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She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) (1969)

Where the lyrics of She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) take you, and where it was really made.

The cover photo of a despondent Lewis in a decrepit hotel room was singled out for praise for bringing the title track to life.

Key places

Recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville (1969)

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Album story

Overview

• She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) is the ninth studio album by American musician and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis
• Released in 1969 on Smash Records
• The album lists eleven tracks, most of them songs written by other songwriters
• The title track is credited to Sutton

Background

• The album is part of Jerry Lee Lewis's Smash Records period
• AllMusic compared the album with Another Place, another Lewis record
• Its songs were chosen from a mix of country material and covers of songs by other writers

Recording

• The album was recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• Track list: To Make Love Sweeter for You; Let's Talk About Us; I Can't Get Over You; Out of My Mind; Today I Started Loving You Again; She Still Comes Around; Louisiana Man; Release Me; Listen, They're Playing My Song; There Stands The Glass; Echoes

Cover

• The cover shows a photo of a despondent Lewis in a decrepit hotel room
• The photo is evocative and matches the mood of the title track

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Tracklist

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Artist

Career

• American country and rock and roll pianist, singer, and songwriter, nicknamed "The Killer".
• Made first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans; early Sun Records recordings in 1956 in Memphis.
• 1957 hit "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" brought worldwide fame; followed by "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", and "High School Confidential".
• 1964 live album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg is widely regarded as one of the greatest live rock albums.
• Switched to country in 1968 with "Another Place, Another Time", which revived his career; 30 songs reached the Billboard country top 10 across his career.
• Last Man Standing (2006) was his best-selling release; Mean Old Man (2010) was another major seller.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (2022).

Members

• Solo artist; the Million Dollar Quartet session on Sun Records included Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.

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Reception

At release

• The album was released on Smash Records in 1969
• The album cover drew praise for its photo of a despondent Lewis in a decrepit hotel room
• The praise was tied to how the cover brought the title track to life

Reappraisal

• AllMusic calls it "a pure country record, made for late nights and smoky bars, and it's nearly as good as Another Place, containing the same consistent high quality of songs and performance."
• AllMusic places the album close to Another Place in quality
• The review points to the consistent quality of both songs and performance

Records

• She Still Comes Around rose to number 12 on the Billboard country album chart
• The album reached number 12 on the Billboard country album chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album includes a song written by Merle Haggard, Today I Started Loving You Again
• The track list includes Louisiana Man, a song written by Doug Kershaw
• The cover photo was singled out for praise for bringing the title track to life
• Eleven tracks make up the album

Sources: fr.wikipedia.org

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