When Fallen Angels Fly is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Patty Loveless, released on August 23, 1994. It reached #8 on the Top Country Albums charts and was certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. All four of its singles — "I Try to Think About Elvis," "You Don't Even Know Who I Am," "Here I Am," and "Halfway Down" — reached the Top Ten on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" was also recorded by Greg Holland on his 1997 album Exception to the Rule and Delbert McClinton on his 1997 album One of the Fortunate Few. Both "Old Weakness" and "Over My Shoulder" were also recorded in 2002 by Tanya Tucker on her album Tanya.
When Fallen Angels Fly won the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year in 1995; Loveless was only the third woman in the history of the CMA Awards to win.
Track listing
Personnel Technical Emory Gordy Jr.: Producer Mixed By Derek Bason & John Guess Engineered By Bob Bullock, Amy Hughes, Craig White & Marty Williams Mastered By Glenn Meadows Musicians
Eddy Anderson – percussion Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Kathy Burdick – background vocals Jerry Douglas – slide guitar Glen Duncan – fiddle Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle Pete Finney – steel guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Sonny Garrish – steel guitar Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar Owen Hale – drums Jimmy Hall – blues harp Tim Hensley – background vocals John Hobbs – piano John Barlow Jarvis – piano Mike Lawler – keyboards Patty Loveless – lead vocals Donna McElroy – background vocals Liana Manis – background vocals Carmella Ramsey – backgrounds vocals Dawn Sears – background vocals Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals Biff Watson – acoustic guitar Paul Worley – acoustic guitar Curtis Young – background vocals
Charts Chart (1994) Peakposition US Billboard 200 60 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 8
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