Homeward Looking Angel is the third studio album by American country music artist Pam Tillis. The album was a No. 23 album on the Billboard charts. This album produced four singles for Tillis on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Top Five hits "Shake the Sugar Tree" (No. 3) and "Let That Pony Run" (No. 4), as well as the Top 20 hits "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" (No. 11) and "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" (No. 16). The demo tape of "Shake the Sugar Tree", sung by Stephanie Bentley, was incorporated into Tillis's recording.
"We've Tried Everything Else" was also recorded by Canadian country artist Michelle Wright on her 1994 album The Reasons Why, while "Rough and Tumble Heart" was previously recorded by Highway 101 on their 1989 album Paint the Town. The album has been certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S.
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Critical reception
USA Today wrote that "Tillis has a strong, flexible voice and virtuosity in country, R&B and rock."
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.
Production
Paul Worley – producer
Ed Seay – producer, recording, mixing, recording (piano, acoustic guitar, fiddle & BGVs on 2)
Anthony Martin – associate producer, second engineer
Ernie Winfrey – recording (organ, guitars, mandolin, bass, drums & BGVs on 2)
Clarke Schleicher – additional recording
Carlos Grier – digital editing, mastering
Don Cobb – mastering
Denny Purcell – mastering
Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
Ramona Simmons – project administrator
Maude Gilman – art direction
Peter Nash – photography
Mary Beth Felts – make-up
Linda DeMith – hair stylist