Pride of America
Studio album by
Released1974
GenreCountry
LabelRCA
ProducerJerry Bradley
Charley Pride chronology
Country Feelin'
(1974)
Pride of America
(1974)
Charley
(1975)
Singles from Pride of America
  1. "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
    Released: August 1974
  2. "Then Who Am I"
    Released: November 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

Pride of America is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer Charley Pride.[4][5] It was released in 1974 on RCA Records.[2]

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[6]

Production

The album was recorded at RCA's "Nashville Sound" Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. The vocal accompaniment was by the Jordanaires and the Nashville Edition.

Critical reception

In a retrospective article, Rolling Stone included "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" on a list of Pride's 10 "essential" songs, writing that "Pride’s delivery perfectly splits the difference between a tender evocation of home and a stark memory of a world he was happy to have left behind."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Then Who Am I"A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dallas Frazier2:11
2."I Still Can't Leave Your Memory Alone"Geoffrey Morgan, Kent Robbins2:50
3."The Hard Times Will Be the Best Times"Red Steagall3:12
4."Completely Helpless"John Schweers2:27
5."Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"Harold Dorman, Wiley Gann2:22
6."She Loves Me The Way That I Love You"Bobby Barker2:21
7."Mary Go Round"Johnny Duncan2:03
8."That Was Forever Ago"Duncan2:36
9."Thorns of Life"Paul Huffman, Joane Keller, Bucky Jones2:18
10."North Wind"Rod Morris1:50

Production

  • Recording Engineer - Bill Vandevort
  • Recording Technicians - Dave Roys and Mike Shockley
  • Photography - John Donegan
  • Cover Graphics - Herb Burnette, Pinwheel Studios

References

  1. "Pride of America - Charley Pride | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  2. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 646.
  3. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 401.
  4. 1 2 Betts, Stephen L.,Jonathan Bernstein,Jon Dolan,Patrick Doyle (December 12, 2020). "Charley Pride: 10 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Gaudet, Amber (December 17, 2020). "5 Charley Pride Songs That Celebrate His Southern Roots". Dallas Observer.
  6. "Charley Pride". Billboard.
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