I'm Only a Woman (Dottie West album)

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I'm Only a Woman
Studio album by
Dottie West
ReleasedMay 1972 (1972-05)
RecordedFebruary 1972
StudioRCA Studio B
Genre
Length25:16
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJerry Bradley
Dottie West chronology
Have You Heard...Dottie West
(1971) 		I'm Only a Woman
(1972) 		If It's All Right With You/Just What I've Been Looking For
(1973)
Singles from I'm Only a Woman
  1. "Lonely Is"
    Released: May 1971
  2. "I'm Only a Woman"
    Released: April 1972

I'm Only a Woman is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in May 1972 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Jerry Bradley. The project was West's nineteenth studio album. Among the album's ten tracks were two charting singles issued between 1971 and 1972. It was West's only studio release issued in 1972 and third studio album not receive a Billboard chart placement.

Background and content[edit]

I'm Only a Woman was recorded at RCA Studio B, a venue located in Nashville, Tennessee. The album sessions were produced by Jerry Bradley. It was West's fifth time collaborating with Bradley on an album project.[2] The collection consisted of ten tracks.[1]

Two of the album's songs were cover versions of songs first recorded by others. The song, "Are You Lonesome Tonight", was made popular first in the 1920s and later in the 1960s by Elvis Presley. "Together Again" was composed and made a hit by Buck Owens in the 1960s as well. The album also included original tracks. However, unlike West's previous album releases I'm Only a Woman did not include a self-composed material. For the album, Bradley and West chose well-known Nashville songwriters to pen material. The project included writing by Kris Kristofferson, Ben Peters and Billy Sherrill.[2]

Release and reception[edit]

I'm Only a Woman was released in May 1972 on RCA Victor Records and was her nineteenth studio album. It was her only record released in that year. It was issued as a vinyl LP, consisting of five songs on each side of the original record.[2] I'm Only a Woman was West's third record in a row to miss charting on the Billboard album surveys, most notably the Top Country Albums chart.[3]

The release accounted for two singles released between 1971 and 1972. Both singles only became minor hits, according to Billboard. The first to be released was "Lonely Is" in May 1971.[4] Spending eight weeks charting, the single peaked at number 53 on the Hot Country Singles list by July.[5] The title track was released in April 1972.[4] It spent a total of nine weeks on the country songs chart before reaching number 52 in July.[6]

Track listing[edit]

Side one[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Only a Woman"Ben Peters2:59
2."Your Sweet Love"Billy Sherrill2:05
3."Baby, I Tried"Jeannie Fitzsimmons2:11
4."Are You Lonesome Tonight"
2:33
5."Lonely Is"
2:21
Side two[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There's a Big Wheel"Don Gibson2:40
2."That's All That's Left of My Baby"
2:03
3."Together Again"Buck Owens1:47
4."Too Much Me of Me Loving You"
3:02
5."Give It Time to Be Tender"Kris Kristofferson3:08

Personnel[edit]

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of I'm Only a Woman.[2]

Musical personnel

Technical personnel

  • Ray Butts – recording technician
  • Jerry Bradley – producer
  • Dick Cobb – cover photo
  • Leslie Ladd – engineering
  • Al Pachucki – engineering
  • Tom Pick – engineering
  • David Roys – recording technician
  • Mike Shockley – recording technician
  • Roy Shockley – recording technician
  • Bill Vandevort – engineering

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America May 1972 Vinyl RCA Victor [2]
United Kingdom [7]
North America circa 2023
  • Music download
  • streaming
 Sony Music Entertainment [8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "I'm Only a Woman -- Dottie West -- Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g West, Dottie (May 1972). "I'm Only a Woman (Liner Notes/Album Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-4704.
  3. ^ "Dottie West chart history: Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  5. ^ ""Lonely Is" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. ^ ""I'm Only a Woman" [single] chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. ^ West, Dottie (May 1972). "I'm Only a Woman (Liner Notes UK Edition)". RCA Victor. LSA-3137.
  8. ^ "I'm Only a Woman by Dottie West". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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