Spun Gold
Spun Gold is the 13th solo studio album by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in July 1983 on MCA Records and was produced by Tom Collins. "Spun Gold" produced two major hit singles on the "Billboard" Country Singles chart in 1983. Background and content. "Spun Gold" was recorded in February 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee and contained ten tracks of new recordings. The album mainly consisted of country pop-influenced material mixed with song themes that discuss the hardships of working-class people. It included a duet with country artist Steve Wariner entitled "Overnight Sensation . Allmusic" reviewer Greg Adams compared background guitar on the track "In Times Like These" to the guitar "riff" on Ike & Tina Turner's single, "Proud Mary". He also considered the single, "One of a Kind Pair of Fools" to have a "strong hook and pure pop production". Overall, Adams only gave the release two out five stars, calling the material "disco-era glitz". Adams also found the album's cover to be displeasing saying, "Meanwhile, Mandrell is decked out on the album cover like a high-fashion model in gold lame'. Dolly Parton has always been able to negotiate these  kinds of apparent contradictions, but Mandrell does not have the same gift." "Spun Gold" was issued on an LP album in its original release, with five songs on each side of the record. Release. "Spun Gold" spawned two singles in 1983. The lead single from the album was the opening track "In Times Like These". The song was released to radio in March 1983 and reached a peak of number 4 on the "Billboard Magazine" Hot Country Songs chart and number 6 on the "RPM" Canadian Country chart. The second single "One of a Kind (A Pair of Fools)" was  released in July 1983 and became Mandrell's final number 1 single on the "Billboard" Country Singles Chart and also reached the same position on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart. "Spun Gold" was also released in 1983 and peaked at number 5 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart and number 140 on the "Billboard" 200 albums chart. Track listing. Side one Side two Personnel. From "Spun Gold" album jacket. Musicians Background vocals Technical