After All These Years

by Eddy Arnold

Overview

Eddy Arnold's warm, neighborly voice has served him well over the years, and since he made his first recording in 1944, he has been at this an astounding sixty-plus years, during which time he has notched 92 Top Ten hits and reached the top spot 28 times. In 2005, at 87-years-old, Arnold has released his 100th album, the calm, wise and unassuming After All These Years, which was produced by Jack Clement and Jim Malloy. Arnold's voice isn't as strong as it used to be, but the warm, caring tone is still there, and he wisely tackles willfully nostalgic ballads that turn his increasingly hushed singing into a clear strength, and on songs like the lead-off track here, the gentle "Old Porch Swing," he gives the lyrics a priceless fragility and presence. Other highlights include the light rocker "Don't She Look Good," and two songs that originally appeared on Clement's 1978 album All I Want to Do in Life, "When I Dream," and "It'll Be Her." Arnold also revisits his 1956 hit, the durable "You Don't Know Me," which was a hit in 1962 for Ray Charles, and again in 1981 for Mickey Gilley. It may be an autumnal statement, but After All These Years has a quiet, easy pace about it that makes it refreshingly novel when placed next to the hustle, bustle, and bluster of most contemporary country releases. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	08/16/2005
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0828767071022
Rank:	141346

Tracks

1. Old Porch Swing
2. I'm Gonna Be Home with You
3. It'll Be Her
4. If I Had Lived My Life Without You
5. Don't She Look Good
6. I've Been Down Some Roads
7. When I Dream
8. After All These Years
9. King of the Road
10. If Only
11. You Don't Know Me
12. To Life

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eddy Arnold   Primary Artist,Keyboards
Dave Roe   Double Bass
Bryan Sutton   Ukulele,Guitar
David Ferguson   Guitar,Guitar
Wanda Vick   Mandolin,Violin,Dobro
Mark Howard   Guitar,Mandolin
Lloyd Green   Dobro
Shawn Camp   Guitar
Billy Burnette   Guitar
Kenny Malone   Drums,Percussion
Jack Clement   Dobro,Guitar,Ukulele
Dale Richardson   Vocals (Background)
Thom Bresh   Guitar
Bobby Wood   Piano,Keyboards
Stephanie Hall   Vocals (Background)
Brooks Watson   Keyboards
Charles Cochran   Piano,Keyboards
Joey Miskulin   Banjo,Accordion
David Roe   Bass (Upright),Bass (Electric)
Martin Singer   Vocals (Background)
Hank Martin   Vocals (Background)
Jon Mark Ivey   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Jim Malloy   Audio Production,Mixing,Producer
Jack Clement   Audio Production,Producer
Sandy Mason   Composer
Jerry Chesnut   Composer
Jim Weatherly   Composer
Bobby Tomberlin   Composer
Billy Ray Reynolds   Composer
Robert K. Oermann   Liner Notes
David Ferguson   Mixing
Tony Green   Digital Editing
Eddy Arnold   Mixing,Composer,Engineer
Brooks Watson   Engineer,Mixing
Roger Miller   Composer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Ken Leray   Composer
Senor McGuire   Photography
Katherine Stratton   Design
J. Niles Clement   Tray Photo
S. Wade Hunt   Design
David K. Shipley   Mastering
Astrid Herbold May   Art Direction