I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore

I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released	October 1976
Recorded	1976 Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville), (New York)
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia
Producer	Ray Baker
Connie Smith chronology
The Song We Fell in Love To (1976) I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore (1976) Pure Connie Smith (1977)
Singles from I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" Released: May 1976 "I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore" Released: October 1976 "The Latest Shade of Blue" Released: February 1977

I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore is the twenty ninth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in October 1976 on Columbia Records and was produced by Ray Baker. It was Smith's final album released on the Columbia label, before switching to Monument Records in 1977.

Background

I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore consisted of ten tracks and was recorded in 1975 at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and New York City, New York. The album included a cover version of The Everly Brothers hit, "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)," which was released as the album's first single. It also included a cover version of Jessi Colter's "Storms Never Last," which was released on her 1975 album, I'm Jessi Colter. Smith herself also recorded her own composition entitled, "Constantly." Smith also recorded two songs composed by Eddy Raven: the title track and "The Latest Shade of Blue." The Dottie Rambo composition, "I Wonder If the Angels Could Use Another Singer" was the final track on the album and was included as the album's only religious song.^[1] The album was released on a 12-inch LP album, with five songs on each side of the record.^[2]

Release

I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore spawned three singles. The first single was Smith's cover of "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)," which was released in May 1976, becoming a Top 40 hit in the United States, reaching #31 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart. The title track was the second single and became a Top 20 hit reaching #13 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The final single, "The Latest Shade of Blue" was released in February 1977 and peaked outside of the Top 40 at #42, becoming Smith's first single to miss the Top 40.^[3] The album charted as well, peaking at #33 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart upon its release in October 1976.^[4]

Track listing

Side one

1. "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" – (Don Everly)
2. "Love Don't Care (Where It Grows)" – (Tepper Saussy)
3. "Come on Down" – (Jack Hayford, Steve Stone)
4. "Storms Never Last" – (Jessi Colter)
5. "Constantly" – (Connie Smith)

Side two

1. "I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore" – (Eddy Raven)
2. "The Latest Shade of Blue" – (Raven)
3. "I'm All Wrapped Up in You" – (Don Gibson)
4. "You Crossed My Mind a Thousand Times Today" – (Dewayne Orender, Phyllis Powell)
5. "I Wonder If the Angels Could Use Another Singer" – (Dottie Rambo)

Personnel

• Jerry Carrigan – drums
• Jimmy Day – steel guitar
• Bobby Dyson – bass guitar
• Ray Edenton – rhythm guitar
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Lloyd Green – steel guitar
• Leo Jackson – rhythm guitar
• Shane Keister – keyboards
• Billy Linneman – bass
• Kenny Malone – drums
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Bob Moore – bass
• Leon Rhodes – guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Billy Sanford – guitar
• Connie Smith – lead vocals
• Jerry Smith – piano
• Henry Strzecki – bass
• Bobby Thompson – banjo, rhythm guitar
• Reggie Young – guitar

Sales chart positions

Album

Singles

References