Homeward Looking Angel

Homeward Looking Angel is the third studio album by American country music artist Pam Tillis. The album was a #23 album on the Billboard charts. This album produced four singles for Tillis on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Top Five hits "Shake the Sugar Tree" (#3) and "Let That Pony Run" (#4), as well as the Top 20 hits "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" (#11) and "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" (#16). The demo tape of "Shake the Sugar Tree", sung by Stephanie Bentley, was incorporated into Tillis's recording.

Homeward Looking Angel
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1992
Recorded1992
GenreCountry
LabelArista
ProducerPaul Worley, Ed Seay[1]
Pam Tillis chronology
Put Yourself in My Place
(1991)
Homeward Looking Angel
(1992)
Sweetheart's Dance
(1994)
Singles from Homeward Looking Angel
  1. "Shake the Sugar Tree"
    Released: August 22, 1992
  2. "Let That Pony Run"
    Released: January 4, 1993
  3. "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial"
    Released: May 1, 1993
  4. "Do You Know Where Your Man Is"
    Released: August 28, 1993

"We've Tried Everything Else" was also recorded by Canadian country artist Michelle Wright on her 1994 album The Reasons Why, while "Rough and Tumble Heart" was previously recorded by Highway 101 on their 1989 album Paint the Town. The album has been certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
USA Today    [3]

USA Today wrote that "Tillis has a strong, flexible voice and virtuosity in country, R&B and rock."[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Gone Is Goodbye"Pam Tillis, Bob DiPiero, Jan Buckingham3:16
2."Shake the Sugar Tree"Chapin Hartford3:08
3."Do You Know Where Your Man Is"Carol Chase, Dave Gibson, Russell Smith3:45
4."Cleopatra, Queen of Denial"Tillis, DiPiero, Buckingham3:12
5."Love Is Only Human" (duet with Marty Roe of Diamond Rio)Annette Cotter, Kim Tribble3:38
6."Rough and Tumble Heart"Tillis, DiPiero, Sam Hogin4:19
7."Let That Pony Run"Gretchen Peters3:30
8."Fine, Fine, Very Fine Love"DiPiero, Jim Photoglo3:12
9."We've Tried Everything Else"Tillis, DiPiero, Steve Seskin3:39
10."Homeward Looking Angel"Tillis, DiPiero4:57

Personnel

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Compiled from liner notes.[4]

Chart performance

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 23
U.S. Billboard 200 82
Canadian RPM Country Albums 11

References

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  1. ^ "Homeward Looking Angel by Pam Tillis". Billboard. 104 (40): 56. Oct 3, 1992.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ a b Zimmerman, David (13 Oct 1992). "Nashville's gems among rhinestones". USA Today. p. 7D.
  4. ^ Homeward Looking Angel (Media notes). Pam Tillis. Arista Records. 1992. 07822-18649-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)