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Rose Colored Glasses is the 1978 debut album by country music artist John Conlee. It was released on ABC Records, and was his only disc for the label; he would move to MCA Records the next year.[1]

Rose Colored Glasses
Studio album by John Conlee
Released	October 11, 1978
Genre	Country
Length	26:03
Label	ABC
Producer	Bud Logan
John Conlee chronology
Rose Colored Glasses (1978) Forever (1979)

The album was a commercial success, peaking just outside the country top 10 (at number 11), and would be his highest charting album until 1983.[2]

It featured 3 singles; the Conlee-written title track reached number 5 in America.[3] The next single, "Lady Lay Down" became a number one in the States,[4] while going to number 2 in Canada. The last single to be released from the record, the Conlee-written "Backside of Thirty" (in 1979) was also an American number 1,[4] while reaching number 5 in Canada. Among these singles, "Backside of Thirty" had originally been released in 1977, but it did not chart at the time.[1]

Kurt Wolff and Orla Duane, in their book Country Music: The Rough Guide, described the album's cuts as "among Conlee's finest, including the title track and especially 'Backside of Thirty'."[5]

Track listing

1. "Rose Colored Glasses" (John Conlee, George Barber) – 3:18
2. "Something Special" (Dave Loggins) – 2:36
3. "I'll Be Easy" (John Conlee) – 1:55
4. "Let Your Love Fall Back on Me" (Jonathan Lee) – 2:12
5. "Backside of Thirty" (John Conlee) – 2:33
6. "Lady Lay Down" (Don Cook, Rafe Van Hoy) – 3:05
7. "She Loves My Troubles Away" (Rayburn Anthony, Max D. Barnes) – 2:28
8. "Just Let It Slide" (A.L. "Doodle" Owens) – 2:47
9. "Some Old California Memory" (A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Warren Robb) – 2:24
10. "Hold On" (John Conlee, Dick Kent) – 2:45

Production

• Produced By Bud Logan
• Production Co-Ordination: Katie Gillon, Sherri Halford
• Engineers: Les Ladd, Bud Logan, Jack logan
• Mastering: Milan Bogdan, Glenn Meadows

References

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