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2013 studio album by B.J. Thomas

The Living Room Sessions
Studio album by B.J. Thomas
Released	April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02)
Recorded	2012
Genre	State pop, Soft Rock
Length	42:32
Label	Wrinkled Records
Producer	Kyle Lehning
Singles from The Living Room Sessions
"I Just Can't Aid Believing" Released: June iii, 2013[i]

The Living Room Sessions (2013) is B.J. Thomas' outset "unplugged" album, jubilant fifty years in the recording industry and forty-seven years since his commencement Gilt record (a comprehend of the Hank Williams song, "I'm And so Lonesome I Could Cry"). The Living Room Sessions offers many of Thomas' most recognizable hits, the album was produced to instill the atmosphere of an intimate setting and includes duet performances from some of Thomas' favorite artists.^[ii]

Background [edit]

B.J. Thomas [edit]

Billboard has ranked B.J. Thomas in the fifty most played artists in the last fifty years.^[3] Thomas became the 60th member of The Grand Ole Opry on August 7, 1981, his 39th birthday.^[4] Thomas was inducted into the Land Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Walkway of Stars in 1983.^[5]

"(Hey Won't You Play) Some other Somebody Washed Somebody Wrong Vocal" (1975), written past Larry Butler and Chips Moman, had the stardom of achieving No. i on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Land Songs charts. The song was as well nominated Single of the Yr, by the Academy of Country Music in 1975.^[6]

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" was featured in the 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child and won an Academy Honour for All-time Original Song. Written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, the vocal was a No. ane hitting for Thomas and earned him an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.^{[4] [seven]} Movie goers became re-acquainted with "Raindrops Proceed Fallin' on My Head" when it was included in the motion-picture show Spider-Man 2 (2004).^[3] The 1969 recording was inducted into the 2014, Grammy Hall of Fame.^[8]

Product [edit]

Ii time Academy of State Music Award nominee Kyle Lehning^{[6] : 79} produced The Living Room Sessions at Audio Stage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee in 2012. Lehning and Thomas kept the pre-production details simple, realizing that the songs would naturally lend themselves to the audio-visual format and trusted the musicians (Lehning and the Nashville "cats") to evangelize the audio-visual interpretations with minimal melodic adjustments to the songs.^[3]

Lehning and the Nashville "cats"

• Bryan Sutton – acoustic and gut string guitar, mandolin, banjo and dobro (has worked with Ricky Skaggs and the Dixie Chicks)
• John Willis – electric, audio-visual, gut string guitar and dobro (has worked with Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, America)
• Viktor Krauss – upright bass (has worked with Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas and Lyle Lovett) – Viktor Krauss is the brother of Alison Krauss.
• Steve Brewster – drums (has worked with Richard Marx and Dierks Bentley)

Release [edit]

• Pre-release of limited-edition, autographed versions of The Living Room Sessions went on sale on March one, 2013.^[nine]

Collaborations [edit]

Etta Britt ("New Looks from an Old Lover")

Etta Britt was the commencement artist invited to sign with Wrinkled Records and released her debut album, Out of the Shadows in 2012.^[10] Backside the scenes of the music industry she has worked with artists such every bit Engelbert Humperdinck and REO Speedwagon.^[11] In 1978, she joined Dave & Sugar, who were nominated by the Country Music Clan every bit Song Group of the Year, in 1978 and 1979.^{[12] [13]} Etta Britt joins Thomas on his 1983, No. 1 Hot Country Songs hit, "New Looks from an Old Lover", co-written by Gloria Thomas.

Vince Gill ("I Only Can't Assist Believing")

Vince Gill offset hitting the Billboard Magazine charts as the front man for Pure Prairie League; the album Tin can't Hold Back (1979) hit No. 124 on the Billboard 200. Since that time, Gill has had a successful solo career with xx Grammy and eleven Country Music Clan awards, five of those for Male Vocalist of the Year and two for Entertainer of the Year (1993-1994).^[xiv] Gill is the only artist to win the Male Vocalist honour for v consecutive years (1991-1995).^[15]

Lyle Lovett ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head")

Lyle Lovett is a multiple Grammy Accolade winner. His wins include Best Country Vocal Operation, Male person (Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, 1989), Best Country Anthology (The Road to Ensenada, 1996), Best Country Performance past a Duo Or Group With Vocal ("Dejection For Dixie", 1994) and All-time Pop Vocal Collaboration ("Funny How Time Slips Away", 1994).^[16] Lovett is oft noted for his ability to fold Big ring and Swing genre music into contemporary hits.^[17]

Richard Marx ("(Hey Won't Yous Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song")

Richard Marx has been a regular on the Billboard Magazine charts since 1987, including Billboard Hot 100 number one Singles for: "Concur On to the Nights" (1988), "Correct Here Waiting" (1989) and "Satisfied" (1989). In 2004, he won the Grammy Award, Song of the Year, for "Dance with My Father".^[18] Marx striking The Billboard 200 chart again in 2012, with his album Christmas Spirit.^[nineteen]

Keb' Mo' ("Most of All")

Keb' Mo' is known every bit a mail service-modern bluesman,^[20] with three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Dejection Album, Merely Like You (1996), Deadening Downwardly (1998) and Keep It Simple (2004).^[21] In improver to vocals, Keb' Mo' plays guitar, harmonica, banjo, keyboards, steel drums and upright bass. He was the guitarist on several Papa John Creach albums, credited as Kevin Moore.^{[22] [23]}

Sara Niemietz ("Hooked on a Feeling")

Well, that's simply incredible, isn't it? What'south her name? Sara? Male child, she can actually sing. [...] She is so cute, how old is she? Four ... and who taught her the words? ... she knows the words to all my songs? I don't know what to say.^[24]

B.J. Thomas, March 29, 1997

Sara Niemietz first met B.J. Thomas in 1997, when he helped the four-yr-old Sara onto the stage during his performance of "Hooked on a Feeling" as she kept singing forth in the front row. The following short duet was uploaded to Sara'south YouTube aqueduct.^[24]

In the post-obit fifteen year, Sara Niemietz made her proper noun every bit a singer on Broadway, where she played a immature Ballad Burnett in Hollywood Arms. She landed the role of Patrice in the Los Angeles premiere of the Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish musical, thirteen and the supporting role of Polly in Akeelah and the Bee.^{[25] [26]}

She released four independent records and dozens of professionally mastered music-videos, worked with Emmy Award winner West. G. Snuffy Walden and made singing appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Bear witness and Richard Marx', A Night Out With Friends on PBS.^{[27] [28]} On June x, 2012, Thomas and Sara Niemetz were reunited on stage.^[29]

Isaac Slade ("I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")

Isaac Slade, the lead singer of The Fray, is a pianist, composer and the co-writer of "How to Salve a Life" (2006), the seventh longest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100.^[thirty]

Steve Tyrell ("Rock and Roll Lullaby")

Steve Tyrell managed Thomas and was the original producer on "Stone and Whorl Lullaby" (Scepter Records). As a single, the song was an Developed Contemporary No. one hit and reached No. fifteen on Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.^[three]

Critical reception [edit]

Bob Paxman, "The Living Room Sessions by B.J. Thomas", Land Weekly, Apr 2, 2013

The overall recording is solid, not your standard "Greatest Hits Revisited" package. And surprisingly, you don't miss the orchestrations that marked the earlier versions—the acoustic instruments more than capably fill in.^[31]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "B.J. Thomas The Living Room Sessions review", AllMusic

Despite the preponderance of guests -- Steve Tyrell, Etta Britt, and Sara Niemietz likewise appear, leaving just a third of the album to B.J. himself -- this amiable acoustic anthology is a showcase for Thomas, who hasn't seemed to lose much vocally, and remains an engaging, friendly presence on tape.^[32]

Edward Morris, "B.J. Thomas Bows Duet Anthology of Hits, The Living Room Sessions", CMT News, April 3, 2013

The Living Room Sessions is gratuitous of gospel. Just the anthology does offering a fair sampling of Thomas' pop and land mastery via hits he had between 1966 and 1983. He enlists Isaac Slade, of the rock band the Fray, to help him on "I'thousand So Lonesome I Could Cry." Gill chimes in on "I Just Tin't Help Assertive." Keb' Mo' shares the mic on "Nearly of All."

Marx blends voices with Thomas on "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Washed Somebody Incorrect Song." Jazz and pop singer Steve Tyrell joins in on "Rock and Ringlet Lullaby." Thomas tapped touring and studio vocaliser Etta Britt for the sultry "New Looks From an Sometime Lover" and newcomer Sara Niemietz for "Hooked on a Feeling." Lovett is the vocally canny accomplice on "Raindrops."

Thomas solos on the remaining 4 songs: "Don't Worry Infant," "Eyes of a New York Adult female," "Whatever Happened to Old Fashioned Dearest" and "Everybody's Out of Town."^[33]

Pam Stadel, "Digital Rodeo Music Reviews B.J. Thomas, Mark Cooke, The Mavericks", Digital Rodeo

The Living Room Sessions is recorded in a unproblematic way and very close to the original songs. The instrumentation is phenomenal and the product is outstanding. Vocals? All I can say is B.J. Thomas has aged like a bottle of fine wine—the older he gets, the better he gets—period. For those that retrieve him from the outset to the new crowds today, get this album; Information technology's available this week. You won't exist sorry.^[34]

Track list [edit]

B.J. Thomas The Living Room Sessions (2013)^[35]

No.	Title	Author(s)	Length
i.	"Don't Worry Baby"	Roger Val Christian, Brian Wilson	3:50
2.	"I Just Can't Assistance Believing" (B.J. Thomas featuring Vince Gill)	Barry Isle of man, Cynthia Weil	3:47
3.	"Most of All" (B.J. Thomas featuring Keb' Mo')	Buddy Buie, James B. Cobb Jr.	iii:46
iv.	"Eyes of a New York Woman"	Mark James	3:13
5.	"(Hey Won't Y'all Play) Some other Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (B.J. Thomas featuring Richard Marx)	Larry Butler, Chips Moman	3:19
6.	"I'm Then Lonesome I Could Weep" (B.J. Thomas featuring Isaac Slade)	Hank Williams	3:22
7.	"Rock and Roll Lullaby" (B.J. Thomas featuring Steve Tyrell)	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	4:27
eight.	"New Looks from an Old Lover" (B.J. Thomas featuring Etta Britt)	Hollis R. "Cerise Lane" DeLaughter, Lathan Hudson, Gloria Thomas	3:27
9.	"Whatever Happened Old Fashioned Beloved"	Lewis Anderson	iii:47
10.	"Hooked on a Feeling" (B.J. Thomas featuring Sara Niemietz)	Mark James	3:00
11.	"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (B.J. Thomas featuring Lyle Lovett)	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	three:00
12.	"Everybody's Out of Town"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:34

Personnel [edit]

Main artists [edit]

• Etta Britt
• Vince Gill
• Lyle Lovett
• Richard Marx
• Keb' Mo'
• Sara Niemietz
• Isaac Slade
• B.J. Thomas
• Steve Tyrell

Musicians [edit]

• Bryan Sutton – banjo, dobro, guitar (acoustic), gut string guitar, mandolin
• Viktor Krauss– bass (upright)
• Steve Brewster – drums, percussion
• John Willis – dobro, guitar (audio-visual), guitar (electric), gut string guitar
• Nate Mann – rhythm
• Tania Hanscheroff – vocals (background)

Production [edit]

• Jon Allen – song engineer
• Ryan Carr – overdub engineer
• Maggie Drupe – design
• Justin Francis – assistant engineer
• Katie Gillon – art direction
• Josiah Hendler – vocal engineer
• Luellyn Latocki Hensley – art direction
• Jason Lehning – overdub engineer
• Jordan Lehning – overdub engineer
• Kyle Lehning – mixing, producer
• Lisa Proctor – groomer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Kevin Sokolnicki – overdub engineer
• Angela Talley – photography
• Casey Wood – engineer

Composers [edit]

• Lewis Anderson
• Burt Bacharach
• Buddy Buie
• Larry Butler
• Roger Val Christian
• James B. Cobb Jr.
• Hal David
• Hollis R. "Blood-red Lane" DeLaughter
• Lathan Hudson
• Marking James
• Barry Mann
• Chips Moman
• Gloria Thomas
• Cynthia Weil
• Hank Williams
• Brian Wilson

Popularity of re-released songs [edit]

B. J. Thomas—Chart positions of songs re-released on The Living Room Sessions

Track	Title[36]	Year	Hot 100	Air-conditioning	Country singles
1	"Don't Worry Baby"	1977	No. 17	No. ii	—
ii	"I Just Tin can't Help Believing"	1970	No. 9	No. 1	—
3	"Most of All"	1971	No. 38	No. ii	—
4	"Eyes of a New York Adult female"	1968	No. 28	—	—
five	"(Hey Won't You Play) Some other Somebody Done Somebody Incorrect Song"	1975	No. one	No. 1	No. 1
vi	"I'm Then Lonesome I Could Weep"	1966	No. eight	—	—
seven	"Rock and Coil Lullaby"	1972	No. xv	No. 1	—
viii	"New Looks from an Old Lover"	1983	—	—	No. i
ix	"Whatever Happened Old Fashioned Love"	1983	No. 93	No. 13	No. one
ten	"Hooked on a Feeling"	1969	No. 5	—	—
xi	"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"	1969-seventy	No. one	No. i	—
12	"Everybody'due south Out of Town"	1970	No. 26	No. 3	—

Nautical chart performance [edit]

Chart (2013)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Land Albums[37]	39

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External links [edit]

• B.J. Thomas Official Website
• Wrinkled Records Website
• The Living Room Sessions at AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

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