''Blue Nun'' is an album by the American musician

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, released in 1981. It features two duets with British rocker

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: "Oh How Happy" and "Do Me Lover".

Critical reception

Writing in ''The Boston Phoenix'', Joyce Millman opined that while Carter "can write a snazzy pop tune ... the absence of any 'Western swing' makes ''Blue Nun'' a bit of a disappointment. ... ough roducer Nick Lowe has assembled the best pop hired hands (guitarists

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, and ex-Record

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), Carter frequently sounds like a teenager singing along with her Supremes records."

Track listing

*Track information and credits verified from the album's liner notes.

Personnel

– guitar *

– guitar, backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

– Hammond organ, piano, backing vocals * Carlene Carter – guitar, piano, vocals * Ginny Clee – backing vocals * Big Al Downing – backing vocals * James Eller – bass, backing vocals *

– guitar, backing vocals *

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– drums, backing vocals *

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– backing vocals ;Technical *Paul Bass, Aldo Bocca, Rob Keyloch, Neill King – engineer

References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Carlene Carter albums F-Beat Records albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Roger Bechirian Albums produced by Nick Lowe