Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me (album)

Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me is the third album by singer-songwriter and actor Mac Davis, which was considered his breakthrough album released in 1972.

Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me
Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedDecember 1971 – March 1, 1972
StudioThe Record Plant, Los Angeles; Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
GenreCountry, pop
Length34:29
LabelColumbia
ProducerMac Davis
Rick Hall
Mac Davis chronology
I Believe in Music
(1971)
Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me
(1972)
Mac Davis
(1973)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Mac Davis, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Dream Me Home"3:05
2."The Lonesomest Lonesome"3:14
3."Everybody Loves A Love Song"3:05
4."Naughty Girl"2:39
5."Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife"3:00
6."Half And Half"2:57
7."Spread Your Love On Me"3:11
8."Whoever Finds This, I Love You"3:42
9."Poor Boy Boogie"3:10
10."Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"3:06
11."The Words (Don't Come Easy)"3:20

Charts

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Chart (1973) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 63

Personnel

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  • Mac Davis (all tracks) – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, hambone, spoons, wobble board, beatboxing, harmonica, vocals
  • Ken Bell (all tracks) – acoustic guitar
  • Travis Wammack (track 9) – acoustic guitar, picking bow, harmonica
  • Leo LeBlancsteel guitar
  • Bob Wray (all tracks) – bass guitar
  • Clayton Ivey (track 3) – piano
  • Tim Hensen – organ, vibraphone
  • Morris "Tarp" Tarrant – drums
  • Fred Prouty – cabasa, tom tom
  • Mickey Buckins – percussion
  • Charles Chalmers – backing vocals
  • Donna Rhodes – backing vocals
  • Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
  • Jimmie Haskell – string arranger
  • Ed Caraeff – cover photography

References

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  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 83. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.