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I Fell in Love

Carlene Carter
1 disc

0. I FELL IN LOVE (AMERICAN BEAT RECORDINGS):
1. I Fell in Love
2. Come on Back
3. Sweetest Thing, The
4. My Dixie Darlin'
5. Goodnight Dallas
6. One Love
7. Leavin' Side, The
8. Guardian Angel
9. Me and the Wildwood Rose
10. You Are the One
11. Easy From Now On
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 24222
Credits

Producer Howie Epstein
Engineer
Personnel: Carlene Carter (vocals, autoharp); Albert Lee (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, piano); Howie Epstein (acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals); Bob Metzger, James Burton (acoustic guitar, dobro); Frank Reckard (acoustic guitar); Steve Fishell (slide guitar); Jay Dee Maness (pedal steel guitar); Doug Atwell (fiddle); Eddie Baytos, Phil Parlapiano (accordion); Phil Kensey (saxophone); Lee Thornburg (trumpet); Benmont Tench (piano, organ); Barry Goldberg (piano); John Ciambotti (bass); Ed Greene (drums, percussion); Jim Keltner (drums); Dave Edmunds, Jim Lauderdale, Levon Helm, Jim Photoglo, Kevin Welch, Keith Knudsen, Vince Melamed, June Carter Cash, Nicolette Larson, Robert Ellis Orrall, Kiki Dee (background vocals).
Personnel: Carlene Carter; John Ciambotti, Dave Edmunds, Ed Greene, Eddie Baytos, James Burton, Jim Keltner, Jim Lauderdale, Jim Photoglo, June Carter Cash, Keith Knudsen, Kevin Welch, Kiki Dee, Levon Helm, Albert Lee , Nicolette Larson, Vince Melamed, Benmont Tench.
The curse of Carlene Carter's career is that every review brings up her heritage--granddaughter of Mother Maybelle, daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith, stepdaughter of Johnny Cash, half-sister of Roseanne Cash, ex-wife of Nick Lowe--before discussing her own (innumerable) qualifications. In her on-again, off-again career--three albums in the late '70s, three in the early '90s--Carter has proven herself time and again as one of the most fiercely talented country-rockers around.
I FELL IN LOVE, the first of those '90s albums, is a masterpiece of the style, mixing Sun-style rockabilly ("One Love"), British Invasion pop ("Come On Back"), accordion-led honky-tonk ("Goodnight Dallas") and, most affectingly, Carter Family-style bluegrass on the beautiful homage to her grandmother, "Me and the Wildwood Rose." Remarkably, the different styles blend as if they're one. I FELL IN LOVE is an absolute stunner.
Critic Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/1/90) - 3.5 Stars - Good "...her first effort in six years, Carter has found herself...with more range, and style, than she's ever shown before."
Stereo Review (11/90) - "Carter, who possesses a perfect and natural rockabilly vocal lilt, alternatively delights, surprises, reaffirms her independent musical stance, and reworks her family's musical legacy with songs of integrity, heart, and style, much of it diverse and wide-ranging". Entertainment Weekly - A