Politics, Religion and Her is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. The album launched several charting singles and itself charted at number 115 on The Billboard 200, also peaking at number 17 on Top Country Albums.[1] Charting songs included "Vidalia", "Meant to Be", "Fit to Be Tied Down", and the title track, which peaked on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts at numbers 10, 5, 29, and 28 respectively.[2]
At the time of release, the album received a C+ review from Entertainment Weekly, which praised the singer for finding emotional depth on songs like "Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart" (which Randy Travis would later record on his 1999 album A Man Ain't Made of Stone) and the title track, but criticized his "tired" covers of "Memphis" and "Chevy Van".[3]Allmusic also found these two pop covers uninspired in nature, but said that the album had "a couple of powerful, soul-baring ballads."[4]Country Standard Time reviewer Larry Stephens gave a more positive review, saying, "His voice can never be mistaken for anything but country while he makes the music come alive. This is an album that has no bad cuts."[5]
^Cannon, Bob. (May 10, 1996) Politics, Religion and Her. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
^McCall, Michael. "Politics, Religion and Her review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
^Stephens, Larry. "Sammy Kershaw - Politics, Religion and Her". Country Standard Time. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
^Politics, Religion and Her (CD insert). Sammy Kershaw. Mercury Records. 1996. 314 528 893 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^"Sammy Kershaw Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
^"Sammy Kershaw Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
^Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 223–224. ISBN978-0-89820-177-2.
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Politics Religion and Her is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw The album launched several charting singles and itself charted at number 115 on The Billboard 200 also peaking at number 17 on Top Country Albums 1 Charting songs included Vidalia Meant to Be Fit to Be Tied Down and the title track which peaked on the Hot Country Singles amp Tracks charts at numbers 10 5 29 and 28 respectively 2 Politics Religion and HerStudio album by Sammy KershawReleasedMay 7 1996StudioCaymoon Moon Recorders Berry Hill TN Emerald Sound Studios Javalina Recording Studios Sound Stage Studios Nashville TNGenreCountryLength38 38LabelMercury NashvilleProducerBuddy Cannon Keith Stegall Norro WilsonSammy Kershaw chronologyThe Hits Chapter 1 1995 Politics Religion and Her 1996 Labor of Love 1997 Singles from Politics Religion and Her Meant to Be Released March 11 1996 Vidalia Released July 22 1996 Politics Religion and Her Released November 4 1996 Fit to Be Tied Down Released April 12 1997 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 Musicians 3 2 Technical 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Singles 5 ReferencesCritical reception editAt the time of release the album received a C review from Entertainment Weekly which praised the singer for finding emotional depth on songs like Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart which Randy Travis would later record on his 1999 album A Man Ain t Made of Stone and the title track but criticized his tired covers of Memphis and Chevy Van 3 Allmusic also found these two pop covers uninspired in nature but said that the album had a couple of powerful soul baring ballads 4 Country Standard Time reviewer Larry Stephens gave a more positive review saying His voice can never be mistaken for anything but country while he makes the music come alive This is an album that has no bad cuts 5 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Length1 Vidalia Tim Nichols Mark D Sanders3 212 Meant to Be Rick Bowles Chris Waters3 463 Fit to Be Tied Down Wynn Varble Charles Victor3 124 Politics Religion and Her Byron Hill Tony Martin3 195 Chevy Van Sammy Johns3 426 Same Place Buddy Cannon Marla Cannon Goodman Dean Dillon2 387 Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart Shawn Camp Jim Rushing2 508 These Flowers Rick Giles3 209 I Saw You Today Bobby Braddock3 2810 Memphis Tennessee Chuck Berry2 5611 For Years Harley Allen Stacey Earle3 2212 Here She Comes Sammy Kershaw2 44Personnel editCompiled from liner notes 6 Musicians edit Tracks 1 4 7 10 11Eddie Bayers drums all tracks Glen Duncan fiddle all tracks Paul Franklin steel guitar all tracks Dobro track 7 Sammy Kershaw lead vocals all tracks Brent Mason electric guitar all tracks Hargus Pig Robbins piano all tracks John Wesley Ryles background vocals all tracks John D Willis acoustic guitar all tracks Glenn Worf bass guitar all tracks Tracks 5 6 8 9 12Harold Bradley tic tac bass track 12 Sonny Garrish steel guitar track 5 8 Stuart Duncan fiddle track 8 Rob Hajacos fiddle track 6 8 9 John Hobbs piano tracks 5 6 8 9 Sammy Kershaw lead vocals all tracks Paul Leim drums all tracks Nashville String Machine strings tracks 6 9 Steve Nathan organ track 9 piano track 12 Danny Parks acoustic guitar all tracks Larry Paxton bass guitar all tracks Hal Rugg steel guitar tracks 6 9 John Wesley Ryles background vocals all tracks Dennis Wilson background vocals all tracks Reggie Young electric guitar all tracks Technical edit Bob Bullock recording Buddy Cannon and Norro Wilson production tracks 5 6 8 9 12 John Kelton mixing recording Warren Peterson string recording Keith Stegall production tracks 1 4 7 10 11 Ronnie Thomas digital editing Hank Williams masteringCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1996 Peak positionUS Billboard 200 7 115US Top Country Albums Billboard 8 17 Year end charts edit Chart 1996 PositionUS Top Country Albums Billboard 9 56 Singles edit Year Single Peak chart positions 10 US Country CAN Country1996 Meant to Be 5 4 Vidalia 10 71997 Politics Religion and Her 28 47 Fit to Be Tied Down 29 49References edit Politics Religion and Her at AllMusic Sammy Kershaw Billboard singles at AllMusic Cannon Bob May 10 1996 Politics Religion and Her Entertainment Weekly Retrieved April 19 2008 McCall Michael Politics Religion and Her review Allmusic Retrieved April 22 2008 Stephens Larry Sammy Kershaw Politics Religion and Her Country Standard Time Retrieved October 18 2008 Politics Religion and Her CD insert Sammy Kershaw Mercury Records 1996 314 528 893 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Sammy Kershaw Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved April 26 2021 Sammy Kershaw Chart History Top Country Albums Billboard Retrieved April 26 2021 Top Country Albums Year End 1996 Billboard Retrieved April 26 2021 Whitburn Joel 2008 Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 Record Research Inc pp 223 224 ISBN 978 0 89820 177 2 Retrieved from https 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