Morton Downey Jr. Sings
| Morton Downey Jr. Sings | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1989 |
| Recorded | 1988 |
| Genre | Rock, pop, country rock |
| Language | English |
| Label | Compose Records[1] Peter Pan Industries[2] |
Morton Downey Jr. Sings is an album by talk show host Morton Downey Jr. released in 1989.[1][2][3][4]
When released it had advanced orders of more than 500,000 copies.[2]
Downey promoted the album by performing the song "Hey Mr. Dealer" on an episode of The Arsenio Hall Show.[5]
Reception[edit]
The Los Angeles Times called it the worst album of the 1980s.[1]
The New York Times said, "Mr. Downey's singing is in the gruff country mode of Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson but lacks the emphatic firmness of tone and pitch that gives even spoken monologues by those singers an underlying sense of musical cadence. Morton Downey Jr. Sings is anything but subtle."[2]
The New York Times also said the music qualified as country pop.[2]
In 2016, the album came in at #2 on a "Top 10 Musical Oddities" list for the Alternative Nation website.[6]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blue Collar King" | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Operate, Operate" | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Old Man" | 4:17 |
| 4. | "Hey Mr. Dealer" | 2:35 |
| 5. | "Mr. Yuppie's Birthday Party" | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Last American Hero" | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Senator Paperman" | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Lawyer Named Sue" | 2:58 |
| 9. | "Lady of the Night" | 4:28 |
| 10. | "Solution to Pollution" | 4:48 |
| 11. | "Zip It" | 2:40 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c The Los Angeles Times
- ^ a b c d e "The Pop Life (Published 1989)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-12-20.
- ^ Sun-Sentinel
- ^ The Los Angeles Times
- ^ "The Arsenio Hall Show". youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- ^ "Top 10 Musical Oddities". alternativenation.net. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
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