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Something Up My Sleeve is the fifth studio album by the American country music singer-songwriter Suzy Bogguss, released in 1993 on Liberty Records. Something Up My Sleeve produced two Top 10 singles: "Just Like the Weather" and "Hey Cinderella", which Bogguss co-wrote with Grammy-nominated songwriters Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison. Two other singles, "You Wouldn't Say That to a Stranger" and "Souvenirs", both failed to reach the top 40.

Something Up My Sleeve
Studio album by Suzy Bogguss
Released	September 21, 1993
Genre	Country
Length	34:22
Label	Liberty
Producer	Suzy Bogguss Jimmy Bowen
Suzy Bogguss chronology
Voices in the Wind (1992) Something Up My Sleeve (1993) Greatest Hits (1994)

The album was originally titled Diamonds and Tears.^{[citation needed]}

The UK release included the bonus track "Take It to the Limit," which Bogguss recorded for the Eagles tribute album, Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]

Bryan Buss of AllMusic wrote that the album is "one of Suzy Bogguss' finest and most consistent albums."[1]

Track listing

1. "Diamonds and Tears" (Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:19
2. "Just Like the Weather" (Suzy Bogguss, Doug Crider) – 3:17
3. "I Keep Comin' Back to You" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Bill Lloyd) – 3:04
4. "You Never Will" (Bogguss, Crider, Steve Dorff) – 3:26
5. "You'd Be the One" (Bogguss, Pat Bunch, Crider) – 3:15
6. "Hey Cinderella" (Berg, Bogguss, Harrison) – 4:04
7. "Souvenirs" (Gretchen Peters) – 4:09
8. "You Wouldn't Say That to a Stranger" (Bunch, Crider) – 3:19
9. "No Green Eyes" (Bogguss, Bunch, Crider) – 2:36
10. "Something Up My Sleeve" (Suzi Ragsdale, Verlon Thompson) - 3:30
    • duet with Billy Dean

Personnel

• Suzy Bogguss - lead vocals, background vocals
• Billy Dean - vocals on "Something Up My Sleeve"
• Matt Rollings - keyboards
• Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar, steelpan
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Johnny Neel - Hammond organ
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Pat Bergesson, Darrell Scott - electric guitar
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Ted Hewitt, Matraca Berg, Gerald Boyd, Harry Stinson, Suzi Ragsdale, Gerald Alan Boyd, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Martina McBride - background vocals

Production

• Producer: Jimmy Bowen, Suzy Bogguss
• Engineer: John Guess, Marty Williams, Gabe Veltry
• Assistant Engineer: Ken Hutton, Marty Williams, Derek Bason
• Vocal Engineer: Marty Williams
• String Engineer: Gabe Veltry
• Mixing: John Guess
• Digital Editing, Mastering: Glenn Meadows
• Conductor, String Arrangements: David Campbell
• Concert Master: Sid Page
• Creative Director: Sherri Halford
• Art Direction: Virginia Team
• Design: Jerry Joyner
• Photography: Randee Saint Nicholas
• Hair Stylist, Make-Up: Eric Barnard
• Distributor: EMI Music Dist.
• Studio: Emerald Sound Studio, Nashville, TN.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	121
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	27

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1993	"Just Like the Weather"	5	5
	"Hey Cinderella"	5	2
1994	"You Wouldn't Say That to a Stranger"	43	40
	"Souvenirs"	65	84

Certifications

RIAA Certification

Certification date	Country	Award
September 9, 1995	United States	Gold

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
US	1993	Liberty	CD	89261
			CS
	1998	EMI-Capitol Special Markets	CD	20003

References

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