Seven Year Ache

Seven Year Ache is the third studio album by American country music singer Rosanne Cash. It was produced by her then-husband Rodney Crowell and reached number one on the Billboard country album chart.[3] Three of its tracks were also number one in the U.S. country singles category: "Seven Year Ache" (which also crossed over to the U.S. pop top 40), "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" and "Blue Moon with Heartache".

For the song, see Seven Year Ache (song).
Seven Year Ache
Studio album by
Rosanne Cash
ReleasedFebruary 1981
Recorded1980
Studio
GenreCountry
Length32:45
LabelColumbia
ProducerRodney Crowell
Rosanne Cash chronology
Right or Wrong
(1979)		 Seven Year Ache
(1981)		 Somewhere in the Stars
(1982)
Singles from Seven Year Ache
  1. "Seven Year Ache"
    Released: February 1981
  2. "My Baby Thinks He's a Train"
    Released: August 29, 1981
  3. "Blue Moon with Heartache"
    Released: December 19, 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

The album was reissued on CD in 1984, 2002 and in 2005; the latter release received copy protection through Sony BMG's controversial XCP technology, one of the few country albums to use such technology.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Rainin'" (Keith Sykes) – 2:54
  2. "Seven Year Ache" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:15
  3. "Blue Moon with Heartache" (Rosanne Cash) – 4:28
  4. "What Kinda Girl?" (Steve Forbert) – 2:47
  5. "You Don't Have Very Far to Go" (Merle Haggard, Red Simpson) – 2:35

Side two
  1. "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" (Leroy Preston) – 3:13
  2. "Only Human" (Keith Sykes) – 4:00
  3. "Where Will the Words Come From?" (Glen D. Hardin, Sonny Curtis) – 2:45
  4. "Hometown Blues" (Tom Petty) – 2:58
  5. "I Can't Resist" (Hank DeVito, Rodney Crowell) – 3:25

Personnel
Technical
  • Arlene Katz, Emory Gordy, Jr., Hank DeVito - production assistance
  • Donivan Cowart, Bradley Hartman - engineers

Chart performance
Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 26

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Rolling Stone review
  3. "Chart history for Seven Year Ache". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2010.



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