When Fallen Angels Fly

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Chicago Tribune
Entertainment Weekly	A

When Fallen Angels Fly is a studio album released in 1994 by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It reached #8 on the Top Country Albums charts and was certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. All four of its singles — "I Try to Think About Elvis"#3, "You Don't Even Know Who I Am"#5, "Here I Am"#4 and "Halfway Down"#6 — all reached Top Ten on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" was also recorded by Greg Holland on his 1997 album Exception to the Rule and Delbert McClinton on his 1997 album One of the Fortunate Few. Both "Old Weakness" and "Over My Shoulder" were also recorded in 2002 by Tanya Tucker on her album Tanya.

When Fallen Angels Fly won CMA's Album of the Year in 1995, at the time Patty was only the 3rd woman in the history of the award to win.

Track listing

1. "A Handful of Dust" (Tony Arata) – 3:05
2. "Halfway Down" (Jim Lauderdale) – 3:45
3. "When the Fallen Angels Fly" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 4:33
4. "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" (Gretchen Peters) – 4:04
5. "Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad" (Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing) – 3:18
6. "Here I Am" (Arata) – 2:59
7. "I Try to Think About Elvis" (Gary Burr) – 2:49
8. "Ships" (Peters) – 3:42
9. "Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)" (Gary Nicholson, Bob DiPiero) – 2:59
10. "Over My Shoulder" (Roger Murrah, Marcus Hummon) – 4:22

Personnel

Technical

• Emory Gordy Jr.: Producer
• Mixed By Derek Bason & John Guess
• Engineered By Bob Bullock, Amy Hughes, Craig White & Marty Williams
• Mastered By Glenn Meadows

Musicians

• Eddy Anderson – percussion
• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kathy Burdick – background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – slide guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle
• Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle
• Pete Finney – steel guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
• Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar
• Owen Hale – drums
• Jimmy Hall – blues harp
• Tim Hensley – background vocals
• John Hobbs – piano
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Mike Lawler – keyboards
• Patty Loveless – lead vocals
• Donna McElroy – background vocals
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Carmella Ramsey – backgrounds vocals
• Dawn Sears – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	60