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Woman in the Moon is a studio album by American country artist Chely Wright. The album was released on August 9, 1994 on Polydor Records and was produced by both Barry Beckett and Harold Shedd. Woman in the Moon was Wright's debut album as a music artist and contained a total of ten tracks. The album spawned three singles and was the first of two albums Wright would release under the Polydor label.

Woman in the Moon
Studio album by Chely Wright
Released	August 9, 1994
Studio	Music Mill OmniSound Woodland
Genre	Country
Length	32:01
Label	PolyGram Mercury
Producer	Barry Beckett Harold Shedd
Chely Wright chronology
Woman in the Moon (1994) Right in the Middle of It (1996)
Singles from Woman in the Moon
"He's a Good Ole Boy[1]" Released: July 1994 "Till I Was Loved By You[1]" Released: October 1994 "Sea of Cowboy Hats[1]" Released: January 1995

Background and content

Woman in the Moon was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and consisted of ten tracks. Both Barry Beckett and Harold Shedd produced the album. Half of the album's tracks were either written or co-written by Wright. These tracks included "Till All Her Tears Are Dry", "Go On and Go", and "Sea of Cowboy Hats", which would later be released as a single. The album also included a cover of Bill Anderson's "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)",[2] which was a top ten hit for Connie Smith in 1966.[3] The seventh track "I Love You Enough to Let You Go" was co-written by country artist Keith Whitley. The album's second track "He's a Good Ole Boy" was composed by country music songwriter Harlan Howard, who had previously written songs for other well-known country artists.[2]

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
New Country

Woman in the Moon was released on August 9, 1994 on PolyGram and Mercury Records. It was distributed as both a compact disc and a cassette.[4] The project spawned three singles between 1994 and 1995. The album's lead single "He's a Good Ole Boy" was released in July 1994, peaking at number 58 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart[5] and number 55 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[6] The second single, "Till I Was Loved By You," was released in October 1994, peaking at number 48 on the country chart and number 66 on the RPM Country Tracks chart.[7][6] The third single spawned was the track "Sea of Cowboy Hats", which was released in 1995. The song reached a peak of 56 on the American country chart and 74 on the Canadian country chart that year.[8][6]

Brett Milano of New Country rated the album 3 1⁄2 stars out of 5, saying that Wright "clearly loves a lyric with a meaty storyline" and "Wright also has a warmer romantic side, as...'Till I Was Loved by You' demonstrates, but most of these tracks suggest she's not a woman to be messed with." Milano's review also singled out "The Last Supper", noting that the subject of the song is "really planning to poison" her husband.[9]

Track listing

Compact disc and digital versions

Cassette version

Personnel

All credits for Woman in the Moon are adapted from Allmusic.[12]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Canada	August 9, 1994	Compact disc	PolyGram Mercury Records	[13]
United States				[14]
		Cassette		[11]
	2010s	Digital download streaming	Mercury Records	[10]

References

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