| King's Record Shop | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 26, 1987 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 52:12 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Rodney Crowell | |||
| Rosanne Cash chronology | ||||
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| Singles from King's Record Shop | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Sun-Times | [2] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [3] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Stylus Magazine | A+[6] |
| Uncut | 8/10[7] |
| The Village Voice | A−[8] |
King's Record Shop is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Rosanne Cash. It was released on June 26, 1987, her fifth album for the label. The album produced four singles on the Billboard country singles chart. They were "The Way We Make a Broken Heart", a cover of her father Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat Top Box", "If You Change Your Mind", and "Runaway Train". This was the last album in Cash's career to feature Rodney Crowell as the sole record producer, who produced all of her albums since her first Columbia album Right or Wrong in 1980.
The album is named after King's Record Shop in Louisville, Kentucky, which was owned by Pee Wee King's younger brother, Gene. A photograph of Rosanne Cash standing in the shop's doorway is featured on the cover, though she was never actually at the shop for the photo. Veteran steel guitarist Hank DeVito took the photo of the record shop and one of Rosanne standing as she is in the photo. A picture of Cash's 1981 album Seven Year Ache is shown. He superimposed her into the record shop photo (Music City News magazine, August 1987).
Sony BMG controversially used their XCP technology on the album when it was re-released in 2005 as part of its American Milestones series.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rosie Strike Back" | Eliza Gilkyson | 3:32 |
| 2. | "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" | John Hiatt | 3:55 |
| 3. | "If You Change Your Mind" | Rosanne Cash, Hank DeVito | 3:12 |
| 4. | "The Real Me" | R. Cash | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Somewhere Sometime" | R. Cash | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Runaway Train" | John Stewart | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Tennessee Flat Top Box" | Johnny Cash | 3:10 |
| 8. | "I Don't Have to Crawl" | Rodney Crowell | 4:33 |
| 9. | "Green, Yellow and Red" | John Kilzer | 3:40 |
| 10. | "Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone?" | Benmont Tench | 4:00 |
CD bonus tracks
- "707" (John Kilzer) – 3:34
- "Runaway Train" (live) (John Stewart) – 4:17
- "Green, Yellow and Red" (live) (John Kilzer) – 5:15
Personnel
- Rosanne Cash: vocals, guitar
- Rodney Crowell: background vocals
- Vince Gill: background vocals
- Arnold McCuller: background vocals
- Mark O'Connor: mandola
- Patty Smyth: background vocals
- Benmont Tench: piano, keyboards
- Steve Winwood: background vocals
- Sterling Ball: acoustic guitar
- Eddie Bayers: drums
- Barry Beckett: piano, Hammond organ
- Larry Crane: acoustic & electric guitar
- Anthony Crawford: background vocals
- Kristen DeLauer: background vocals
- Terry Evans: background vocals
- Willie Green, Jr.: background vocals
- Bobby King: background vocals
- Joann Neal: background vocals
- Michael Rhodes: bass guitar, acoustic bass
- Vince Santoro: drums
- Randy Scruggs: acoustic guitar
- Jean Smith: background vocals
- Steuart Smith: electric guitar, gut string guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr.: acoustic & electric guitar
Production
- Rodney Crowell: producer
- T-Bone Toglio: assistant producer
- Margie Hunt: production assistant
- Martha Wood: production assistant
- John Agnello: engineer
- Donivan Cowart: engineer
- Jeanne Kinney: engineer
- Steve Marcantonio: engineer, mixing
- Keith Odle: engineer
- Frank Pekoc: engineer
- George Marino: mastering
Charts
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References
- Hall, Wade. Hell-Bent for Music: The Life of Pee Wee King. University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
- Music City News magazine, "Seeing Is Deceiving On Cash's New Album", August 1987.
- ↑ Jurek, Thom. "King's Record Shop – Rosanne Cash". AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ↑ McLeese, Don (June 29, 1987). "Rosanne Cash, 'King's Record Shop' (Columbia)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ↑ McKenna, Kristine (September 6, 1987). "Rebellious Royalty". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ↑ Tucker, Ken (July 5, 1987). "Rosanne Cash's latest". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ↑ McGee, David (2004). "Rosanne Cash". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ Soto, Alfred (February 10, 2006). "Rosanne Cash – Seven-Year Ache / King's Record Shop / Interiors". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ↑ Torn, Luke (January 2014). "How to Buy... Rosanne Cash". Uncut. No. 200. p. 66.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (September 1, 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Rosanne Cash Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Rosanne Cash Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.