Lee Roy Parnell (album)

Lee Roy Parnell is the self-titled debut album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1990 via Arista Records. The album includes the singles "Crocodile Tears", "Oughta Be a Law" and "Family Tree". Although all three singles charted on the U.S. Billboard country charts, they all missed Top 40. "Mexican Money" was also made into a music video.

Brian Mansfield of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, praising Barry Beckett's production.

Track listing

1. "Oughta Be a Law" (Gary Nicholson, Dan Penn) – 4:18
2. "Fifty-Fifty Love" (Nicholson, Lee Roy Parnell) – 4:26
3. "Where Is My Baby Tonight" (Troy Seals, Graham Lyle) – 3:35
4. "Crocodile Tears" (Parnell, Leroy Preston) – 4:02
5. "Family Tree" (Steve Durocher, Jeannie Smith) – 3:06
6. "Let's Pretend" (Parnell, Cris Moore) – 4:10
7. "You're Taking Too Long" (Parnell, Nicholson, Rory Michael Bourke) – 5:14
8. "Mexican Money" (Parnell, Moore) – 3:03
9. "Down Deep" (Parnell, Nicholson, Bucky Jones) – 3:59
10. "Red Hot" (Parnell, Moore) – 3:30

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Musicians

• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• John Gardner – drums
• Jim Horn, Michael Haynes, Jack Hale, Quitman Dennis – horn section
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Tim Loftin – bass guitar
• Joe McGlohon – saxophone
• Jonell Mosser – background vocals
• Lee Roy Parnell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, lead vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Bergen White – background vocals
• John Willis – acoustic guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Production

• Barry Beckett – producer
• Scott Hendricks – mixing
• Denny Purcell – mastering

References