Carlene Carter Fan Club: Music

1. I Fell In Love (Carlene Carter / Howie Epstein / Benmont Tench / Perry Lamek)
2. Come On Back (Carlene Carter)
3. The Sweetest Thing (Carlene Carter / Robert Ellis Orrall)
4. My Dixie Darlin' (A.P. Carter)
5. Goodnight Dallas (Carlene Carter)
6. One Love (Carlene Carter / Howie Epstein / Perry Lamek)
7. The Leavin' Side (Carlene Carter / Keith Christopher / Tom Gray)
8. Guardian Angel (Carlene Carter / James Eller)
9. Me And The Wildwood Rose (Carlene Carter)
10. You Are The One (Leon Payne)
11. Easy From Now On (Carlene Carter / Susanna Clark)

Produced by Howie Epstein
Carlene Carter - vocals
Ed Greene - drums, percussion
Albert Lee - lead guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, piano, background vocals
John Ciambotti - bass, upright bass
Howie Epstein - acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals
Benmont Tench - piano, organ
Eddie Baytos - accordion
Bob Metzger - lead guitar, dobro
Jay Dee Maness - pedal steel guitar, pedal steel
James Burton - acoustic guitar, acoustic lead guitar, dobro
Frank Reckard - acoustic guitar
Phil Parlapiano - accordian
Lee Thornburg - trumpet
Phil Kensey - saxophone
Barry Goldberg - additional piano
Steve Fishell - Weissenborn slide
David Lindley - fiddle, banjo
Doug Atwell - fiddle
Background vocals - Dave Edmunds, Jim Lauderdale, Levon Helm, Jim Photoglo, Kevin Welch, Keith Knudsen, Vince Melamed, June Carter Cash, Nicolette Larson, Robert Ellis Orrall, Kiki Dee

Photography - Gerry Wenner



ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - August 31, 1990 On this comeback album, Carter, at 34, sounds like a combination of the young Dolly Parton and the even younger Brenda Lee, and incorporates both the rural authenticity of her heritage and the smart progression of contemporary country rock. A soulful interpreter and a stunning songwriter, Carter was ahead of her time a decade ago. This album should allow everyone else to catch up with her. Grade: A ALANNA NASH

MUSIC CITY NEWS It's hard to fathom why this beautiful and gifted artist is unknown to most country audiences. But, that situation will soon be remedied if her new album, "I Fell In Love," receives the chance it deserves.
WILLIAMS

TIME - December 3, 1990 Country without sentiment, autobiography without tears. Carter's first album in seven years is not only a welcome return but also a reminder that she's one of the best down-home singer-songwriters around. Nothing could be finer.

COUNTRY MUSIC Carlene Carter has always been a renegade. But her musical pedigree--like her talent--is undeniable. "I Fell In Love" makes you wonder how Carlene Carter managed to remain an obscure cult figure for so long. Her new album leaves you feeling that, at long last, she may be ready for the mainstream. And--even more importantly--the mainstream may finally be ready for her.
BOB ALLEN

TIME - December 31, 1990 THE BEST OF '90 A world-beater album sung by a woman whose voice, with its leathery delicacy, can handle tunes of hard traveling and wrong-turn loving with equal finesse. If country music is still a man's game, Carter is effortlessly bending the rules.

PEOPLE PICKS & PANS - BEST OF SONG 1990 If all country singers had roots so deep, they'd have to open a branch of the Grand Ole Opry in Beijing. But Carter can rock, too, as this nouvelle C&W album shows.

STEREO REVIEW - February 1991 RECORD OF THE YEAR AWARDS Alternately delights, surprises, and reaffirms an independent musical stance.

COUNTRY MUSICShe is one of our time's most effective and powerful songwriters.
PATRICK CARR

TIME - March 30, 1992 Her roots are in The Carter Family, but her songs are singular; she's country's tight connection to the past and future. Carter is a kind of roots rebel and hard to pin down, but last year's "I Fell In Love" was her breakthrough hit--Sylvia Plath at the honky-tonk.
JAY COCKS