Are You Ready for the Country
| Are You Ready for the Country | ||||
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| Released | June 1976 | |||
| Recorded | March 22, 1976 – April 21, 1976 | |||
| Studio | Sound Labs (Los Angeles) | |||
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| Length | 36:06 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
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| Singles from Are You Ready for the Country | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (Not Rated) [2] |
Are You Ready for the Country is the twenty-third studio album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1976.
Critical reception
The album was eventually certified gold, with four top ten singles, and topped the Billboard country albums chart. It also hit #34 on the pop charts. Allmusic states that Are You Ready For the Country is "the first time since the late '60s that one of Jennings' albums felt like less than the sum of its parts, and if it didn't necessarily mark the end of the era, it did mark the point when he started to ease back from his startling peak of creativity."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Are You Ready for the Country" | Neil Young | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Them Old Love Songs" | Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals | 3:13 |
| 3. | "So Good Woman" | Waylon Jennings | 2:03 |
| 4. | "Jack-A-Diamonds" | Daniel Moore | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Can't You See" | Toy Caldwell | 3:46 |
| 6. | "MacArthur Park (Revisited)" | Jimmy Webb | 6:39 |
| 7. | "I'll Go Back to Her" | Jennings | 3:10 |
| 8. | "A Couple More Years" | Dennis Locorriere, Shel Silverstein | 4:11 |
| 9. | "Old Friend" | Jennings | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Precious Memories" | Jennings, Ken Mansfield | 3:42 |
Personnel
- Waylon Jennings - guitar, vocals
- Carter Robertson - backing vocals
- Gordon Payne - backing vocals
- Rance Wasson - backing vocals
- Duke Goff - bass
- Sherman Hayes - bass, backing vocals
- Richie Albright - drums
- Barry Rudolph - engineer
- John Sands - assistant engineer
- Linda Tyler - aslant engineer
- Billy Graham - fiddle
- John Leslie Hug - guitar
- Jim Gordon - horns
- Mack Johnson - horns
- Maurice Spears - horns
- Graham Nash - backing vocals
- Mike Reese - mastering
- Ralph Mooney - pedal steel, dobro
- Barny Robertson - piano, backing vocals, string arrangement
- The Thomas Buffum String Section - strings
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ↑ Are You Ready for the Country at AllMusic
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Are You Ready for the Country". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 3, 2023.