Kathy Mattea (album)

Kathy Mattea is the debut studio album by American country music singer Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1984 (see 1984 in country music) on Mercury Records. It includes the singles "Street Talk", "Someone Is Falling in Love", "You've Got a Soft Place to Fall", and "That's Easy for You to Say". The song "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" was later released in 1986 by Restless Heart from their self-titled debut album.

Kathy Mattea
Studio album by Kathy Mattea
Released	March 22, 1984
Recorded	1983
Studio	Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee) Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	31:30
Label	Mercury PolyGram
Producer	Rick Peoples, Byron Hill
Kathy Mattea chronology
Kathy Mattea (1984) From My Heart (1985)
Singles from Kathy Mattea
"Street Talk" Released: September 1983 "Someone Is Falling in Love" Released: January 1984 "You've Got a Soft Place to Fall" Released: May 1984 "That's Easy for You to Say" Released: August 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Street Talk""	Lee Domann, Ralph Whiteway	2:44
2.	"Someone Is Falling in Love"	Domann, Pebe Sebert	3:05
3.	"You've Got a Soft Place to Fall"	Kerry Chater, Bob McDill, Hunter Moore	3:02
4.	"Takin' the Givin' Away"	Bob DiPiero, Jill Wood	3:15
5.	"You Know That I Do (And I Know That You Won't)"	Peter McCann	3:02
6.	"Full Time Love"	DiPiero, Tim Krekel	2:56
7.	"Somewhere Down the Road"	Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil, Michael Masser	3:38
8.	"That's Easy for You to Say"	Deborah Clifford, David Hodges
9.	"(Back to The) Heartbreak Kid"	Van Stephenson, Tim DuBois	3:09
10.	"God Ain't No Stained Glass Window"	Mark Germino	3:38

Personnel

• Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Gregg Galbraith – electric guitar
• Jon Goin – electric guitar
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Dale Sellers – electric guitar
• Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar
• David Briggs – piano
• Bobby Wood – piano
• Spady Brannan – bass guitar
• Alan Rush – bass guitar
• Gene Chrisman – drums
• Tommy Wells – drums
• Curtis Young – background vocals
• Wade McCurdy – background vocals
• Pat McManus – background vocals
• Marcy Cates – background vocals
• Margie Cates – background vocals
• Nashville String Machine – strings; arranged by D. Bergen White

Production notes

• Produced by Rick Peoples, Byron Hill
• Engineered by Mike Poston, Joe Scaife, George W. Clinton, Jim Cotton
• Mastered by Tom Coyne

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	42

Release history

Release history and formats for Kathy Mattea

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	March 22, 1984	LP CD cassette	PolyGram Mercury Records	[3]