Juice (Juice Newton album)
Juice is the multi-Platinum 1981 breakthrough album by American country-rock singer Juice Newton. The album was Newton's third solo album and her first major international success.
Hits
The album features two #1 hits "Angel of the Morning" and "The Sweetest Thing ". It also contains "Queen of Hearts," the biggest-selling single of Juice Newton's career, which peaked at #2 on both Billboard's Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. "Queen of Hearts" was a popular music video during the summer of MTV's debut. Newton would go on to have more hit songs and albums, but this remains the album for which she is best known.In 1984, a fourth track from Juice titled "Ride 'Em Cowboy" was released in support of Newton's first "Greatest Hits" album. The single reached #32 on the U.S. Billboard Country charts.
Awards
Juice garnered Juice Newton two "Best Female Vocalist" Grammy Award nominations neither of which she won. But she did win her first Grammy for her follow-up album Quiet Lies.Track listing
Personnel
- Juice Newton - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
- Chuck Martin, George Doering, Mitch Holder, Otha Young, Tim May - electric guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr., Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett - acoustic guitar
- Dan Dugmore, Doug Livingston, Jay Dee Maness - pedal steel guitar
- Phil Aaberg - keyboards
- Neil Stubenhaus, Scott Chambers - bass
- Rick Shlosser - drums
- Steve Forman - percussion
- Brad Felton - banjo
- Andrew Gold, Brock Walsh, Harry Stinson, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Kenny Edwards, Lewis Morford, Stan Farber - background vocals
Production
- Produced by Richard Landis
- Associate Producer: Otha Young
- Engineered by Joe Chiccarelli
- Assistant Engineers: David Cole, Hugh Davies, Mitch Gibson, Karen Siegel
- Mixing: Michael Verdick
- Mastering: Wally Traugott
Chart performance
Chart | Peak position |
U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 22 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 4 |
Canadian RPM Top Albums | 16 |
Year End Chart | Peak position |
U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 24 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 18 |
Year End Chart | Peak position |
U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 33 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 15 |