Tammy Wynette : Stand By Your Man (Blue Galaxy)

Knowing Tammy Wynettes troubled history, and with 50-plus years of social change since the recording and release of Stand By Your Man, its difficult to hear the album and not want to scream: Tammy, get out of there; youre so much better than him! But thats not to say that the album, which ascended to No. 2 on Billboards Country Albums chart and earned a Country Music Association Album of the Year nomination in 1969, isnt worth listening to. Wynettes mournful voice, described by her longtime producer Billy Sherrill as husky and soulful and tearful and dynamic, was made for songs like these; frankly, so were her real-life experiences. She lived it, you know. She lived every tear every-body ever heard her sing, Sherrill once said of Wynette, and he assembled talented musicians to match her delivery in lush, Nashville Sound-era style.

Track Listing:
LP 1 / Side A
1 Stand By Your Man
2 It’s My Way
3 Forever Yours