''Hangin' Up My Heart'' is the 1983 debut album of actress

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. The album produced three singles: "Lonely but Only for You", which reached number 15 on

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, along with "If I Can Just Get Through the Night" and "If You Could Only See Me Now".

Critical reception

An uncredited review in ''

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'' magazine said that Spacek's "vocals are amazingly strong and sensuous". The reviewer also called it an "auspicious showing by an Oscar-winning actress who has a natural feel for this genre". Keith Tuber of ''

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'' magazine was also positive, writing that the title track "erases the initial feelings of mistrust, the kind that accompanies any singing work from a professional actress". Tuber also praised

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's production.

Track listing

Personnel

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- saxophone * Barbara Bennett - backing vocals * Richard Bennett - electric 12-string guitar * David Briggs - piano *

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- backing vocals *

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- backing vocals *

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- electric guitar, steel guitar * Linda Dillard - backing vocals *

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- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals *

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- fiddle, mandolin *

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- bass, acoustic guitar * John Hobbs - piano, synthesizer * Larry London - drums *

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- harmonica *

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- electric guitar * Sissy Spacek - vocals

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1983 debut albums Sissy Spacek albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Rodney Crowell