Music for All Occasions
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Music for All Occasions is the fourth studio album by American country music
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...

 band The Mavericks
The Mavericks
The Mavericks is a country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting 14 singles on the Billboard country charts...

. The album was released on September 26, 1995 by MCA Nashville. It features the singles "Here Comes the Rain," "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" and "Missing You." "Somethin' Stupid" is a cover of the Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

 song.

Track listing

  1. "Foolish Heart" (Raul Malo
    Raul Malo
    Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. , known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams"...

    , Evan York) - 3:34
  2. "One Step Away" (James House
    James House (singer)
    James Andrew House is an American country music artist. Originally a member of a group called the House Band, James began his country music career in 1990 on MCA Records, recording two albums for that label. He later penned singles for Diamond Rio and Dwight Yoakam, before finding another record...

    , Malo) - 2:54
  3. "Here Comes the Rain
    Here Comes the Rain
    "Here Comes the Rain" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Kostas, and recorded by American country music group The Mavericks. It was released in August 1995 as the first single from the album Music for All Occasions...

    " (Kostas
    Kostas
    Kostas Lazarides is a Greek-born American country music songwriter, known professionally as Kostas. He has written for several country music artists, including Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, and Travis Tritt, and has won eleven awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated...

    , Malo) - 3:48
  4. "Missing You" (Al Anderson
    Al Anderson (NRBQ)
    Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...

    , Malo) - 3:29
  5. "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down
    All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down
    "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Al Anderson, and recorded American country music group The Mavericks featuring accordionist Flaco Jiménez. It was released in January 1996 as the second single from the album Music for All Occasions...

    " (Anderson, Malo) - 4:20
    • featuring Flaco Jiménez
      Flaco Jiménez
      Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez is a Tejano music accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez's father, Santiago Jiménez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He began performing with his father at age seven and recording at age fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales...

  6. "My Secret Flame" (Rafe VanHoy) - 3:26
  7. "The Writing on the Wall" (Anderson, Malo) - 3:21
  8. "Loving You" (Anderson, Malo) - 4:19
  9. "If You Only Knew" (Kostas, Malo) - 2:56
  10. "I'm Not Gonna Cry for You" (Malo) - 3:40
  11. "Somethin' Stupid
    Somethin' Stupid
    "Somethin' Stupid" is a song written by C. Carson Parks and originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote, as "Carson and Gaile". It is best known in the hit version by Frank Sinatra and his daughter, Nancy Sinatra....

    " (C. Carson Parks) - 2:59
    • featuring Trisha Yearwood
      Trisha Yearwood
      Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA...


The Mavericks

  • Raul Malo: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
  • Nick Kane: Lead Guitar
  • Robert Reynolds: Bass
  • Paul Deakin: Drums, Percussion

Production

  • Produced By Don Cook & Raul Malo
  • Engineered & Mixed By Mike Bradley
  • Mastered By Hank Williams

Chart performance

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 9
U.S. Billboard 200 58
Canadian RPM Country Albums 3
Canadian RPM Top Albums 54

External links

  • [ Music for All Occasions] at Allmusic
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