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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.
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| Released | March 22, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 31:30 | |||
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| Producer | Rick Peoples, Byron Hill | |||
| Kathy Mattea chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Kathy Mattea | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 |
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- 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
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- Produced by Rick Peoples, Byron Hill
- Engineered by Mike Poston, Joe Scaife, George W. Clinton, Jim Cotton
- Mastered by Tom Coyne
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| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 42 |
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| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| North America | March 22, 1984 |
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