy Williams - fiddle
  • Stephanie Woolf - strings
  • Robert T. Wray, II - bass
  • Tammy Wynette - lead vocals

Chart positions

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Album

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Year Chart Peak
position
1982 Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 31

Singles

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Year Single Chart Peak
position
1982 "Another Chance" Country Singles (Billboard)[5] 8
1982 "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" Country Singles (Billboard)[6] 16

References

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  1. ^ Heinrichs, Audra (25 August 2024). "Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Survived a Devastating Storm to Make New 'Woodland' Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Soft Touch - Tammy Wynette | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Soft Touch - Tammy Wynette". Tammy Wynette. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Billboard Magazine - July 17, 1982" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Billboard Magazine - June 12, 1982" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Billboard Magazine - October 16, 1982" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2018.