Tempted (Marty Stuart album)

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'."

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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

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. Pendragon, Jana. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. March 1, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. July 19, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  5. "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. November 1, 1991. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  6. "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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