Acoustic Attitude is the twenty-fourth solo studio album by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released on April 21, 1994, on Direct Records and contained 12 tracks. It was Mandrell's twenty-sixth studio recording released in her career and the first to be issued on the Direct label. Acoustic Attitude was a collection of re-recordings of Mandrell's most popular singles from her career. The album was originally sold on television and later released to digital retailers.
Background and recording
Barbara Mandrell was considered by writers to be one of country music's most successful artists during the 1970s and 1980s.[3][4] Towards the end of 1980s, Mandrell's commercial performance started to wane. She left her major record label (Capitol Records) in 1991.[4] In 1994, it was announced that a New York company called Direct Records would promote and distribute two new albums of Mandrell's material. The albums would be promoted through the label with the help of promotion on television. The album was marketed directly through The Nashville Network beginning in 1994.[5]Acoustic Attitude would be the first of these albums released by the Direct label. According to the liner notes, the project was recorded in late 1993 in Nashville, Tennessee. The session was co-produced by Brent Rowan and Barbara Mandrell. It was the first studio album in Mandrell's career to credit her as a producer.[6]