''Cry'' is a studio album by the American musician

Lynn Anderson Lynn René Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, " Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also charted five number one ...

, released in 1972. This album was based on Lynn Anderson's hit from early 1972, "Cry", which hit No. 3 on the Billboard Country charts, and No. 1 on the Cashbox Country charts. In addition the song also reached No. 71 on the Pop charts, and No. 16 on the Adult Contemporary charts that year. This album shows Anderson's new direction into placing her voice into more pop-oriented songs, including "Cry" (originally a No. 1 pop hit for

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in 1951). After having a No. 1 country and pop hit in late 1970, " (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", her record company set her records out more for the Pop market, and never looked back. This helped Lynn Anderson gain the biggest success she ever had for a number of years. Thus, this left Anderson from recording the hard country material she recorded for her late 1960s albums under

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. Lynn's husband,

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, produced the album with

Clive Davis Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is an American record producer, A&R executive, record executive, and lawyer. He has won five Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a non-performer, in 2000. From 1967 to 1 ...

. Most of the songs featured here are pop songs, like the

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' "We've Got to Get It on Again" and

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's " When You Say Love". With the help of legendary country producer,

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, Sutton wrote some of the songs for this album, some of which had been previously hits for country singers, like

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's "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home". This album was a big-selling album, reaching No. 2 on the "Top Country Albums" chart and No. 114 on the "Billboard 200" albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

*Lynn Anderson – Vocals *Louis Bradley – Engineer *Charlie Bragg – Engineer *

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– Background Vocals *Cam Mullins – Arranger *The Nashville Edition – Background Vocals *Glenn Sutton – Arranger

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1972 albums Lynn Anderson albums Albums produced by Clive Davis Albums produced by Glenn Sutton Columbia Records albums {{1970s-country-album-stub