Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (CD - 1967)

Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.

Includes original release liner notes.

Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).

Tammy Wynette's 1967 debut album is still one of her best. Having secured the services of countrypolitan producer Billy Sherrill and an Epic contract in 1966, she cut her first single, "Apartment No. 9," and first big hit, "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," both of which are included here. And while some of the other material here doesn't quite match the quality of those gems, the album still contains enough solid sides, like "Walk Through This World With Me" and "Send Me No Roses," to ensure its essential status. Add to that stellar covers of the David Houston hit "Almost Persuaded" and Loretta Lynn's "Don't Come Home a Drinking (With Loving on Your Mind)," and you have one of the classic debuts in country music. ~ Stephen Cook

On the surface, Tammy Wynette's 1967 debut album is a fairly typical country record of the time--its 10 songs are over in barely 25-and-a-half minutes, and fully half of the album consists of covers of that era's recent country hits. What makes YOUR GOOD GIRL'S GONNA GO BAD different is that Wynette's no-bull attitude (showcased on the hit singles "Apartment #9" and the title track, both included here) is already in full bloom, and her startlingly pure, heartbroken voice emerges fully mature. The covers are a wisely chosen lot, from Loretta Lynn's "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" to Dolly Parton's early single "I Wound Easy (But I Heal Fast)." Billy Sherrill's production is considerably less overblown than it could sometimes be, keeping Wynette's voice and acoustic guitar at the center of all the songs, even when sweetened with strings and choral backing vocals. minimize