Juice (Juice Newton album)

Juice is the million selling plus sixth studio album and third solo album by American country rock singer Juice Newton. The album was released in early 1981 and was her first major success.

Juice
Studio album by Juice Newton
Released	February 1981
Recorded	September – November 1980[1]
Genre	Country pop, country rock
Length	34:42
Label	Capitol
Producer	Richard Landis
Juice Newton chronology
Take Heart (1979) Juice (1981) Quiet Lies (1982)
Singles from Juice
"Angel of the Morning" Released: February 1981 "Queen of Hearts" Released: June 8, 1981 "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" Released: October 24, 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Hits

The album features two #1 hits, "Angel of the Morning" and "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)". It also contains "Queen of Hearts," the biggest single of Juice Newton's career, which peaked at #2 on both Billboard's Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts^[4] ("Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie prevented the song from reaching #1). "Queen of Hearts" was a popular music video during the summer of MTV's debut. Newton would go on to have more hit songs and albums, but this remains the album for which she is best known.

In 1984, a fourth track from Juice, titled "Ride 'Em Cowboy", was released in support of Newton's first Greatest Hits album. The single reached #32 on the U.S. Billboard Country charts.

Two versions of the album exist. Early releases feature the original pedal steel guitar-heavy country version of "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)," subsequently replaced by the more pop-friendly remix that was issued as a single. Early editions have the artist's name in blue outlined letters on the front of the jacket. Later editions with this remix have the artists name with the lettering filled in with cream or off white.

Awards

Juice garnered Juice Newton two "Best Female Vocalist" Grammy Award nominations (in the Pop and Country categories, respectively). She lost out to Lena Horne and Dolly Parton but won a Grammy for her follow-up album Quiet Lies.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Angel of the Morning"	Chip Taylor	4:10
2.	"Shot Full of Love"	Bob McDill	3:22
3.	"Ride 'Em Cowboy"	Paul Davis	3:30
4.	"Queen of Hearts"	Hank DeVito	3:26
5.	"River of Love"	Juice Newton, Otha Young	2:53

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All I Have to Do Is Dream"	Boudleaux Bryant	3:10
2.	"Headin' for a Heartache"	Byron Hill, J. Remington Wilde	2:46
3.	"Country Comfort"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	4:17
4.	"Texas Heartache"	Keith Stegall, Chris Waters	2:59
5.	"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"	Young	4:04

Personnel

• Juice Newton - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Chuck Martin, George Doering, Mitch Holder, Otha Young, Tim May - electric guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr., Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett - acoustic guitar
• Dan Dugmore, Doug Livingston, Jay Dee Maness - pedal steel guitar
• Philip Aaberg - keyboards
• Neil Stubenhaus, Scott Chambers - bass
• Rick Shlosser - drums
• Steve Forman - percussion
• Brad Felton - banjo
• Andrew Gold, Brock Walsh, Harry Stinson, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Kenny Edwards, Lewis Morford, Stan Farber - backing vocals

Production

• Produced by Richard Landis
• Associate Producer: Otha Young
• Engineered by Joe Chiccarelli
• Assistant Engineers: David Cole, Hugh Davies, Mitch Gibson, Karen Siegel
• Mixing: Michael Verdick
• Mastering: Wally Traugott

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak position U.S. Billboard Top LPs[5] 22 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[5] 4 Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 46 Canadian RPM Top Albums 16

Year End Chart (1981) Peak position U.S. Billboard Top LPs[7] 24 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[8] 18

Year End Chart (1982) Peak position U.S. Billboard Top LPs[9] 33 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[10] 15

Charting Singles

Single	Peak chart positions
	US Country [11]	US [11]	US AC [11]	CAN Country [12]	CAN [13]	CAN AC [14]	NZ [15]	AUS [16]
"Angel of the Morning"[A]	22	4	1	21	1	6	5	2
"Queen of Hearts"	14	2	2	6	8	3	7	8
"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"	1	7	1	1	25	1	—	—

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Platinum[17]	January 5, 1982