Barbara Mandrell Live

Infobox Album
Name = Barbara Mandrell Live
Type = Live Album
Artist = Barbara Mandrell


Released = 1981
Genre = Country pop
Length =
Label = MCA Nashville
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wpfexqwgld6e Link]
Last album = "Love is Fair"
1980
This album = "Barbara Mandrell Live"
1981
Next album = "In Black and White"
1982

"Barbara Mandrell Live" is a live album by American country music singer, Barbara Mandrell, released in 1981.

This was Mandrell's first live album. With her career fully established, Mandrell was fully able to release a live album. The album spawned two singles, "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" and "Wish You Were Here." "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" is said to be Mandrell's signature song, and a return to her roots, peaking at #1 on the Country charts in 1981. The live version included an appearance by George Jones. "Wish You Were Here" peaked in the Top 5 on the Country charts, and also charted on the Adult Contemporary charts, reaching #40. The album includes cover versions of popular songs, including "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the Hank Williams' hit, "Hey Good Lookin'," and features a full-length vocal version of "Country Girl," the theme song to Mandrell's 1980-82 television show, Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters.

This album was one of Mandrell's biggest-selling albums in the United States, receiving a "Gold" certification by the RIAA, after the album exceeded selling 500,000 copies nationwide. This album is only one of two albums by Mandrell that received any certification by the RIAA in the United States. The album peaked at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart (her highest peak position on that chart), as well as #86 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

#Introduction
#"Sleeping Single In a Double Bed"
#"Unsung Heroes"
#"She's Out There Dancin' Alone"
#"Doin' It Right"
#"Years"/"Love is Fair"
#"Hey Good Lookin'"
#"Wish You Were Here"
#"Mountain Dew"/"Fireball Mail"/"Old Joe Clark"/"Night Train"/"Uncle Joe's Boogie"/"In My Heart"
#"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
#"The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
#"Country Girl"

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)