Soft Talk

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Field	Value
name	Soft Talk
type	studio
artist	Shelby Lynne
cover	SoftTalk.jpg
released	1991
studio	Eleven Eleven Sound Studio, Quad Studio, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
genre	Country
length	35:34
label	Epic
producer	James Stroud
prev_title	Tough All Over
prev_year	1990
next_title	Temptation
next_year	1993
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| name = Soft Talk | type = studio | artist = Shelby Lynne | cover = SoftTalk.jpg | alt = | released = 1991 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Eleven Eleven Sound Studio, Quad Studio, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | genre = Country | length = 35:34 | label = Epic | producer = James Stroud | prev_title = Tough All Over | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Temptation | next_year = 1993

Soft Talk is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne. It was released in 1991 on the Epic label. Two tracks on the album, "The Very First Lasting Love" and "Stop Me" were performed with Les Taylor. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Don't Cross Your Heart" (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy) — 2:55
2. "I've Learned to Live" (Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus) — 3:52
3. "Alive and Well" (Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones) — 3:21
4. "A Lighter Shade of Blue" (Max D. Barnes, Skip Ewing, Troy Seals) — 3:47
5. "It Must Be You" (Hugh Prestwood) — 3:07
6. "You Can't Break a Broken Heart" (Chuck Jones, Chris Waters) — 3:14
7. "Soft Talk" (Seals, Eddie Setser) — 3:39
8. "The Very First Lasting Love" (Paul Hollowell, Les Taylor, Lonnie Wilson) — 3:34
9. "Stop Me" (Jim Lauderdale, John Leventhal) — 3:43
10. "It Might Be Me" (C. Jones, J. D. Martin) — 4:22

Personnel

;Music

• Sonny Garrish – dobro, steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar
• Chuck Jones – acoustic guitar
• Mike Lawler – organ, synthesizer
• Paul Leim – drums
• Shelby Lynne – lead vocals, background vocals
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica
• Gary W. Smith – piano, keyboards
• Les Taylor – duet vocals on "Stop Me"
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar ;Production
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Rodney Good – assistant engineer
• Julian King – assistant engineer
• John Kunz – mixing assistant
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Lynn Peterzell – engineer, mixing ;Design
• Bill Johnson – art direction
• Ron Keith – photography
• Rollow Welch – design

Chart performance

::data[format=table] | Chart (1991) | Peak position | |---|---| | U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 55 | ::

References

References

1. "Picks and Pans Review: Soft Talk : People.com".

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