Stay Tuned (Chet Atkins album)

Stay Tuned
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	May 5, 1985
Recorded	1985
Studio	A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA) Room 335 (Los Angeles, CA) CA Workshop (Nashville, TN) The Sound Shop (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country, jazz
Length	36:43
Label	Columbia[1]
Producer	Chet Atkins, George Benson, David Hungate
Chet Atkins chronology
Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. (1983) Stay Tuned (1985) Street Dreams (1986)

Stay Tuned is a studio album by Chet Atkins, released in 1985 on Columbia Records. His guests included George Benson, Mark Knopfler, Steve Lukather, and Earl Klugh.[2]

Stay Tuned was the first "Nashville" album promoted specifically to compact disc purchasers.[3]

"Cosmic Square Dance" won the 1985 Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance.[4]

The album peaked at No. 145 on the Billboard 200.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]

AllMusic critic Cub Koda wrote of the album: "Atkins' tone is, as usual, faultless, and his playing superb. If the 'meetings' don't always come off, it's usually due to the overzealousness of the other guitar players.... All in all, a good modern-day Chet Atkins album, but not the place to start a collection."[6] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "while the tunes are formulaic, the playing is impressive."[9]

Track listing

1. "Sunrise" (G. Benson, Randy Goodrum) – 4:06
2. "Please Stay Tuned" (Atkins, Paul Yandell) – 4:01
3. "Quiet Eyes" (Russell) – 3:33
4. "A Mouse in the House" (Moss) – 3:52
5. "Some Leather and Lace" (Atkins, Yandell) – 3:56
6. "The Cricket Ballet" (Darryl Dybka) – 3:30
7. "Cosmic Square Dance" (Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Paul Yandell) – 4:14
8. "The Boot and the Stone" (Dybka) – 3:57
9. "Tap Room" – 4:08
10. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 1:26

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• George Benson – guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Earl Klugh – guitar
• Mark Knopfler – guitar
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Brent Mason – guitar
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Paul Yandell – guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Boots Randolph – saxophone
• Jim Horn – horns
• Don Sheffield – horns
• Darryl Dybka – keyboards
• Randy Goodrum – keyboards
• Clayton Ivey – keyboards
• Shane Keister – keyboards
• Mark Hammond – drums
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Terry McMillan – percussion

Production notes

• Bergen White – string and horn arrangement
• George Butler – remix supervision
• Mike Poston – engineering
• Ernie Winfrey – string section engineering
• Don Hahn – remix engineering
• Joe Borja – engineering assistance
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

References

1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
2. "Guitar virtuoso Atkins dies". Variety. July 1, 2001.
3. "CD Sales". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 26, 1985 – via Google Books.
4. Reinhart, Mark S. (September 17, 2014). Chet Atkins: The Greatest Songs of Mister Guitar. McFarland. ISBN 9781476617831 – via Google Books.
5. "Chet Atkins". Billboard.
6. Koda, Cub. "Stay Tuned > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
7. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 292.
8. MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 27.
9. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 26–27.