Spinning Around the Sun

Spinning Around the Sun
Studio album by
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Released1993
GenreCountry music
Length44:36
LabelElektra[1]
ProducerEmory Gordy Jr.[2]
Jimmie Dale Gilmore chronology
"After Awhile"
(1991) 		Spinning Around the Sun
(1993) 		Braver Newer World
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauA[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[6]

Spinning Around the Sun is an album by country music singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore.[7] It was released in 1993 on Elektra Records, and was his second record for the label.

The album includes a duet with singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, "Reunion."

Critical reception

In The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll for the year's best albums, Spinning Around the Sun finished at number 7.[8]

Robert Christgau gave the album an A grade, writing: "I doubt I'll hear a more gorgeous country record--maybe a more gorgeous record--anytime soon."[4] Mark Deming from AllMusic gave the record a 3.5-star rating, writing that "there are too many tunes that are beautiful but unremarkable, and beyond a near-definitive reworking of Butch Hancock's 'Just a Wave, Not the Water,' very little of this connects with the force of Gilmore's best work."[3] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "Gilmore's synthesis of country, folk and rock 'n' roll is as effortless as ever, and his voice is its old sweet, nasal self."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Where You Going" (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, David Hammond) 4:21
  2. "Santa Fe Thief" (A. B. Strehli, Jr.) 5:00
  3. "I Was the One" (Hal Blair, Claude Demetrius, Bill Peppers, Aaron Schroeder) 3:15
  4. "So I'll Run" (Strehli) 3:50
  5. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) 3:38
  6. "Mobile Line" (Traditional) 3:43
  7. "Nothing of the Kind" (Butch Hancock) 3:19
  8. "Just a Wave, Not the Water" (Hancock) 4:02
  9. "Reunion" (Jo Carol Pierce, Harry Porter) 2:54
  10. "I'm Gonna Love You" (Gilmore) 3:46
  11. "Another Colorado" (Gilmore) 3:31
  12. "Thinking About You" (Gilmore) 3:17

Personnel

Production

  • Produced By Emory Gordy, Jr.
  • Engineers: Russ Martin
  • Assistant Engineers: Terry Bates, Marc Frigo, Amy Hughes
  • Mixing: Steve Tillisch

Chart performance

Chart (1993) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 62
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 27

References

  1. ^ a b Gettelman, Parry. "JIMMIE DALE GILMORE". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  2. ^ Weingarten, Charles Aaron,Jon Dolan,Chuck Eddy,Reed Fischer,Richard Gehr,Rob Harvilla,David Menconi,Marissa R. Moss,Nick Murray,Sarah Rodman,Linda Ryan,Christopher R.; Stone, Rolling (May 27, 2020). "50 Country Albums Every Rock Fan Should Own".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b "Spinning Around the Sun - Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Jimmie Dale Gilmore". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 331.
  6. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 148–149.
  7. ^ "The Sagebrush Poet : Jimmie Dale Gilmore's career hasn't followed a traditional path but his 'Zen country' music is drawing attention with a major-label debut album called 'Spinning Around the Sun'". Los Angeles Times. October 10, 1993.
  8. ^ "The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 1 March 1994. Archived from the original on 14 November 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2022.