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Next to You (1989)

Where the lyrics of Next to You take you, and where it was really made.

Spin wrote that even when the album is at its worst, Tammy Wynette's shimmering voice rescues it.

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Recording site Nashville — The album was recorded in November 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee, according to the album's entry. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Next to You: 28th studio album by American country singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette
Released March 7, 1989, by Epic Records
Studio album, not a live recording
Release in 1989 places the record in the late 1980s

1	Next to You	3:28
2	I’m So Afraid of Losing You Again	3:04
3	You Left Memories Layin’ (All Over the Place)	2:55
4	When a Girl Becomes a Wife	3:25
5	If You Let Him Drive You Crazy (He Will)	3:22
6	The Note	3:14
7	Thank the Cowboy for the Ride	3:25
8	I Almost Forgot	3:38
9	We Called It Everything but Quits	2:35
10	Liar’s Roses	2:41

Born Virginia Wynette Pugh on May 5, 1942, in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
Raised by her mother, stepfather and maternal grandparents; picked cotton on the family farm as a child.
Married Euple Byrd at age 17; divorced in 1965.

Moved to Nashville in 1966 and signed with Epic Records, produced by Billy Sherrill.
Debut single "Apartment No. 9" (1966) reached number 44 on the US country chart.

Twenty singles topped the US country chart, including "Stand by Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E".
Joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1969 and won two Grammy Awards.
Recorded numerous duets with George Jones before their divorce in 1975.
Returned as a solo headliner and continued charting into the 1980s.
Collaborated with KLF on "Justified and Ancient" (1991) and with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton on Honky Tonk Angels (1993).
Died April 6, 1998, in Nashville at age 55.

Estimated 30 million records sold worldwide; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998.

Spin wrote a review of the album
Spin said that even when the album is at its worst, Tammy Wynette's shimmering vox rescues it to reasonability
Spin named the sing-song inanity of 'When a Girl Becomes a Wife' among the album's weaker moments
Spin concluded that Tammy Wynette's records sound like therapy

The title track 'Next to You' was the album's first single and reached No. 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
The second single 'Thank the Cowboy for the Ride' peaked at No. 66
Discogs lists CBS Inc. and CBS Records Canada as record companies for this release
Discogs notes that this release was printed in the U.S.A.
Norro Wilson, who produced the album, is credited as producer on the album's personnel list