When Fallen Angels Fly

When Fallen Angels Fly is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Patty Loveless, released on August 23, 1994. It reached #8 on the Top Country Albums charts and was certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. All four of its singles — "I Try to Think About Elvis," "You Don't Even Know Who I Am," "Here I Am," and "Halfway Down" — reached the Top Ten on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" was also recorded by Greg Holland on his 1997 album Exception to the Rule and Delbert McClinton on his 1997 album One of the Fortunate Few. Both "Old Weakness" and "Over My Shoulder" were also recorded in 2002 by Tanya Tucker on her album Tanya.

When Fallen Angels Fly
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 1994
Recorded1994
GenreCountry
Length36:04
LabelEpic
ProducerEmory Gordy Jr.
Patty Loveless chronology
Only What I Feel
(1993)
When Fallen Angels Fly
(1994)
The Trouble with the Truth
(1996)
Singles from When Fallen Angels Fly
  1. "I Try to Think About Elvis"
    Released: July 30, 1994
  2. "Here I Am"
    Released: November 12, 1994
  3. "You Don't Even Know Who I Am"
    Released: March 18, 1995
  4. "Halfway Down"
    Released: July 8, 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Gavin Report(favorable)[4]

When Fallen Angels Fly won the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year in 1995; Loveless was only the third woman in the history of the CMA Awards to win.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Handful of Dust"Tony Arata3:05
2."Halfway Down"Jim Lauderdale3:45
3."When the Fallen Angels Fly"Billy Joe Shaver4:33
4."You Don't Even Know Who I Am"Gretchen Peters4:04
5."Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad"Emory Gordy Jr., Jim Rushing3:18
6."Here I Am"Arata2:59
7."I Try to Think About Elvis"Gary Burr2:49
8."Ships"Peters3:42
9."Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)"Gary Nicholson, Bob DiPiero2:59
10."Over My Shoulder"Roger Murrah, Marcus Hummon4:22

Personnel

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Technical
  • Emory Gordy Jr.: Producer
  • Mixed By Derek Bason & John Guess
  • Engineered By Bob Bullock, Amy Hughes, Craig White & Marty Williams
  • Mastered By Glenn Meadows
Musicians

Charts

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 60
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 8

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Chicago Tribune review
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ Bleetstein, Rob (27 January 1995). "Gavin Picks: Albums" (PDF). Gavin Report. p. 53. Retrieved 20 January 2023.