''Seven Year Ache'' is the third studio album by American

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singer

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, and her second for

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. It was released on February 27, 1981, and reached number one on the ''

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'' country album chart. Three singles were released from her album; in the order of the singles' release they were: the title track, " My Baby Thinks He's a Train", and " Blue Moon with Heartache". To promote the album, Cash hit the talk show circuit starting with her appearance on ''

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''. The album was mastered a few days following the

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. As a tribute to Lennon, Cash asked the mastering engineer to scratch the message “Goodbye, John” into the run-out groove of the mother vinyl. This etching was limited to the first 25,000 copies of the album. The CD was reissued in 2005 in an edition which was part of the ''American Milestone'' series from

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, which later identified the reissue as being among the 52 CD titles that were deemed to have been shipped with

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(XCP)

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. As a result, all

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computer that were used to play the reissue are likely to have had XCP installed. This can cause a number of serious

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, regard XCP as a

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, or

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. Sony discontinued use of the technology on November 11, 2005, and recalled this and other titles affected by XCP, and asked customers to submit copies affected by the software to the company so that it could replace them with copies that did not contain the software.

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals * Tony Brown - electric piano *

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- guitar, harmony vocals *

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- harmony vocals *

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- harmony vocals *

Booker T. Jones Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artis ...

- organ, synthesizer *

Albert Lee Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked, both in the studio and on tour, with many famous musicians from a wide range of genres. He has also m ...

- acoustic and electric guitar *

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- harmonica *

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- harmony vocals *

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- harmony vocals *

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- electric and steel guitar * Janis Gill - harmony vocals *

Emory Gordy Jr. Emory Lee Gordy Jr. (born December 25, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter and music producer. A former member of Emmylou Harris' backing band The Hot Band, he is best known for his association with country singer Patty Loveless, to whom ...

- guitar, mandolin, bass, piano, string arrangements *

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- piano *

Phil Kenzie Phil Kenzie is an English multi-saxophone player and rock and roll musician. He has been voted by fans as "one of the greatest rock 'n' roll sax players of all time." Born in Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdo ...

- saxophone *

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- harmony vocals *

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- drums *Jerry McGee - electric guitar *Milah's Bros. - handclapping * Frank Reckard - electric guitar ;Technical *Arlene Katz,

- production assistance *Donivan Cowart, Bradley Hartman - engineers

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1981 albums Rosanne Cash albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Rodney Crowell {{1980s-country-album-stub