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Ask Me What I Am

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Ask Me What I Am
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 5, 1973
GenreEasy listening, country
Length33:07
LabelMercury/Phonogram
ProducerBobby Goldsboro and Buddy Killen
Singles from Ask Me What I Am
  1. "A Room for a Boy Never Used"
    Released: November 19, 1973
  2. "She's Taken a Gentle Lover"
    Released: February 1974

Ask Me What I Am is a 1973 album by actor Burt Reynolds. His only album, it was produced by Bobby Goldsboro and Buddy Killen.[1] The album was released on the Mercury/Phonogram label.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideE+[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Childhood 1949" — 3:12 (Bobby Goldsboro)[1]
  2. "Slow John Fairburn" — 4:00 (Red Lane)
  3. "The First One That I Lay With" — 2:41 (Red Lane, Tom McKeon)
  4. "Till I Get It Right" — 2:20 (Larry Henley, Red Lane)
  5. "She's Taken A Gentle Lover" — 3:50
  6. "You Can't Always Sing a Happy Song" — 2:38
  7. "Ask Me What I Am" — 2:50 (Glenn Yarbrough)
  8. "A Room for a Boy Never Used" — 3:22
  9. "I Didn't Shake the World Today" — 2:53
  10. "There's a Slight Misunderstanding Between God and Man" — 3:10
  11. "I Like Having You Around" — 2:10 (Red Lane)

Performers

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  • Burt Reynolds – lead vocals
  • Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery, Ginger Holladay - Backing Vocals
  • Joe Allen, Mike Leech – Bass
  • Larrie London – Drums
  • Bobby Goldsboro, Johnny Christopher, Reggie Young – Guitar
  • Timmy Tappan – Harpsichord
  • Bobby Emmons – Organ
  • Bobby Wood – Piano
  • Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Gary Van Osdale, George Brinkley III, Harry Lantz, Jim Stephany, Martha McCrory, Marvin Chantry, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Solie Isaac Fott, Stephanie Woolf, Steven Smith – Strings

References

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  1. ^ a b "Burt Reynolds – Ask Me What I Am (1973, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.