Would You Take Another Chance on Me?

Would You Take Another Chance on Me?
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedNashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length31:26
LabelMercury
ProducerJerry Kennedy
Jerry Lee Lewis chronology
Touching Home
(1971)
Would You Take Another Chance on Me?
(1971)
The Killer Rocks On
(1972)

Would You Take Another Chance on Me? is a studio album by American musician and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, released on Mercury Records in 1971.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Would You Take Another Chance on Me"
  • Jerry Foster
  • Bill Rice
2:53
2."Another Hand Shakin' Goodbye"
2:37
3."Swinging Doors"Merle Haggard2:51
4."Thirteen at the Table"Buddy Emmons3:38
5."Big Blon' Baby"
  • Kenny Jacobson
  • Rhoda Roberts
2:05
6."Lonesome Fiddle Man"
  • Frazier
  • Shafer
2:33
7."Me and Bobby McGee"3:12
8."For the Good Times"Kristofferson3:45
9."Things That Matter Most to Me"
  • Thomas LaVerne
  • Bill Taylor
  • Don Pittman
3:13
10."The Hurtin' Part"
  • LaVerne
  • Taylor
2:27
11."The Goodbye of the Year"2:12
Total length:31:26

Personnel

  • Jerry Lee Lewis - vocals, piano
  • Chip Young, Harold Bradley, Jerry Kennedy, Ray Edenton - guitar
  • Pete Drake - steel guitar
  • Kenny Lovelace - fiddle
  • Bob Moore - bass
  • Bill Strom - organ
  • Buddy Harman - drums
  • The Nashville Edition - vocal accompaniment; Cam Mullins - arrangements on "Would You Take Another Chance on Me", "Me and Bobby McGee" and "For the Good Times"
  • The Nashville Sounds - vocal accompaniment

Reception

AllMusic states that the collection "is slowed by layers of backing vocals, gauzy accouterments that turn this into an album approximating romance..."

Charts

ChartSongPeakRef
Hot Country SongsMe and Bobby McGee1[1]
Billboard Hot 10044[2]
Billboard Top 4039[3]
Hot Country SongsWould You Take Another Chance on Me1[4]
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2
Top Country AlbumsN/a3[5]
Billboard 200N/a115[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Hot Country Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 84, no. 2. January 8, 1972. p. 33. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 84, no. 1. January 1, 1972. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Top 40" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 52. January 1, 1972. p. 31. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006 (2nd ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 201.
  5. ↑ "Hot Country LP's" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 84, no. 2. January 8, 1972. p. 34. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ↑ "Hot Country LP's" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 84, no. 2. January 8, 1972. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510.