Spinning Around the Sun

Spinning Around the Sun
Studio album by
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Released1993
GenreCountry music
Length44:36
LabelElektra
ProducerEmory Gordy Jr.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore chronology
"After Awhile"
(1991)		 Spinning Around the Sun
(1993)		 Braver Newer World
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star
Robert ChristgauA
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10

Spinning Around the Sun is an album by country music singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore. It was released in 1993 on Elektra Records, and was his second record for the label.

The album includes a duet with singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, "Reunion."

Critical reception

In The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll for the year's best albums, Spinning Around the Sun finished at number 7.

Robert Christgau gave the album an A grade, writing: "I doubt I'll hear a more gorgeous country record--maybe a more gorgeous record--anytime soon." Mark Deming from AllMusic gave the record a 3.5-star rating, writing that "there are too many tunes that are beautiful but unremarkable, and beyond a near-definitive reworking of Butch Hancock's 'Just a Wave, Not the Water,' very little of this connects with the force of Gilmore's best work." The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "Gilmore's synthesis of country, folk and rock 'n' roll is as effortless as ever, and his voice is its old sweet, nasal self."

Track listing

  1. "Where You Going" (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, David Hammond) 4:21
  2. "Santa Fe Thief" (A. B. Strehli, Jr.) 5:00
  3. "I Was the One" (Hal Blair, Claude Demetrius, Bill Peppers, Aaron Schroeder) 3:15
  4. "So I'll Run" (Strehli) 3:50
  5. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) 3:38
  6. "Mobile Line" (Traditional) 3:43
  7. "Nothing of the Kind" (Butch Hancock) 3:19
  8. "Just a Wave, Not the Water" (Hancock) 4:02
  9. "Reunion" (Jo Carol Pierce, Harry Porter) 2:54
  10. "I'm Gonna Love You" (Gilmore) 3:46
  11. "Another Colorado" (Gilmore) 3:31
  12. "Thinking About You" (Gilmore) 3:17

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1993) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 62
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 27

References

  1. 1 2 Gettelman, Parry. "JIMMIE DALE GILMORE". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  2. ↑ Weingarten, Charles Aaron, Jon Dolan, Chuck Eddy, Reed Fischer, Richard Gehr, Rob Harvilla, David Menconi, Marissa R. Moss, Nick Murray, Sarah Rodman, Linda Ryan, Christopher R.; Stone, Rolling (May 27, 2020). "50 Country Albums Every Rock Fan Should Own".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 "Spinning Around the Sun - Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. 1 2 "Robert Christgau: CG: Jimmie Dale Gilmore". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 331.
  6. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 148–149.
  7. ↑ "The Sagebrush Poet : Jimmie Dale Gilmore's career hasn't followed a traditional path but his 'Zen country' music is drawing attention with a major-label debut album called 'Spinning Around the Sun'". Los Angeles Times. October 10, 1993.
  8. ↑ "The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. March 1, 1994. Archived from the original on November 14, 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2022.