Torn Between Two Lovers (album)

Torn Between Two Lovers is the debut album by Mary MacGregor. It was produced and partly written by Peter Yarrow, and released in 1976.

Torn Between Two Lovers
Studio album by Mary MacGregor
Released	1976
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama
Genre	Pop
Label	Ariola America
Producer	Peter Yarrow, Barry Beckett
Mary MacGregor chronology
Torn Between Two Lovers (1976) ...In Your Eyes (1978)

Release and promotion

The album was released in 1976 and reached the number 17 position on the Billboard 200 chart. Three singles were released in promotion of the album, all reaching both the Country singles and Hot 100 pop charts. The title track was a number-one hit on the pop and adult contemporary charts.^[1]

Critical reception

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau gave the record a "C" and said, "I consider it significant that Peter Yarrow's first commercial success of the decade is an Olivia Newton-John substitute, albeit one who's willing to admit she fucks around."^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Mama" (Stephen Ferguson) 3:19
2. "This Girl (Has Turned Into a Woman)" (Peter Yarrow, Mary MacGregor) 3:25
3. "Good Together" (Gretta Larson) 2:51
4. "It's Too Soon (To Let Our Love End)" (Jim Salestrom) 2:46
5. "Why Did You Wait (To Tell Me)" (Peter Yarrow) 4:05

Side two

1. "The Lady I Am" (Gretta Larson) 3:45
2. "For a While" (Peter Yarrow, Kevin Hunter) 2:52
3. "I Just Want to Love You" (Randy Sharp) 3:00
4. "Take Your Love Away" (Randy Sharp) 2:50
5. "Torn Between Two Lovers" (Peter Yarrow, Phillip Jarrell) 3:49

Personnel

• Tim Henson - keyboards
• David Hood - bass guitar
• Roger Hawkins - drums
• Tom Roady - percussion
• Pete Carr - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Jimmy Johnson - rhythm guitar
• Ken Bell - acoustic guitar
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar on "Good Together"
• Stu Basore - pedal steel guitar
• Barry Beckett - keyboards, synthesizer
• David Campbell - string arrangements and conducting
• Muscle Shoals Horns (Charles Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades)
• Ginger Holladay, Lisa Silver, Sheri Kramer - background vocals

Charts

Chart (1977)[1]	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	35
U.S. Billboard 200	17
U.S. Country Albums	3

References

1. "Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor : Awards". AllMusic. n.d. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 185. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Torn Between Two Lovers at Discogs (list of releases)