Only When I Laugh

Pop · 1981 · 10 tracks · 31m

Only When I Laugh

Polished 1980s country-pop featuring Lee's signature gravelly vocals. A mature, bittersweet collection of ballads and mid-tempo stories about love and changing times.

November 1981 · 747

A sophisticated and weary warmth that finds beauty in the scars of past heartbreaks.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 31m

01

Only When I Laugh (From the Columbia Motion Picture "Only When I Laugh")

2:58

02

Love Letters

3:23

03

A Good Love Don't Come That Easy

2:41

04

What a Way for Us to Say Goodbye

3:37

05

I Know a Lot About Love

2:34

06

From Levis to Calvin Klein Jeans

3:47

07

Out of Her Arms

2:58

08

There's More to Me Than What You Can See

2:16

09

Love Ain't the Question (Love Ain't the Answer)

3:33

10

Shine On

3:41

Moments Worth Waiting For

The weary grit in her voice during the opening title track as it swells with orchestral backing.

Where This Album Departs

How does Only When I Laugh sound next to the rest of Brenda Lee's catalogue?

Solitude+1.5σ

Solitude saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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