1981 studio album by Charley Pride
Roll On Mississippi is the twenty-eighth studio album by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in March 1981 by RCA Records and contained ten tracks. It was co-produced by Pride and Jerry Bradley. Roll On Mississippi was Pride's twenty eighth studio album in his career and included two major hits: "You Almost Slipped My Mind" and the title track. The album itself would also reach a peak position on the American country music chart following its release.
Background and content
Charley Pride was able to continue having commercial country music success by adapting his style to a more contemporary country pop. Beginning in the middle 1970s, his music began to reflect this in hits like "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory," and "Where Do I Put Her Memory."[2] This country pop style continued into the 1980s with albums including Roll On Mississippi.[1] The project was co-produced by Pride himself and his most recent collaborator, Jerry Bradley. The album was recorded at the Music City Music Hall studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of the recording took place in December 1980.[3] It contained a total of ten tracks.[1] Many of the record's tracks contained string instrumentation and arrangements, such as the songs "He Can Be an Angel" and "Taking the Easy Way Out." In addition, Pride chose songs that had been composed by songwriters he had used for previous albums. This included Ben Peters, John Schweers and Troy Seals.[3]
Personnel
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Roll On Mississippi.[3]
Musical and technical personnel
- Jerry Bradley – producer
- Herb Burnette – art direction
- Dan Dea – engineer
- Bill Harris – engineer
- The Jordanaires – background vocals
- Randy Kling – mastering
- The Shelly Kurland Strings – strings
- The Nashville Edition – background vocals
- Charley Pride – lead vocals, producer
- Nick Sangiamo – photography
- Pinwheel Studios – art direction
- Bergen White – arrangement