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{{Infobox album
| name       = Margo Smith
| type       = studio
| longtype   = ([[re-recording (music)|re-recording]])
| artist     = [[Margo Smith]]
| cover      = Margo Smith--1986 album.jpg
| released   = {{start date|1986}}
| recorded   = Fall 1985
| studio     = Studio 19
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |title=''Margo Smith'': Songs, reviews, credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/margo-smith-mw0000858931 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
| label      = {{hlist|[[Dot Records|Dot]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]}}
| producer   = Al Henson
| prev_title = [[The Best of the Tennessee Yodeler]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[The Best Yet (Margo Smith album)|The Best Yet]]
| next_year  = 1987
}}
'''''Margo Smith''''' is a re-recorded [[studio album]] by American [[country music]] artist [[Margo Smith]]. It was released in 1986 in conjunction with [[Dot Records]] and [[MCA Records]]. The project was Smith's second eponymous release and contained ten tracks of material. While all the material was newly recorded, the songs chosen for the album were re-recordings of music Smith first cut during the 1970s.
==Background, content and release==
During the late 1970s, Margo Smith had several major country hits with songs like "[[Don't Break the Heart That Loves You]]," "[[It Only Hurts for a Little While]]" and "[[Little Things Mean a Lot]]". After making several changes to wardrobe and musical appearance, Smith went into different stylistic directions during the 1980s and had less commercial success. She continued releasing music to several different labels.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Sandra |title=Margo Smith: Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/margo-smith-mn0000675718 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> In 1985, MCA Records announced a plan to reactivate and take control of Dot Records. With the new label, MCA also announced they would record and release new music by several veteran country artists. The albums were set for release between 1985 and 1986.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kirby |first1=Kip |title=Dot Label Reborn with Seven Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 12, 1985 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=dot+label+reborn+with+seven+albums+billboard+1985&pg=PT90 |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> Smith was among the artists chosen for the new joint venture. She began recording for the project during the fall of 1985 at Studio 19, located in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The sessions were produced by Al Henson.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Margo |title=''Margo Smith'' (LP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=Dot Records/MCA Records |date=1986 |id=MCA-39048}}</ref>
The eponymous release contained a total of ten tracks.<ref name="Allmusic"/> The project were ten newly re-recorded versions of songs previously cut by Smith while at [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] labels respectively. Included were re-recordings of Smith's two number one singles from 1978: "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" and "It Only Hurts for a Little While". Also included were re-recordings of the top ten hits "[[Still a Woman]]," "[[There I Said It]]," "[[Save Your Kisses for Me]]" and "[[Little Things Mean a Lot]]". The album was released in 1986 via Dot and MCA Records. It was issued as a [[Gramophone record|vinyl LP]]<ref name="Liner Notes"/> and as a [[Audio cassette|cassette]] with similar track listings.<ref name="Cassette">{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Margo |title=''Margo Smith'' (Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=Dot Records/MCA Records |date=1986 |id=MCAC-39048}}</ref>
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==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline        = Side one<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref name="Cassette"/>
| title1          = [[Don't Break the Heart That Loves You]]
| writer1         = {{hlist|[[Benny Davis]]|Ted Murry}}
| length1         =
| title2          = [[Still a Woman]]
| writer2         = {{hlist|[[Mack David]]|Margo Smith|Norris D. Wilson}}
| length2         =
| title3          = [[Love's Explosion]]
| writer3         = {{hlist|Smith|Wilson}}
| length3         =
| title4          = [[If I Give My Heart to You]]
| writer4         = {{hlist|[[Milt Gabler|Jimmy Brewster]]|[[Jimmie Crane]]|[[Adolph Jacobs|Al Jacobs]]}}
| length4         =
| title5          = [[It Only Hurts for a Little While]]
| writer5         =  {{hlist|David|[[Fritz Spielmann (composer)|Fred Spielman]]}}
| length5         =
}}
{{tracklist
| headline        = Side two<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref name="Cassette"/>
| title1          = [[Little Things Mean a Lot]]
| writer1         = {{hlist|[[Edith Lindeman]]|Carl Stutz}}
| length1         =
| title2          = Paper Lovin'
| writer2         = Smith
| length2         =
| title3          = [[The Shuffle Song|Shuffle Song]]
| writer3         = {{hlist|David|Smith|Wilson}}
| length3         =
| title4          = [[There I Said It]]
| writer4         = Smith
| length4         =
| title5          = [[Save Your Kisses for Me]]
| writer5         = {{hlist|[[Tony Hiller]]|[[Lee Sheriden]]|[[Martin Lee (singer)|Martin Lee]]}}
| length5         =
}}
==Personnel==
All credits are adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''Margo Smith''.<ref name="Liner Notes"/>
'''Musical and technical personnel'''
* Clyde Brooks – [[Drums]]
* Sonny Garrish – [[Steel guitar]]
* Al Henson – Producer
* [[Hoot Hester]] – [[Fiddle]]
* Roger Morris – [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]]
* Gary Prim – Keyboards
* Jack Ross – [[Bass (instrument)|Bass]]
* Ronny Scaife – [[Rhythm guitar]]
* Dale Sellers – [[Guitar|Lead guitar]]
* Margo Smith – Lead vocals
* Bruce Watkins – Rhythm guitar
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Region
!scope="col"| Date
!scope="col"| Format
!scope="col"| Label
!scope="col"| Ref.
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| 1986
| {{hlist|Vinyl|cassette}}
| {{hlist|[[Dot Records]]|[[MCA Records]]}}
| <ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref name="Cassette"/>
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Margo Smith}}
[[Category:1986 albums]]
[[Category:Dot Records albums]]
[[Category:MCA Records albums]]
[[Category:Margo Smith albums]]