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Norma Jean Album: “I Guess That Comes from Being Poor [Omni]”
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I Guess That Comes from Being Poor [Omni] |
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Release Date:2007-05-15
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Classic Country
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Label:Omni
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:9312231233265
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I Guess That Comes From Being Poor |
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Hungry Eyes |
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One's on the Way |
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Life of a Poor Boy |
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Hundred Dollar Funeral |
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Lord Must Have Loved The Poor Folks |
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There Won't Be Any Patches In Heaven |
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Po' Folks |
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Old Doc Brown |
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Coat Of Many Colors |
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Review - :
This country concept album from the downside of {$Norma Jean}'s career looks at poverty from a myriad of perspectives. The economic recession of the '70s inspired a number of similar country albums, the most commercially successful of which was {$Bobby Bare}'s {^Hard Time Hungrys}. {$Norma Jean} grew up poor herself, so {^I Guess That Comes from Being Poor} reflects something of her experiences and attitudes, as evidenced by the liner notes she wrote for it. The album contains a handful of newly composed songs, such as the title track and the bleak {&"The Lord Must Have Loved the Poor Folks,"} but many of the cuts are renditions of country hits and classics. {&"Life of a Poor Boy"} was a hit for {$Stonewall Jackson}, {&"Po' Folks"} for {$Bill Anderson}, and {&"Hungry Eyes"} for {$Merle Haggard}, but {$Norma Jean} is such a distinctive vocalist that she brings something new to the songs. {&"Old Doc Brown"} describes a poor community's efforts to memorialize a kindly country doctor, and is a rare example of a recitation by a female artist. {$Norma Jean} may have included {$Dolly Parton}'s {&"Coat of Many Colors"} as a goodwill gesture, since {$Parton} was {$Norma Jean}'s replacement on {#The Porter Wagoner Show}. {$Norma Jean}'s hitmaking era for {@RCA Victor} had ended by this point, but her albums never declined in quality. [{@Omni}'s 2007 edition included both the {^I Guess That Comes from Being Poor} and {^Body and Mind} albums, as well as highlights from the {^Another Man Loved Me Last Night} LP.] ~ Greg Adams, All Music Guide
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