Kelly Willis (album)

Kelly Willis
Studio album by Kelly Willis
Released	1993
Genre	Country
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Don Was, Tony Brown and John Leventhal
Kelly Willis chronology
Bang Bang (1991) Kelly Willis (1993) What I Deserve (1998)

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Kelly Willis is the third album from the Austin, Texas-based singer. There were a couple of minor Billboard hits in the #63 "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" (covering a 1977 #1 hit for The Kendalls) and the #72 "Whatever Way the Wind Blows." Also of note is a duet with Kevin Welch, "That'll Be Me."

Tony Brown produced the album, with co-production by Don Was and John Leventhal on the tracks "Get Real" and "Shadows of Love".

Track listing

1. "Take It All Out on You" (Bruce Robison, Mas Palermo) – 2:33
2. "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" (Jerry Gillespie) – 2:30
3. "One More Night" (Palermo, Charlie Robison) – 3:17
4. "That'll Be Me" [with Kevin Welch] (Kevin Welch) – 4:23
5. "Whatever Way the Wind Blows" (Marshall Crenshaw) – 3:23
6. "Get Real" (Kelly Willis, John Leventhal) – 2:56
7. "I Know Better Now" (Jim Lauderdale) – 3:48
8. "Up All Night" (Libby Dwyer) – 4:06
9. "World Without You" (Willis, Paul Kennerley) – 3:17
10. "Shadows of Love" (Willis, Leventhal) – 4:02

Personnel

• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar
• Billy Bremner – electric guitar
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
• Andrew Gold – background vocals
• Mike Henderson – electric guitar, mandolin
• Jellyfish (band) – background vocals
• Kieran Kane – bouzouki, mandolin, background vocals
• Fats Kaplin – accordion, fiddle, flute
• John Leventhal – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, percussion, piano
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – background vocals
• Jonell Mosser – background vocals
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals
• Andy Sturmer – background vocals
• Benmont Tench – keyboards
• Don Was – bass guitar
• Kevin Welch – acoustic guitar and duet vocals on "That'll Be Me"
• Kelly Willis – lead vocals, background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar