Tempted (Marty Stuart album)

Tempted
Studio album by
Marty Stuart
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1991[1]
Recorded1990
GenreCountry
Length30:01
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerRichard Bennett
Tony Brown
Marty Stuart chronology
Hillbilly Rock
(1989) 		Tempted
(1991) 		This One's Gonna Hurt You
(1992)
Singles from Tempted
  1. "Little Things"
    Released: January 7, 1991
  2. "Till I Found You"
    Released: April 1991
  3. "Tempted"
    Released: August 12, 1991
  4. "Burn Me Down"
    Released: January 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Tempted is the fifth studio album by American country music artist, Marty Stuart. It was released in January 1991 by MCA Nashville. It peaked at #20 on the Top Country Albums chart. It was certified Gold in the United States and Canada. The songs, "Little Things", "'Til I Found You", "Tempted" and "Burn Me Down" were released as singles and all of them reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.[3][4][5][6] "Tempted" at #5 is the highest charting solo single of his career in the United States, although he would reach #2 in 1992 as a duet partner on Travis Tritt's "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'."

Content

Several songs on this album are covers. "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome" was co-written by Bill Monroe and Hank Williams and was featured on Monroe's 1966 album, High Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe. In addition, "Get Back to the Country" was released as a single in 1985 by Neil Young from his album Old Ways.

Critical reception

Jana Pendragon of Allmusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, comparing it to Dwight Yoakam's Hillbilly Deluxe in style and saying, "Stuart kicks country-pop in its well-defined hindquarters[…]But Stuart is just as deadly when he slows things down and does a ballad."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome"Bill Monroe, Hank Williams3:21
2."Paint the Town Tonight"Marty Stuart2:01
3."Till I Found You"Hank DeVito, Paul Kennerley2:24
4."Tempted"Stuart, Kennerley3:16
5."Blue Train"Johnny Cash, Billy Smith3:08
6."Little Things"Stuart, Kennerley3:10
7."Half a Heart"Stuart, Kostas2:34
8."I Want a Woman"Stuart, Kostas4:16
9."Burn Me Down"Eddie Miller, Don Sessions2:56
10."Get Back to the Country"Neil Young2:55
Total length:30:01

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[7]

Charts

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1991 "Little Things"[3] 8 3
"'Til I Found You"[4] 12 11
"Tempted"[5] 5 4
1992 "Burn Me Down"[6] 7 12

Sources

  1. ^ AOL Music Profile for "Tempted"
  2. ^ a b Pendragon, Jana. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. March 1, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. July 19, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. November 1, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. May 1, 1992. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Tempted (CD inssert). Marty Stuart. MCA Records. 1991. MCAD-10106.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Marty Stuart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Marty Stuart Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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