''Midnight Angel'' is the fifth solo studio album by American country music singer,

Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer and musician. She is also credited as an actress and author. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was considered among country's most successful music artist ...

, released in October 1976. The album peaked at number 24 on the Top Country Albums chart. Two singles were released, "Midnight Angel", which peaked at number 16 on the Top Country Singles chart, and " Married, But Not to Each Other", which peaked at number three. Following its success on the singles chart, "Married, But Not to Each Other" was included on Mandrell's '' Lovers, Friends and Strangers'' album in May 1977.

Content

Like Barbara's previous album, ''Midnight Angel'' was not as successful as future releases. However, the album set the stage for her future recordings under the label. With her second album under ABC/Dot, the subject matter of her songs got sexier, as exemplified in "Pillow Pleasure", "Slippin' Around Again", and the pop-tinged "I Never Said I Love You." Like Barbara's previous album, '' This Is Barbara Mandrell'', ''Midnight Angel'' also consisted of 11 tracks.

Track listing

#"From Saturday Night to Sunday Quiet" (John Schweers) #"Partners" (

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) #"Better Off by Myself" (Geoffrey Morgan) #"Fool's Gold" (Robert John Jones) #"It's a Beautiful Morning With You" (Archie Jordan) #"Pillow Pleasure" (John Schweers) #" Midnight Angel" (Bill Anthony, Bob Morrison) #"I Count You" (

, Schweers) #"I Never Said I Love You" (Archie Jordan,

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) #"Slippin' Around Again" ( Roger Bowling,

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) #"Married, But Not to Each Other" (

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, Francis Miller)

Personnel

*Barbara Mandrell - lead vocals *Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Lea Jane Berinati,

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, Neal Matthews, Ray Walker,

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- backing vocals *Mike Leech - bass guitar *

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- drums *Tommy Williams - fiddle *Jimmy Capps, Steve Gibson, Glenn Keener, Jack Mollette, Billy Sanford, Jerry Stembridge, Chip Young - guitar *

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- harmonica *Farrell Morris - percussion *Bobby Ogdin,

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- piano *

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- steel guitar *Archie Jordan - string arrangements (tracks 1,5,9,11) *Charlie McCoy, Farrell Morris - vibraphone

Charts

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