I Fell in Love (album)

I Fell in Love is the sixth studio album by American country singer Carlene Carter, released in 1990. This was the highest-ranking Billboard album of her career, at #19 on the US Country charts. Four singles from the album also charted, with the title song "I Fell in Love," and "Come on Back" both reaching #3 as singles. Two lower-charting hits were the #25 "The Sweetest Thing" and the #33 "One Love."

I Fell in Love
Studio album by
Carlene Carter
ReleasedAugust 13, 1990 (1990-08-13)
GenreCountry
Length37:58
LabelReprise Records
ProducerHowie Epstein
Carlene Carter chronology
C'est C Bon
(1983)		 I Fell in Love
(1990)		 Little Love Letters
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The track "Me and the Wildwood Rose" is a tribute to Carter's half-sister, Rosie Nix Adams. "Easy From Now On", a song that Carter cowrote in the 1970s, was originally covered by Emmylou Harris. Also, "You Are the One," written by Leon Payne, was a top 5 country hit for Carter's father, Carl Smith, in 1956.

Critical reception

AllMusic's review by Mark Deming states "with June Carter Cash and Levon Helm joining her on backing vocals, the country accents ring out with an honesty and purity that cuts through the radio-ready mix. I Fell in Love may have been an effort to play nice on Carter's part, but it doesn't sound like a compromise so much as proof she was enough of a talent to have her cake and eat it too. And in this case, the cake is pretty tasty stuff."[1]

People's review online begins with "Maybe it has just taken this much time for all those country-music genes and step-genes to get lined up, but Carter at 34 is sounding much better than ever." The review goes on to say "June Carter is her mom. Johnny Cash her stepfather. Rosanne Cash her stepsister." and "If all country singers had roots so deep, they’d have to open a branch of the Grand Ole Opry in Beijing. But Carter can rock, too, as this nouvelle C&W album shows."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Fell in Love"
3:40
2."Come On Back"Carlene Carter2:56
3."The Sweetest Thing"
4:13
4."My Dixie Darlin'"A.P. Carter2:36
5."Goodnight Dallas"Carlene Carter3:39
6."One Love"
  • Carlene Carter
  • Howie Epstein
  • Perry Lamek
3:03
7."The Leavin' Side"
3:25
8."Guardian Angel"
  • Carlene Carter
  • James Eller
3:24
9."Me and the Wildwood Rose"Carlene Carter3:54
10."You Are the One"Leon Payne2:37
11."Easy from Now On"
4:31
Total length:37:58
  • Track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.[3]

Chart performance
Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 19

References
  1. Deming, Mark. "I Fell in Love review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  2. "Picks and Pans Review: I Fell in Love". People.com. People Magazine. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. I Fell in Love (liner notes). Carlene Carter. Reprise. 1990.CS1 maint: others (link)


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