Dirty Looks (album)

Dirty Looks
Studio album by Juice Newton
Released 1983
Genre Country pop
Length 37:48
Label Capitol
Producer Richard Landis
Juice Newton chronology
Quiet Lies
(1982)		 Dirty Looks
(1983)		 Greatest Hits
(1984)
Singles from Dirty Looks
  1. "Tell Her No"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Dirty Looks"
    Released: 1983
  3. "Stranger at My Door"
    Released: 1983

Dirty Looks is an album by American country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by Capitol Records in 1983.[1]

Overview

Dirty Looks was Newton's follow-up to Juice (her "breakthrough" album) and Quiet Lies. Both of those two albums had been major hits for Capitol and, between them, had produced five top ten singles.[2] With their success, Capitol seemed determined to more than ever to push Newton further into the pop market. Unfortunately, Dirty Looks was not as successful as Juice and Quiet Lies and only produced three modest hits. "Tell Her No", a reworking of The Zombies's 1965 top ten hit,[3] peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Pop chart while "Dirty Looks" made it only to number 90. "Stranger at My Door" had a modest peak at number 45 on the Billboard Country chart.[1]

In summing up the album's modest success music critic Ian McFarlane noted:

The first clue was the album cover which featured a series of nine photos of Juice looking bright, playful and not a little coy, whereas with previous covers (Juice and Quiet Lies in particular) she’d radiated a quiet confidence and sheer determination by staring straight at the camera lens. The second clue was the preponderance of synthesizer arrangements and big crashing guitar chords among the songs written by rock and pop based performers such as Van Stephenson ("Dirty Looks"), Rod Argent ("Tell Her No") and Marc Jordan ("Slipping Away"). Even the usually restrained Otha Young seemed to be working the big pop riffs with "Don't Bother Me".[1]

Despite this Dirty Looks sold well enough in Canada to be certified Gold on October 13, 1983.[4] On June 26, 2007 Dirty Looks and a later Newton album, Old Flame, were released on a "2 for 1" compact disc.[5] The closing track on the album, "For Believers", was later reused with a new recording for Newton's 2007 album The Gift of Christmas.[6]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Dirty Looks"  Dave Robbins, Van Stephenson 3:50
2. "Tell Her No"  Rod Argent 3:35
3. "Til I Loved You"  Dave Robbins, Jeff Silbar, Van Stephenson 3:57
4. "Keeping Me on My Toes"  Troy Seals, Eddie Setser 4:10
5. "Twenty Years Ago"  Wood Newton, Michael Noble, Michael Spriggs, Daniel Tyler 3:45
6. "Don't Bother Me"  Otha Young 3:43
7. "Stranger at My Door"  Charlie Black, Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater 3:29
8. "Slipping Away"  Marc Jordan, Steve Kipner 4:10
9. "Runaway Hearts"  Bob McDill, Hunter Moore 4:50
10. "For Believers"  Otha Young 2:19

Personnel

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 McFarlane, Ian (2007). Old Flame / Quiet Lies (booklet). Juice Newton. Ivanhoe East, Victoria, Australia: Raven Records. p. 4. RVCD-256.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Biography of Juice Newton at AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. Biography of The Zombies at AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gold/Platinum: Juice Newton". Music Canada. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Old Flame / Dirty Looks at AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ The Gift of Christmas at AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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