Stay Tuned (Chet Atkins album)

Stay Tuned is a studio album by Chet Atkins, released in 1985 on Columbia Records. His guests included George Benson, Mark Knopfler, Steve Lukather, and Earl Klugh.^[2]

Stay Tuned
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	May 5, 1985
Recorded	1985
Studio	A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA) Room 335 (Los Angeles, CA) CA Workshop (Nashville, TN) The Sound Shop (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country, jazz
Length	36:43
Label	Columbia[1]
Producer	Chet Atkins, George Benson, David Hungate
Chet Atkins chronology
Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. (1983) Stay Tuned (1985) Street Dreams (1986)

Stay Tuned was the first "Nashville" album promoted specifically to compact disc purchasers.^[3]

"Cosmic Square Dance" won the 1985 Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance.^[4]

The album peaked at No. 145 on the Billboard 200.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]

AllMusic critic Cub Koda wrote of the album: "Atkins' tone is, as usual, faultless, and his playing superb. If the 'meetings' don't always come off, it's usually due to the overzealousness of the other guitar players.... All in all, a good modern-day Chet Atkins album, but not the place to start a collection."^[6] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "while the tunes are formulaic, the playing is impressive."^[9]

Track listing

1. "Sunrise" (G. Benson, Randy Goodrum) – 4:06
2. "Please Stay Tuned" (Atkins, Paul Yandell) – 4:01
3. "Quiet Eyes" (Russell) – 3:33
4. "A Mouse in the House" (Moss) – 3:52
5. "Some Leather and Lace" (Atkins, Yandell) – 3:56
6. "The Cricket Ballet" (Darryl Dybka) – 3:30
7. "Cosmic Square Dance" (Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Paul Yandell) – 4:14
8. "The Boot and the Stone" (Dybka) – 3:57
9. "Tap Room" – 4:08
10. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 1:26

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• George Benson – guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Earl Klugh – guitar
• Mark Knopfler – guitar
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Brent Mason – guitar
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Paul Yandell – guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Boots Randolph – saxophone
• Jim Horn – horns
• Don Sheffield – horns
• Darryl Dybka – keyboards
• Randy Goodrum – keyboards
• Clayton Ivey – keyboards
• Shane Keister – keyboards
• Mark Hammond – drums
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Terry McMillan – percussion

Production notes

• Bergen White – string and horn arrangement
• George Butler – remix supervision
• Mike Poston – engineering
• Ernie Winfrey – string section engineering
• Don Hahn – remix engineering
• Joe Borja – engineering assistance
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

References

1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
2. "Guitar virtuoso Atkins dies". Variety. July 1, 2001.
3. "CD Sales". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 26, 1985 – via Google Books.
4. Reinhart, Mark S. (September 17, 2014). Chet Atkins: The Greatest Songs of Mister Guitar. McFarland. ISBN 9781476617831 – via Google Books.
5. "Chet Atkins". Billboard.
6. Koda, Cub. "Stay Tuned > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
7. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 292.
8. MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 27.
9. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 26–27.