Put Yourself in My Place (album)
Put Yourself In My Place is the second studio album from American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was also her first album for Arista Records, following 1983's Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey, released on Warner Bros. Records. Put Yourself in My Place reached number 10 on the Top Country Albums charts. Five singles were released from the album: "Don't Tell Me What to Do", followed by "One of Those Things", the title track, "Maybe It Was Memphis" and "Blue Rose Is". The album has been certified Gold for shipments of more than 500,000 copies in the U.S.
Put Yourself in My Place | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 29, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990-1991 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 34:21 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Paul Worley, Ed Seay | |||
Pam Tillis chronology | ||||
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Singles from Put Yourself in My Place | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
"Ancient History" was later covered by Prairie Oyster on the album Only One Moon. Their version was a number five hit on the RPM country charts.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Put Yourself in My Place" | Carl Jackson, Pam Tillis | 2:48 |
2. | "Melancholy Child" | Tillis, Bob DiPiero | 3:29 |
3. | "Maybe It Was Memphis" | Michael Anderson | 3:59 |
4. | "Blue Rose Is" | Tillis, DiPiero, Jan Buckingham | 3:41 |
5. | "Don't Tell Me What to Do" | Harlan Howard, Max D. Barnes | 3:12 |
6. | "One of Those Things" | Tillis, Paul Overstreet | 3:31 |
7. | "Draggin' My Chains" | Tillis, Rick Carnes | 3:10 |
8. | "Ancient History" | DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill | 2:58 |
9. | "I've Seen Enough to Know" | Tillis, Radney Foster | 3:24 |
10. | "Already Fallen" | DiPiero, Tillis | 4:08 |
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Bruce Bouton - steel guitar
- Dennis Burnside - piano
- Larry Byrom - electric guitar
- Ashley Cleveland - background vocals
- Steve Gibson - electric guitar
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals
- Carl Jackson - acoustic guitar
- John Jorgenson - electric guitar
- Paul Leim - drums
- Mark O'Connor - fiddle, mandolin
- Matt Rollings - piano
- Karen Staley - background vocals
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
- Pam Tillis - lead vocals, background vocals
- Tricia Walker - background vocals
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Technical
- Paul Worley - producer
- Ed Seay - producer, mixing, engineering
- Anthony Martin - production assistant
- Carlos Grier - digital editing
- Mike Poole - mix & recording assistant
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[5] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[6] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- Allmusic review
- "Pam Tillis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- "Pam Tillis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- "Canadian album certifications – Pam Tillis – Put Yourself in My Place". Music Canada. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- "American album certifications – Pam Tillis – Put Yourself in My Place". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 4, 2021.