Simpatico (Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins album)

Simpatico is an album by Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins, released in 1994.

Simpatico
Studio album by Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins
Released	October 18, 1994
Genre	Country (New Traditionalist)
Length	39:07
Label	Liberty
Producer	Suzy Bogguss John Guess
Suzy Bogguss chronology
Greatest Hits (1994) Simpatico (1994) Give Me Some Wheels (1996)
Chet Atkins chronology
Read My Licks (1994) Simpatico (1994) Almost Alone (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link

History

Atkins and Bogguss were recognized for their collaborations by several music awarding bodies. They were nominated for the 1996 Grammy award for Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration (for the song "All My Loving" on the Beatles tribute album Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles) but did not win.

They were also nominated for the 1995 CMA Vocal Event of the Year award, for "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word". The winners were Shenandoah and Alison Krauss for "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart".

At the 1995 TNN/Music City News Country Awards, they were nominated for the Vocal Collaboration award. George Jones and Alan Jackson won.

Track listing

1. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:11
2. "When She Smiled at Him" (Joanie Beeson, Michael Johnson) – 3:06
3. "Forget About It" (R. L. Kass) – 4:22
4. "Wives Don't Like Old Girlfriends" (Shane Fontayne, Randy VanWarmer) – 4:12
5. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 3:59
6. "Two Shades of Blue" (Deborah Allen, Bobby Braddock, Rafe Van Hoy) – 3:25
7. "One More for the Road" (Atkins, Bogguss, Doug Crider) – 4:26
8. "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) – 3:40
9. "You Bring Out the Best in Me" (Bogguss, Crider, Steve Dorff) – 3:34
10. "This Is the Beginning" (Pat Donohue) – 5:12

Personnel

Musicians

• Suzy Bogguss – lead vocals
• Chet Atkins – lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Pat Bergeson – acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Flaco Jiménez – concertina
• R. L. Kass – acoustic guitar
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Leland Sklar, Roy Huskey, Jr., Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Carlos Vega, Harry Stinson – drums
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Nashville String Machine – strings
• Harry Stinson, Gerald Boyd, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Sons of the San Joaquin, Vince Gill, Jack Hanna, Carl Atkins, Joe Hanna, Lon Hanna – background vocals

Production

• Producer(s): John Guess, Suzy Bogguss
• Engineer: Derek Bason, John Guess, Doug Crider
• Assistant Engineer: Derek Bason, John Thomas II
• Mixing: John Guess
• Mixing Assistant: Derek Bason
• Mastering: Glenn Meadows
• Conductor, String Arrangements: David Campbell
• Concert Master: Carl Gorodetzky
• Production Coordination: Janie West
• Design: Jerry Joyner
• Photography: Frank Ockenfels
• Stylist: Claudia Fowler
• Hair Stylist: Earl Cox
• Make-Up: Mary Beth Felts
• Distributor: EMI Music Dist.
• Studio: Emerald Sound and Sound Stage, Nashville, TN.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	55

Singles

Year	Single
1994	"One More for the Road"
	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
US	1994	Liberty	CD	29606
			CS

External links

• Amazon.com review
• Rate Your Music review