Aces (Suzy Bogguss album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Aces
Type = Album
Artist = Suzy Bogguss


Released = 1991
Genre = Country (New Traditionalist)
Length = 35:09
Label = Liberty
Producer = Jimmy Bowen, Suzy Bogguss
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:67jeear14xs7~T1 link]
Last album = "Moment of Truth"
(1990)
This album = "Aces"
(1991)
Next album = "Voices in the Wind"
(1992)

Released on August 27, 1991 and lingering on the charts for much of 1992, "Aces", Bogguss's third release on the Liberty Records label, was undoubtedly her breakout album. Bolstered by strong songwriting credits from the likes of Nanci Griffith, Cheryl Wheeler, and Beth Nielsen Chapman, "Aces" contains several of Bogguss's strongest tracks.

The first single, "Someday Soon," a yearning Ian Tyson tune, hit #12 on the Billboard country chart and was Bogguss's highest charting solo cut at the time. That performance, however, was soon beaten by the Nanci Griffith-penned "Outbound Plane" which climbed all the way to the #9 slot. Bogguss repeated this achievement with Cheryl Wheeler's "Aces," a song exploring the envy of success between friends. The highest-charting single from the album was its fourth and last. Co-written by Bogguss's husband, Doug Crider, "Letting Go" is a melancholy song of a mother whose daughter has grown up and is leaving home for the first time. Expressing the sorrow that nearly every parent has experienced, the song connected with a huge audience and went to #6 on the Billboard charts. As a testament to its universal appeal, the song has been featured on Oprah Winfrey's morning television show and various radio shows.

The record, itself, is Bogguss's highest-charting album and has gone on to earn an RIAA Platinum certification.

Following the success of "Aces", the Country Music Association recognized Bogguss's achievements in 1992 by giving her its Horizon Award, which is awarded annually to the artist who has demonstrated the most significant creative growth and development.

Track listing

# "Outbound Plane" (Nanci Griffith/Tom Russell) – 2:52
# "Aces" (Cheryl Wheeler) – 3:49
# "Someday Soon" (Ian Tyson) – 3:55
# "Let Goodbye Hurt" (Ellen Crandell) – 3:15
# "Save Yourself" (Beth Nielsen Chapman) – 2:54
# "Yellow River Road" (Suzy Bogguss/Doug Crider) – 2:59
# "Part of Me" (Tony Arata) – 3:20
# "Letting Go" (Doug Crider/Matt Rollings) – 4:33
# "Music on the Wind" (Andy Byrd/Victoria Shaw/Jana Stanfield) – 3:25
# "Still Hold On" (Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson/Eric Kaz/Wendy Waldman) - 4:07

Personnel

*Suzy Bogguss - vocals
*David Campbell - conductor
*Gerald Alan Boyd - acoustic guitar
*Brent Rowan - guitar
*Tommy Spurlock, Paul Franklin - steel guitar
*Richard Bennett - tiple, guitar
*Danny Parks - fiddle
*Mark O'Connor, Sam Bush - mandolin
*Kirk "Jellroll" Johnson - harmonica
*Joey Miskulin - accordion
*Matt Rollings - piano
*Johnny Neel - Wurlitzer piano, keyboards
*John Jarvis - keyboards
*Leland Sklar - bass
*Eddie Bayers - drums
*Tom Roady - percussion
*The Gay Caballeros - hand claps
*Gerald Alan Boyd, Vince Gill, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Harry Stinson, Karen Staley, Rick Yord, Victoria Shaw, Jana Stanfield - background vocals

Production

*Producer: Jimmy Bowen, Suzy Bogguss
*Engineer: John Guess
*Distributor: EMI Music Dist.
*Studio: Emerald Sound Studio, Nashville, TN.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Release details

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002UXE Amazon.com review]
* [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/suzy_bogguss/aces Rate Your Music review]