Moods is the eighth solo studio album by American country music singer Barbara Mandrell, released in September 1978.
Moods became Mandrell's most successful album during her career up to this point. The album spawned two singles, both of which became #1 country hits, "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" and a remake of the popular Luther Ingram R&B hit, "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right". Both singles also charted on the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts. "If Loving You Is Wrong" became Mandrell's only Top 40 Pop hit, peaking at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The popularity of these singles made "Moods" a success, peaking at #8 on the Top Country Albums chart – her highest charting album at that time. The album was also Mandrell's first to chart on the Billboard 200, peaking at #132.
Moods consisted of 10 tracks, ranging from sultry ballads to bouncy pop tunes. The album foreshadowed the success Mandrell would have well into the 1980s, when she would achieve more best-selling albums and reach the pinnacle of her career. She would become one of the few women to win "Entertainer of the Year" (and the first person to ever win it twice) from the Country Music Association and would also win American Music Awards and two Grammy awards.
Track listing All songs written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, except where noted.
Personnel Compiled from liner notes.
Musicians Hayward Bishop – drums David Briggs – piano Clyde Brooks – Pollard Syndrum Pete Bordonali – guitar James Burton – guitar Jimmy Capps – guitar Bruce Dees Singers – background vocals Janie Fricke – background vocals Dr. Lee Hargrove-Stein – synthesizer John Hughey – steel guitar Lea Jane Singers – background vocals Shane Keister – synthesizer Sheldon Kurland – strings Michael Leech – bass guitar Larrie Londin – drums Kenneth Malone – drums Charlie McCoy – harmonica, vibraphone Terry McMillan – harmonica, vibraphone Tony Migliore – synthesizer Robert Ogdin – piano Dale Sellers – guitar Chip Young – guitar
Technical Rex Collier – engineering Tom Collins – production Steve Goostree – mastering Danny Hilley – engineering Archie Jordan – string arrangement Les Ladd – engineering, mixing Denny Purcell – mastering Skip Shimmin – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1978–1979) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1979) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 13
Singles YearSingleChartPosition1978"Sleeping Single In a Double Bed"Hot Country Singles & Tracks#11978"Sleeping Single In a Double Bed"Bubbling Hot 100#1021979"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"Hot Country Singles & Tracks#11979"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"Billboard Hot 100#311979"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks#6
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