Between Midnight & Hindsight

Between Midnight & Hindsight is the debut album by Joy Lynn White, released October 20, 1992.

Between Midnight & Hindsight
Studio album by Joy Lynn White
Released	October 20, 1992 (1992-10-20)
Genre	Country
Length	35:54
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Blake Chancey Paul Worley
Joy Lynn White chronology
Between Midnight & Hindsight (1992) Wild Love (1994)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Chicago Tribune	[2]
My Kind of Country	A [3]
Country Universe	[4]

This album received four out of a possible five stars and ranked No. 66 on their 100 Greatest Contemporary Country Albums by Country Universe.[4]

Robert Wooldridge of Country Standard Time writes that "White's impressive vocal skills are in evidence on this impressive debut."[5]

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic says of Ms. White, "She could wring depths of feeling from the plot twists of the tearjerker "Why Do I Feel So Good" and barnstorm through the stomping "Wishful Thinking" with equal effectiveness." [1]

Jack Hurst of the Chicago Tribune reviews the album and writes, "This might seem to be a better album had it begun with its fifth cut, "(If He's So Bad) Why Do I Feel So Good." That one and three that follow it-"Wishful Thinking" (no, not the old one), "Let's Talk About Love Again" and "Hey Hey Mama"-all sound like possible harbingers of a female persona that has not existed on the country scene for some time, if ever. In these songs, young White-whose voice displays vestiges of both Patty Loveless and Emmylou Harris-exhibits a kick and fire that suggest the imminent arrival of a female Dwight Yoakam. Her dominant sound is that of a raucous rebelliousness. The style isn't polished yet, as some of the album's earlier cuts indicate, but it's hard to remember when a country female has dared to be quite this traditional and, at the same time, this bold.[2]

My Kind of Country gives the album a grade of "A" and says. "Unfortunately country radio was not quite ready for Joy's intensity, and none of the album's three singles reached the top 40. First up was "Little Tears", an up-tempo tune about defying the pain of heartbreak written by Michael Henderson and Mark Irwin. "True Confessions", the closest Joy came to a hit single, peaked at #45."[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Little Tears"	Mark Irwin Michael Henderson	2:21
2.	"True Confessions"	Marty Stuart Kostas	3:31
3.	"Those Shoes"	Kevin Welch Harry Stinson	4:13
4.	"Wherever You Are"	Mark Irwin Michael Henderson	3:22
5.	"Why Do I Feel So Good"	Bobby Braddock	3:14
6.	"Wishful Thinking"	Wally Wilson Michael Henderson	2:51
7.	"Let's Talk About Love Again"	Wally Wilson Michael Henderson	2:37
8.	"Bittersweet End"	Joy Lynn White Sam Hogin Jim McBride	3:43
9.	"Hey Hey Mama"	Jimmy Davis	3:22
10.	"Cold Day in July"	Richard Leigh	3:59
11.	"It's Amazing"	Joy Lynn White Ted Lindsay Johnny Douglas	2:41
Total length:			35:54

• Track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.[6]

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. "Between Midnight & Hindsight". AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
2. Hurst, Jack (14 January 1993). "Review". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
3. Hope, Occasional (22 February 2017). "Review". My Kind of Country. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
4. Coyne, Kevin (9 October 2006). "100 Greatest Contemporary Country Albums". Country Universe. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
5. Wooldridge, Robert. "Between Midnight & Hindsight". Country Standard Time. CountryStandardTime.com. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
6. Between Midnight & Hindsight (liner notes). Joy Lynn White. Columbia. 1992.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Columbia Records Official Site