Morning Sun is the twenty second studio album released by American country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...

. The album was released in April 1990 on Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

. It was Mandrell's second studio release for the Capitol label.

Background and content

Morning Sun was recorded in June 1989 at the Groundstar Recording Lab and the Music Mill, both located in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, United States

United States

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. The album consisted of ten tracks of new material. The album's fifth track "Crazy Arms

Crazy Arms

"Crazy Arms" is an American country song recorded by Ray Price. The song, released in May 1956, went on to become a hit that year and a honky-tonk standard. It was Price's first number one hit. The song was written by Ralph Mooney and Charles Seals...

" was a cover version of the single by Ray Price

Ray Price (musician)

Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...

. The song featured Price singing the song as a duet with Mandrell. The album also included the track "Do You Know Where Your Man Is", which country artist Pam Tillis

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....

 would later record for her album, Homeward Looking Angel

Homeward Looking Angel

Homeward Looking Angel is the third album from American country music artist Pam Tillis. The album was a #23 album on the Billboard charts. This album produced four singles for Tillis on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Top Five hits "Shake the Sugar Tree" and "Let That Pony Run" , as well as the...

and would become a Top 20 single. The album's musical style is mainly formatted in a traditional country music style, with fiddles and steel guitars included on the background of the album. The album was originally released on a compact disc

Compact Disc

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 upon its release in 1990.

Release

Morning Sun spawned three singles between 1989 and 1990. The lead single, "You Wouldn't Know Love (If It Looked You in the Eye)" was released in November 1989. The song failed to chart on the United States' Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, but did peak at #81 on the Canadian RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Country Tracks chart in early March 1990. The single became Mandrell's final single to chart in Canada and any other singles chart. The album's second and third singles entitled "You've Become the Dream" and "The Nearness of You" were both released in 1990, but both failed to chart the Billboard and RPM country singles charts. The album itself was released in April 1990 and also failed to chart, not reaching Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "The Nearness of You"
2. "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" – (Carol Chase, Dave Gibson, Russell Smith
   Russell Smith (singer)
   Russell Smith is an American country music singer-songwriter. Formerly the lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Smith launched a solo country music career in 1984. He was signed by Epic Records in 1988, who released his debut album, This Little Town, the following year...
   
   )
3. "I'm Not Your Super Woman"
4. "Trying Times"
5. "Crazy Arms
   Crazy Arms
   "Crazy Arms" is an American country song recorded by Ray Price. The song, released in May 1956, went on to become a hit that year and a honky-tonk standard. It was Price's first number one hit. The song was written by Ralph Mooney and Charles Seals...
   
   " – (Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals)
   • with Ray Price
     Ray Price (musician)
     Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...
     
     
6. "You Wouldn't Know Love (If It Looked You in the Eye)"
7. "Baby I Hate"
8. "It's Over for the Last Time Again"
9. "Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People"
10. "You've Become the Dream" – (James Dean Hicks, Roger Murrah
    Roger Murrah
    Roger Murrah is a songwriter and music publisher who has written hits for artists including Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Al Jarreau, and Alabama....
    
    )

Sales chart positions

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		CAN Country
1989	You Wouldn't Know Love (If It Looked You in the Eye)"	81