Seven Year Ache
Her breakthrough, the third album, and the first of hers to reach number one on the country albums chart.
Rosanne Cash, 1981
- Released
- February 27, 1981
- Recorded
- 1980
- Studio
- Davlen Studios and Magnolia Studios, Los Angeles
- Label
- Columbia
- Producer
- Rodney Crowell
- Length
- 32:45
Crowell produced and played guitar and harmony, with Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and Ricky Skaggs on harmony vocals, Albert Lee on guitars, Booker T. Jones on organ and synthesizer, Mickey Raphael on harmonica and Larrie Londin on drums. The singles were "Seven Year Ache", "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" and "Blue Moon with Heartache". It was mastered a few days after John Lennon's death, and the first 25,000 copies had "Goodbye, John" etched in the run-out groove. AllMusic gave it four and a half stars and Rolling Stone four. A 2005 CD reissue shipped with copy protection that was treated as a rootkit and was recalled in November 2005.
Track listing
- Rainin'2:54
- Seven Year Ache3:15
- Blue Moon with Heartache4:28
- What Kinda Girl?2:47
- You Don't Have Very Far to Go2:35
- My Baby Thinks He's a Train3:13
- Only Human4:00
- Where Will the Words Come From?2:45
- Hometown Blues2:58
- I Can't Resist3:25
Personnel
- Rosanne Cash vocals
- Rodney Crowell producer, guitar, harmony vocals
- Albert Lee guitars
- Larrie Londin drums
More from Rosanne Cash
King's Record Shop (1987)
Where to go next
Reference
- Seven Year Ache on Wikipedia Tracklist and personnel.
Writing and criticism
- No Depression: Seven Year Ache, King's Record Shop, Interiors A look back at three albums.
Sources
- Seven Year Ache, Wikipedia
- Rosanne Cash: Seven Year Ache, King's Record Shop, Interiors, No Depression (2005)