...Say When

May 2025 ...Say When Album Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson Say When 1985 Album Cover.jpg March 18, 1985 Sound Stage Studios and Emerald Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Country 31:32 MCA * Emory Gordy Jr. Tony Brown All Dressed Up and No Place to Go 1982 Rose of My Heart 1986 ...Say When studio Only Love Will Make It Right January 1985 When You Get a Little Lonely May 1985 Building Bridges September 1985 ...Say When is the fifth studio album by American singer Nicolette Larson. It was produced by Emory Gordy Jr. and Tony Brown, and released by MCA Records in 1985. Background Having signed with MCA in 1983, ...Say When was Larson's first of two country albums for the label.Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/say-when-rose-of-my-heart-mw0002364508 Say When/Rose of My Heart - Nicolette Larson | Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic 2012-06-19 2018-09-19 It peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and remained on the chart for twenty weeks.Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/nicolette-larson/chart-history/clp/ Nicolette Larson Say When Chart History Billboard 2018-09-19 Three singles were released from the album. "Only Love Will Make It Right" was released in January 1985 and reached No. 42 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs.Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/nicolette-larson/chart-history/csi/ Nicolette Larson Only Love Will Make It Right Chart History Billboard 2018-09-19 "When You Get a Little Lonely", released in May, reached No. 46.Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/nicolette-larson/chart-history/csi/ Nicolette Larson When You Get A Little Lonely Chart History Billboard 2018-09-19 The final single, "Building Bridges", was released in September and peaked at No. 72.Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/nicolette-larson/chart-history/csi/ Nicolette Larson Building Bridges Chart History Billboard 2018-09-19 In 2012, Raven Records gave the album its first CD release, as a double-album set with Larson's 1986 follow-up album Rose of My Heart. Critical reception AllMusic 3 5Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/say-when-mw0000925870 Say When - Nicolette Larson | Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic 2018-09-19 Upon release, Billboard considered Larson a "high energy addition to the new breed of today's country artists". They felt the album "spins through a kaleidoscope of material" and picked "When You Get a Little Lonely" as the album's "strong contender".Billboard magazine – Reviews: Albums – February 23, 1985 – page 66 Cash Box commented: "Thoroughly satisfying vocally, melodically and lyrically from start to finish, this latest album is further proof of Larson's consistent versatility as a performer."Cash Box newspaper – March 16, 1985 – Album Releases – page 10 In a retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic felt the album showed Larson "[diving] headfirst into contemporary country". He commented: "The bright, punchy sound is far removed from the lush, hazy SoCal soft rock of her five albums and it's right in line with the crisp sound coming of Nashville in the mid-'80s. The record stands as a strong slice of Reagan-era commercial country." Track listing When You Get a Little Lonely Nicolette Larson, Josh Leo, Wendy Waldman 3:32 Say When Gary Nicholson, Kevin Welch 2:43 Building Bridges Larry Willoughby, Hank DeVito 3:48 Only Love Will Make It Right Bob McDill 3:01 I Just Keep Falling in Love Steve Goodman, Bill LaBounty 3:08 Break Away Gary Nicholson, Wayland Holyfield 3:02 Blow on Chilly Wind Jesse Winchester 3:28 Dancin' 'Round and 'Round Adam Mitchell 3:41 You Were the One Randy Albright 2:26 You Can't Say (You Don't Love Me Anymore) John Jarvis, Bill Lamb 2:39 Personnel Nicolette Larson – vocals, harmony vocals (2, 4, 7, 8) John Hobbs – keyboards (1–8, 10) John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (10) Richard Bennett – acoustic guitars, electric guitar solo (1) Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitars (1–8, 10), acoustic guitars (9) Brent Rowan – electric guitar solo (2, 7) Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (3, 4, 8) Hank DeVito – steel guitar (5, 7) Jerry Douglas – dobro (4, 9) Emory Gordy Jr. – bass James Stroud – drums (1–8, 10) Jim Horn – saxophone solo (5) Vince Gill – harmony vocals (1–4, 6) Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals (1) Jonathan Edwards – harmony vocals (2, 7) Sharon White – harmony vocals (3, 9) Ricky Skaggs – harmony vocals (9) Production Tony Brown – producer Emory Gordy Jr. – producer Steve Tillisch – recording, mixing Mark Coddington – engineer Russ Martin – engineer Tim Kish – engineer Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Jeff Adamoff – art direction Tracy Veal – design Alan Messer – photography Chart performance Chart (1985)PeakpositionUS Billboard Top Country Albums48 References Category:1985 albums Category:Nicolette Larson albums Category:MCA Records albums Category:Albums produced by Emory Gordy Jr. Category:Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer)