Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey
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Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey is the debut album of American country music artist Pam Tillis
. Released in 1983 as her only album for Warner Bros. Records, it features the singles "Killer Comfort" and "Love Is Sneakin' Up on You". The album was more pop
oriented in comparison to her work on Arista Nashville.
Pam Tillis
Pamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis....
. Released in 1983 as her only album for Warner Bros. Records, it features the singles "Killer Comfort" and "Love Is Sneakin' Up on You". The album was more pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
oriented in comparison to her work on Arista Nashville.
Track listing
- "Killer Comfort" (Pam Tillis, Pat Bunch, Pam RosePam RosePam Rose is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been a member of the groups Calamity Jane and Kennedy Rose, both times pairing with fellow songwriter Mary Ann Kennedy. Rose's co-writing credits include the Grammy Award-nominated songs "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"...
, Mary Ann Kennedy) - 2:45 - "Love Is Sneakin' Up on You" (P. Tillis, Bunch, Doris Tillis) - 2:50
- "Make It Feel Better" (P. Tillis, Bunch, Peter Wood) - 3:23
- "Wish I Was in Love Tonight" (P. Tillis, Wood, Callie Khouri) - 3:16
- "You Don't Miss" (P. Tillis, Steve Goldstein) - 3:09
- "Never Be the Same" (P. Tillis, Fred Koller) - 4:01
- "(You Just Want to Be) Weird" (P. Tillis, Bill Lamb) - 2:30
- "Popular Girl" (P. Tillis, Mel Tillis Jr., Callie Khouri) - 2:16
- "It Ain't Easy Bein' EasyIt Ain't Easy Bein' Easy"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" is a 1982 single written by Mark Gray, Les Taylor, and Shawna Harrington-Burkhart and recorded by Janie Fricke. "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" was Janie Fricke's second number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a...
" (Mark Gray, Shawna Harrington, Les TaylorLes Taylor (singer)Les Taylor is an American country music artist. Taylor has released two studio albums on Epic Records. His highest charting single, "I Gotta Mind to Go Crazy," peaked at #44 in 1991....
) - 4:04 - "Let's Get Crazy" (P. Tillis, Peter Wood) - 3:32
Personnel
- Chuck FindleyChuck FindleyChuck Findley is an American session musician. Most widely-known as a trumpet player, he also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone...
, Gary Grant, Jerry HeyJerry HeyJerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Thriller and the distinctive flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit Longer....
, Jim HornJim HornJim Horn is an American saxophonist and woodwind player. He was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio...
: Horns - Steve Goldstein, Peter Wood: Keyboards
- Craig Hull: Guitars
- Bryan Garofalo: Bass
- Craig KrampfCraig KrampfCraig Krampf is an American musician and songwriter.The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging from Steve Perry to Alabama to Kim Carnes to Flo and Eddie to Alice Cooper to Melissa Etheridge...
: Drums, Percussion - Niko BolasNiko BolasNiko Bolas is an American music producer, sound engineer, and consultant and business developer in the fields of virtual reality and Internet radio...
, Steve Tillisch: Engineers