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Sleepless Nights

Patty LovelessAudio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (September 9, 2008)
  • Original Release Date: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Saguaro Road Records
  • ASIN: B001C0NMXY
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,166 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

As always, Patty Loveless connects with listeners, singing about their joys and sorrows. Sleepless Nights is her newly recorded homage to the classic country hits of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. She personally selected each song, country classics first made popular by George Jones, Hank Locklin, Porter Wagoner, Webb Pierce, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Conway Twitty. Born and bred country, Patty's pure crooning on these favorites is yearning and melancholy, enhanced only by sparse accompaniment. The new sessions feature several legendary band members: guitarist Harold Bradley, who played on the original hits of Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison; blind pianist Pig Robbins, an equally legendary session musician for decades: and the brilliant Al Perkins (ex-Flying Burrito Brothers and Manassas member) who plays steel guitar on many tracks.

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Patty Loveless lends her extraordinary voice to many of the best country classics ever made. Donald P. Gibson  |  21 reviewers made a similar statement
Her beautiful voice and musical arrangements make this CD a true classic. Dana49  |  13 reviewers made a similar statement
I would recommend this CD to anyone who likes country music as much as I do. J. Edwards  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding covers of country oldies September 10, 2008
Format:Audio CD
Covers albums aren't always appreciated by those who are familiar with the songs already, but I love them as long as they are done well, as this one is. Indeed, I've heard a few great ones by country singers in recent years, notably Twang on a wire (Kate Campbell), The chain (Deana Carter), Those were the days (Dolly Parton) and Timeless (Martina McBride). I expected Patty's album to be of a similar quality, especially when I saw the track listing and so it has proved.

Patty has selected songs from the fifties, sixties and seventies that particularly appealed to her. Four of them (Why baby why, He thinks I still care, Color of the blues, That's all it took) were originally made famous by George Jones, the last-named originally being a duet performed by Gene Pitney and George Jones, which Gram Parsons later covered; his version can be found on G.P./Grievous angel. Maybe the possibility crossed Patty's mind to do an entire album of George Jones songs, but she obviously decided not to do that as the rest of the album features songs original recorded by other singers as follows:-

The pain of loving you - originally a duet by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, later re-recorded by Dolly with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris on Trio.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars No Risks Taken, But Solid September 26, 2008
Format:Audio CD
Patty Loveless has long been one of my favorite country singers. This new addition to her impressive catalog is full of tight, traditional country music arrangements, using the usual instruments of the trade: acoustic, steel and electric guitars, fiddles, mandolins, etc. The drums keep a steady beat throughout these mostly mid-tempo and slow tunes. These are almost all what one would call Standards, and Loveless and company have done very little fussing over them. They are straight forward and simply presented. The sound is clean and pure (one reviewer thought the sound quality was "abysmal"; he must have gotten hold of a bad copy somehow. I've been listening to this in my headphones, and it sounds wonderful, with, crisp stereo separation and just the right touch of ambience).

My one small complaint is that this production did not venture into anything resembling risky territory. This is all such solid, reliable stuff that one would be hard pressed to find fault with it, and the songs are almost impossible to ruin, so why not have a little more fun with the arrangements and instrumentation? Martina McBride did a similar set of standards a short while back, and she too avoided taking any risks, turning out a lovely recording, but nothing truly special. Like the standards of The Great American Songbook, many artists are afraid to play with them, handling them with kid gloves, doing little more than blowing some dust off of them. The trouble with this approach is that there is one true risk: boredom.

Fortunately, Patty Loveless is doing some of her most impassioned singing these days, and her pitch is spot on.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Country Roots Sprout a Hit September 9, 2008
By Dana49
Format:Audio CD
The newest album by Patty Loveless has taken 14 country music classics and translated them into a wonderful, contemporary country sound. Love, sadness, and misery, common themes found in most of the older country music songs, are used to teach today's listeners that no matter how much life changes, it pretty much remains the same. Her beautiful voice and musical arrangements make this CD a true classic. As Patty stated, "It's a little bit of a history lesson, but I think once you hear the songs, the stories ... you're going to be drawn to it."
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Loveless' Memorable "Nights" September 9, 2008
Format:Audio CD
Prime Cuts: The Pain of Loving You, Why Baby Why, Sleepless Nights

To tackle the classic songs of country music's copious canon is a parlous exercise. In lesser hands, such a venture could misfire. Loveless, on the other hand, succeeds in bringing these sonic pillars of country music back to life with her creative yet reverent interpretations. After a list of 500 songs, Loveless and hubby cum producer Emory Gordy Jr. have narrowed down to these 14 lucky entries. And they certainly cover the whole gamut from the oft-covered Ray Price's "Crazy Arms," Webb Pierce's "There Stands the Glass," and George Jones' "Why Baby Why" to the more obscure Osborne Brothers' "The Pain of Loving" and Gram Parsons' "That's All It Took." Most gorgeous though is that Gordy Jr. has allowed Loveless to belt out these songs with an Appalachian distilled immediacy with equal doses of controlled fury as well as passionate empathy. Never has Loveless sounded better.

The disc begins on an ominous note with the lead single "Why Baby Why." In keeping with most of Loveless' first single from each of her albums (think "Try to Think of Elvis" and "Lovin' All Night"), Loveless gives this love gone wrong George Jones classic a feminine sensibility augmented with attitude and verve. Fans of a traditional persuasion will indulge in another Jones' number "He Thinks I Still Care" where Loveless teases out heartbreak's entanglements with the right measures of mournful steel and fiddles. Another permutation of the broken heart is the Osborne Brothers' "Pain of Loving You," a track revived in the 80s by the trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt). Of interest is that the accompanying Gospel-like harmonies on Loveless' rendition bears a striking similarity with that of the Trios'.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD!!
Great female artist and cd!! Patty is a treasure for anyone that loves true country music. Much better than any current female artist.
Published 1 month ago by ggreene
5.0 out of 5 stars sleepless nights patty loveless
Pattys covers of great classic country tunes is flawless, her delivery and emotions are as good as it gets, the musicians on this cd are all old school guys of amazing talent. Read more
Published 4 months ago by paul levine
5.0 out of 5 stars Country Music
Anyone who loves oldtime country music will love this CD. I purchased two, I kept one myself and the other one I'm giving as a Christmas present.
Published 6 months ago by Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Miss the Bonus MP3 Tracks; not on the CD
The best tracks on the CD are the bonus MP3 tracks that must be purchased separately. It's "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes", a cover of an old Emmylou Harris/Gram Parsons song and "Are... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jeannie Harrell
4.0 out of 5 stars Sleepless nights
I got it for this song. The melody is an intriguing segueing into different keys.
She has the perfect voice for this song...very very Country and Western.. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Elizabeth A. Matarese
5.0 out of 5 stars Patty is one of the best!
Patty Loveless just can't make a bad album. She is one of the few TRUE country singers around! Her voice, her choice of songs, her delivery are always just perfect. Read more
Published on July 28, 2010 by Catrina
1.0 out of 5 stars Not Impressed
The instrumentals on these songs are very uninspired and so is Patty's performance. She doesn't bring anything new to the songs at all. Her voice just isn't right for them.
Published on July 12, 2010 by Amanda L. Davis
4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice, but not thrilling.
I've really come to love Patty. She's deeply authentic, and I also like that her husband-producer, Emory Gordy Jr. played with Emmylou, Gram Parsons, Steve Earle, and Elvis. Read more
Published on March 11, 2010 by Christopher Pike
5.0 out of 5 stars Patty Loveless = Perfection!!!!
Patty Loveless demonstrates again the timeless beauty of her voice. No pure country collection is complete without this CD. The only drawback is that it leaves you wanting more. Read more
Published on November 4, 2009 by K. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Kentucky Sounds
If what you want is the sound of classic country music with a sweet Appalachian feel, then this album is for you. Read more
Published on October 13, 2009 by Donald P. Gibson
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