Sweetheart's Dance

Sweetheart's Dance
Sweetheart's Dance
Studio album by Pam Tillis
Released	April 26, 1994
Studio	Treasure Isle Recorders, Sound Emporium Studios, Champagne Studios, The Money Pit, Imagine Studio, The Castle and Woodland Studios (Nashville, Tennessee);
Genre	Country
Length	33:03
Label	Arista
Producer	Pam Tillis; Steve Fishell;
Pam Tillis chronology
Singles from Sweetheart's Dance
	"Spilled Perfume"; Released: March 26, 1994; "When You Walk in the Room"; Released: August 6, 1994; "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"; Released: November 7, 1994; "I Was Blown Away"; Released: March 11, 1995; "In Between Dances"; Released: June 5, 1995;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Sweetheart's Dance is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Pam Tillis, released on April 26, 1994, via Arista Records. It is her highest ranking album on the Billboard charts, at number 6.

This album produced five singles: "Spilled Perfume", "When You Walk in the Room" (a cover of a Jackie DeShannon song), "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)", "I Was Blown Away" and "In Between Dances". Respectively, these reached #5, #2, #1, #16, and #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "I Was Blown Away" was withdrawn from radio after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)"	Pam Tillis, Jess Leary	2:51
2.	"Sweetheart's Dance"	Doug Gill	3:39
3.	"Calico Plains"	Matraca Berg, Michael Noble	3:47
4.	"When You Walk in the Room"	Jackie DeShannon	2:44
5.	"Spilled Perfume"	Tillis, Dean Dillon	3:53
6.	"I Was Blown Away"	Layng Martine Jr.	2:45
7.	"They Don't Break 'Em Like They Used To"	Roger Brown, Jason Sellers	2:57
8.	"In Between Dances"	Craig Bickhardt, Barry Alfonso	3:21
9.	"Better Off Blue"	Susan Longacre, Walt Aldridge	2:52
10.	"Til All the Lonely's Gone" (duet with Mel Tillis)	Tillis, Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill	3:55

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[3]

Pam Tillis – vocals, backing vocals (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
John Barlow Jarvis – accordion (1), acoustic piano (2, 3, 9, 10)
Steve Nathan – acoustic piano (4-8)
Bobby Ogdin – synthesizers (5)
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar (1, 9), electric guitar (3, 10)
John Jorgenson – electric guitar (1, 3, 9), acoustic guitar solo (1), electric lead guitar (2, 10), mandolin (3)
George Marinelli – electric guitar (4)
Brent Mason – electric guitar (4-8)
Bob DiPiero – 12-string guitar (4)
Greg Leisz – steel guitar (1, 9), electric rhythm guitar (2), dobro (3, 10)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar (4-8)
Bill Monroe – mandolin (10)
Willie Weeks – bass (1-3, 9, 10)
Mike Brignardello – bass (4-8)
Milton Sledge – drums (1-3, 9, 10), percussion (9, 10)
Lonnie Wilson – drums (4-8), percussion (4)
Harry Stinson – percussion (1), backing vocals (2)
Terry McMillan – percussion (5), harmonica (6)
Sam Bush – fiddle (2, 10)
Rob Hajacos – fiddle (4-8)
Suzi Ragsdale – backing vocals (1, 6)
Mary Chapin Carpenter – backing vocals (4)
Kim Richey – backing vocals (4)
Mary Ann Kennedy - backing vocals (5)
Vince Gill – backing vocals (7)
Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals (9)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (9)
Liana Manis – backing vocals (9)
Carrie Tillis – backing vocals (10)
Cindy Tillis Westmoreland – backing vocals (10)
Connie Tillis Howden – backing vocals (10)
Mel Tillis Jr. – backing vocals (10)

Production

Steve Fishell – producer
Pam Tillis – producer
Mike Poole – recording
Chuck Ainlay – mixing
Graham Lewis – additional recording, mix assistant
Tony Collins – recording assistant
Eric Elwell – recording assistant
Steve Hennig – recording assistant
Mike Janas – recording assistant
Ed Simonton – recording assistant
Mark Frigo – second mix assistant
John Kliner – second mix assistant
Don Cobb – digital editing
Carlos Grier – digital editing
Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
Maude Gilman – art direction, design
Peter Nash – photography
Trish Townsend – styling
Ina Vistica – make-up
Kim Hunter – hair stylist
Mike Robertson – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	51
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	58
Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	32

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[8]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[9]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Sokol, David (February 21, 2000). "2000 Records to Die For". Stereophile. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
^ Sweetheart's Dance (CD booklet). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1994. 18758.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Pam Tillis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Pam Tillis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Music Canada. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Sokol, David (February 21, 2000). "2000 Records to Die For". Stereophile. Retrieved August 5, 2008.

[3] Sweetheart's Dance (CD booklet). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1994. 18758.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Billboard200_Pam_Tillis-4] "Pam Tillis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Pam_Tillis-5] "Pam Tillis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[6] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[7] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[CanadaPam_TillisSweetheart's_DancealbumCertRef-8] "Canadian album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Music Canada. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[United_StatesPam_TillisSweetheart's_DancealbumCertRef-9] "American album certifications – Pam Tillis – Sweetheart's Dance". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

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Pam Tillis
Discography
Studio albums	Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey Put Yourself in My Place Homeward Looking Angel All of This Love Every Time Thunder & Roses It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis RhineStoned Just in Time for Christmas Dos Divas
Compilation albums	Collection Greatest Hits
Songs	"One of Those Things" "Those Memories of You" "Don't Tell Me What to Do" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Maybe It Was Memphis" "Blue Rose Is" "Shake the Sugar Tree" "Let That Pony Run" "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" "Spilled Perfume" "When You Walk in the Room" "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" "I Was Blown Away" "In Between Dances" "Deep Down" "The River and the Highway" "It's Lonely Out There" "All the Good Ones Are Gone" "Land of the Living" "I Said a Prayer" "Every Time" "Please" "Ancient History" "Five Minutes" "Someone Else's Trouble Now"
See also	Mel Tillis