Octo_Russ

Carlene Carter - Little Love Letters

Well it's a Country music disc!, just in case anyone thought this was a Classical music Blog, in fact i listen to a great variety of different music, sad to say i just seem to be Classical heavy at the moment, and i've thought up ways to change this, i wish every other daily highlight was a non Classical disc.

The American Carlene Carter is now 54 [wow!, she looks so much younger, even if you consider the time gap], this disc was released in 1993, even a single from the album hit the No3 spot in the Country music charts.

As i remember correctly, i bought this album in late 1993 when it first came out, i liked the look of it, plus i was trying to get more into Country music as a new genre, i took a risk and it paid off [i took other risks and they didn't pay off!].

There's lots of songs on this album which are really good, and there's a good variety too, but tracks 2 & 3 are really standout songs, and i've always loved track 3 'Wastin Time With You', it has wonderful honky-tonk piano intro, and this piano is quite a feature of the song, there's a nice piano 'solo' halfway through [1:41-1:56], and a lovely wolf-whistle on the piano after the word dynamite [2:24-2:25], with Carlene thinking of robbing a bank!,

Sometimes at night

My thoughts ignite

In dreams of great escape

A couple sticks of dynamite

And no more working late

The piano ends the album with a neat outro/fade [3:13-3:38], the whole album has Rockers, Ballads, even Gospel all with a Country tinge, this is really not my type of music, and yet i just can't help liking it.

Here's Carlene Carter singing track 2 'Every Little Thing' live on YouTube.