I admit I've got a pretty bad track record of predicting which artists are going to make it. In retrospect, I understand why some of the artists I thought would hit big didn't do so. The one, however, that still puzzles me is Mandy Barnett. Given her voice, the enduring popularity of Patsy Cline (whom Barnett sounds a lot like), her magnificent 1999 sophomore album
I've Got a Right to Cry, and Sire's, her record label at the time, commitment to her. She's only released a few albums since then, though I think she still plays Patsy Cline sometimes in Alway, the play about Patsy Cline's life. She does, however, as I just discovered, have a track on the new Eddy Arnold tribute album -
You Don't Know Me that just came out on Tuesday (so I haven't heard it yet.) Back in the late 1990s, she also appeared on two soundtracks - Election and Traveller. The soundtracks are a little hit or miss, but Mandy's contributions are definite highlights. Since they're out of print, I thought I would post them tonight.
Election soundtrack
| Get Set |
Taxiride |
| Jennifer Juniper |
Donovan |
| Rising Sign |
Hurricane #1 |
| If You'll Be The Teacher |
Mandy Barnett |
| Three Times A Lady |
The Commodores |
| This Road I'm Travelling |
Mojave 3 |
| Born To Be With You |
Damnations TX |
| Drown In Small Cowgirl Boots |
Jolene |
| Find A Way To Win |
Tim Carroll |
| Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now |
Patience & Prudence |
| Right In The Back Of Your Mind |
Spacehog |
| La Piscine Couverte |
April March |
| Only God Knows |
Martin's Dam |
| Weird |
Sebadoh |
| El Tostado |
Joey Altruda and the Cocktail Crew |
| Election [selections from the original
score] |
Rolfe Kent |
Traveller Soundtrack
| Young Love |
Kevin Sharp |
| Dark Moon |
Mandy Barnett |
| Don't Rob Another Man's Castle |
Royal Wade Kimes |
| Sweeter Than The Flowers |
The Cox Family |
| Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu |
Lou Ann Barton |
| Love And Happiness |
Al Green |
| I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes |
The Cox Family |
| Gonna Find Me A Bluebird |
Royal Wade Kimes |
| Searching (For Someone Like You) |
Mandy Barnett |
| I Love You A Thousand Ways |
Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
| Sweet Nothin's |
Tina & The B-Side Movement |
| Blues Stay Away From Me |
Thrasher & Shiver |
| Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love With
You) |
Lila McCann |
| Rockin' Robin |
Bryan White |
| Seven Lonely Days |
K.D. Lang And The Reclines With Take 6 |
| If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time |
Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
| Dream Lover |
Mandy Barnett |
| King Of The Road |
Randy Travis |
