Barbara Mandrell discography

The discography of Barbara Mandrell, an American country artist, consists of 25 studio albums, one live album, seven compilation albums, 68 singles, and one B-side. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee after high school and signed a recording contract with Columbia Records in 1969.[1]

Barbara Mandrell discography
Barbara Mandrell in 1986
Studio albums	25
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	7
Singles	68
B-sides	1
Other appearances	3
No. 1 singles (U.S.)	6
No. 1 singles (overall)	7

Mandrell's debut album Treat Him Right was released in September 1971, which composed of country soul songs. It included her 1969 debut single, a cover of Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" and three singles that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard country singles chart: "Playin' Around with Love", "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man", and the title track. In 1971 she partnered with country artist David Houston for the single "After Closing Time", and eventually issued the album A Perfect Match (1972).[2] Her 1973 single, "The Midnight Oil", peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The success of the single brought Columbia to issue an album of the same name that year. After releasing This Time I Almost Made It (1974), Columbia dropped Mandrell due to her limited success.[1]

Mandrell's 1975 single, "Standing Room Only", was released on Dot Records and reached #5 on the Billboard chart. The following year, she released the studio albums This Is Barbara Mandrell and Midnight Angel, which were composed of a more commercial country pop sound. From her 1977 album Love's Ups and Downs she had two Top 5 country hits and over the next three years, she had three number one singles on that chart: "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", and "Years". After releasing 1980's Love Is Fair, Mandrell recorded her first live album Barbara Mandrell Live (1981). It spawned the number one single "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" and the #2 hit "Wish You Were Here" (which peaked on December 31, 1981). Her 12th studio album, In Black and White, was released in 1982 and spawned the number one single "Till You're Gone". Her 13th studio album, Spun Gold, spawned her sixth and final number one, "One of a Kind Pair of Fools". Mandrell released four more studio albums under MCA, including Meant for Each Other with country artist Lee Greenwood. The album released two major hit singles.

In 1987 she recorded Sure Feels Good for EMI America Records, which only produced the hit single "Child Support". She signed with Capitol Records one year later and released I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight. Although the album spawned the #5 hit "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today", it only peaked at #35 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. In 1990 Mandrell released Morning Sun and No Nonsense under Capitol, both of which did not produce any charting singles. Key's in the Mailbox (1991) followed similar suit and peaked at #62 on the Country Albums chart. Six years later, Mandrell issued her last studio album to date, entitled It Works for Me under Razor & Tie. Barbara Mandrell has had two gold selling albums (500,000 copies) according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[3]

Studio albums

1970s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [4]	US [4]	CAN Country [5]
Treat Him Right	Release date: September 9, 1971 Label: Columbia Records	44	—	—
A Perfect Match (with David Houston)	Release date: October 1972 Label: Columbia Records	38	—	—
The Midnight Oil	Release date: December 1973 Label: Columbia Records	8	—	—
This Time I Almost Made It	Release date: August 1974 Label: Columbia Records	41	—	—
This Is Barbara Mandrell	Release date: May 3, 1976 Label: Dot Records	26	—	—
Midnight Angel	Release date: October 29, 1976 Label: Dot Records	24	—	—
Lovers, Friends and Strangers	Release date: May 1977 Label: Dot Records	26	—	—
Love's Ups and Downs	Release date: November 18, 1977 Label: Dot Records	29	—	—
Moods	Release date: September 20, 1978 Label: ABC Records	8	132	3
Just for the Record	Release date: August 17, 1979 Label: MCA Records	9	166	4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [4]	US [4]	CAN Country [5]
Love Is Fair	Release date: August 29, 1980 Label: MCA Records	6	175	12
...In Black and White	Release date: April 30, 1982 Label: MCA Records	7	153	—
He Set My Life to Music	Release date: August 27, 1982 Label: MCA Records	59	—	—
Spun Gold	Release date: July 29, 1983 Label: MCA Records	5	140	—
Clean Cut	Release date: March 27, 1984 Label: MCA Records	8	204	—
Meant for Each Other (with Lee Greenwood)	Release date: August 9, 1984 Label: MCA Records	5	89	—
Christmas at Our House	Release date: October 1984 Label: MCA Records	31	—	—
Get to the Heart	Release date: August 19, 1985 Label: MCA Records	25	—	—
Moments	Release date: August 25, 1986 Label: MCA Records	53	—	—
Sure Feels Good	Release date: August 1, 1987 Label: EMI America Records	24	—	—
I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight	Release date: September 14, 1988 Label: Capitol Records	35	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [4]
Morning Sun	Release date: April 9, 1990 Label: Capitol Records	—
No Nonsense	Release date: August 21, 1990 Label: Capitol Records	72
Key's in the Mailbox	Release date: September 24, 1991 Label: Capitol Records	62
Acoustic Attitude	Release date: 1994 Label: Direct Records	—
It Works for Me	Release date: April 22, 1997 Label: DRD Records	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [4]	US [4]
Barbara Mandrell Live	Release date: August 7, 1981 Label: MCA Records	4	86	US: Gold[3]

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [4]	US [4]	CAN Country [5]
The Best of Barbara Mandrell	Release date: 1977 Label: Columbia Records	37	—	—
The Best of Barbara Mandrell	Release date: January 19, 1979 Label: ABC Records	13	170	9	US: Gold[3]
Looking Back	Release date: July 17, 1981 Label: Columbia Records	—	—	—
Greatest Hits	Release date: February 28, 1985 Label: MCA Records	27	210	—
Greatest Country Hits	Release date: 1990 Label: Curb Records	—	—	—
The Best of Barbara Mandrell	Release date: 1992 Label: Liberty Records	—	—	—
The Barbara Mandrell Collection	Release date: February 7, 1995 Label: Capitol Nashville	—	—	—
Super Hits	Release date: August 12, 1997 Label: Columbia Records	—	—	—
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection	Release date: October 31, 2000 Label: MCA Nashville	—	—	—
Ultimate Collection	Release date: July 31, 2001 Label: Hip-O Records	—	—	—
This Time I Almost Made It: The Lost Columbia Masters	Release date: February 12, 2016 Label: Real Gone Music	—	—	—
After All These Years: The Collection	Release date: July 10, 2020 Label: MCA Nashville	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s and 1970s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Album
		US Country [6]	US [6]	US AC [6]	CAN Country [7]	CAN AC [7]
1963	"Queen for a Day"	—	—	—	—	—	N/A
1969	"I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"	55	—	—	—	—	Treat Him Right
1970	"Playing Around with Love"	18	—	—	48	—
	"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"	17	128	—	—	—
1971	"Treat Him Right"	12	—	—	—	—
	"Tonight My Baby's Coming Home"	10	—	—	34	—	The Midnight Oil
1972	"Show Me"	11	—	—	48	—
	"Holdin' on (To the Love I Got)"	27	—	—	38	—
1973	"Give a Little, Take a Little"	24	—	—	29	—
	"The Midnight Oil"	7	—	—	5	—
1974	"This Time I Almost Made It"	12	—	—	—	—	This Time I Almost Made It
1975	"Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home"	39	—	—	—	—
	"Standing Room Only"	5	—	—	37	—	This Is Barbara Mandrell
1976	"That's What Friends Are for"	16	—	—	27	—
	"Love Is Thin Ice"	24	—	—	—	—
	"Midnight Angel"	16	—	—	31	—	Midnight Angel
1977	"Married But Not to Each Other"	3	—	—	3	—	Lovers, Friends and Strangers
	"Hold Me"	12	—	—	14	—
	"Woman to Woman"	4	92	49	5	—	Love's Ups and Downs
1978	"Tonight"	5	103	—	25	—
	"Sleeping Single in a Double Bed"	1	102	—	1	—	Moods
1979	"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"^[A]	1	31	6	1	31
	"Fooled by a Feeling"	4	89	26	5	3	Just for the Record
	"Years"	1	102	38	1	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country [6]	US AC [6]	CAN Country [7]
1980	"Crackers"^[B]	3	—	6	Love Is Fair
	"The Best of Strangers"	6	—	9
1981	"Love Is Fair"	13	—	7
	"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"	1	—	14	Barbara Mandrell Live
	"Wish You Were Here"	2	40	11
1982	"'Till You're Gone"^[C]	1	25	3	In Black and White
	"Operator, Long Distance Please"	9	—	9
1983	"In Times Like These"	4	—	6	Spun Gold
	"One of a Kind Pair of Fools"	1	—	1
1984	"Happy Birthday Dear Heartache"	3	—	18	Clean Cut
	"Only a Lonely Heart Knows"	2	—	1
	"Crossword Puzzle"	11	—	10
1985	"There's No Love in Tennessee"	7	—	24	Greatest Hits
	"Angel in Your Arms"	8	—	22	Get to the Heart
	"Fast Lanes and Country Roads"	4	—	2
1986	"When You Get to the Heart" (with The Oak Ridge Boys)	20	—	33
	"No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You"	6	—	5	Moments
1987	"Sure Feels Good"	48	—	41	Sure Feels Good
	"Child Support"	13	—	14
1988	"Angels Love Bad Men" (with Waylon Jennings)	49	—	40
	"I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today"	5	—	2	I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight
1989	"My Train of Thought"	19	—	15
	"Mirror, Mirror"	49	—	56
	"You Wouldn't Know Love (If It Looked You in the Eye)"	—^[D]	—	81	Morning Sun
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year	Single	Album
1990	"You've Become the Dream"[8]	Morning Sun
	"The Nearness of You"
	"Men and Trains"	No Nonsense
1991	"I'll Leave Something Good Behind"[9]
	"Feed the Fire"[10]
	"The Key's in the Mailbox"[11]	Key's in the Mailbox
	"When a Man Loves a Woman"
1992	"I Love You Because"
	"Try Gettin' Over You"
1997	"Ten Pound Hammer"	It Works for Me
	"Get Here"

Other singles

Collaborations

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions			Album
			US Country [6]	US AC [6]	CAN Country [7]
1970	"After Closing Time"	David Houston	6	—	4	A Perfect Match
1971	"We've Got Everything But Love"		20	—	—
1972	"A Perfect Match"		24	—	—
1973	"I Love You, I Love You'		6	—	18
1974	"Lovin' You Is Worth It"		40	—	—
1984	"To Me"	Lee Greenwood	3	24	5	Meant for Each Other
1985	"It Should Have Been Love by Now"		19	35	12
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions		Album
			US Country [6]	CAN Country [7]
1974	"The Ten Commandments of Love"	David Houston	14	9	A Man Needs Love

B-sides

Year	B-side	Peak chart positions		Original A-side
		US Country [6]	US AC [6]
1981	"Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow"	flip	26	"Love Is Fair"

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album
1974	"The Ten Commandments of Love" (with David Houston)	A Man Needs Love[12]
1984	"My Rose of Old Kentucky" (with Bill Monroe)	Bill Monroe and Friends[13]
1984	"Daisy Chain" (with George Jones)	Ladies' Choice[14]
1991	"I'd Give Anything" (with Lee Greenwood)	A Perfect 10[15]

Music videos

Year	Single	Director
1990	"I'll Leave Something Good Behind"

Notes

• A^ "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" also peaked at number 25 on the Canadian Singles Chart.
• B^ "Crackers" also peaked at number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
• C^ "'Till You're Gone" also peaked at number 20 on the RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in Canada.
• D^ "You Wouldn't Know Love (If It Looked You in the Eye)" did not enter the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, but peaked at number 7 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[16]

References

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14. "Ladies' Choice > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
15. "A Perfect 10 track listing". Amazon. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
16. "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. January 20, 1990.