Talkin' 'Bout Men

1991 studio album by The Forester Sisters

Talkin' 'Bout Men

Studio album by

The Forester Sisters

Released

March 26, 1991 (1991-03-26)

Studio

FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Muscle Shoals, Alabama); Music Box (Fort Payne, Alabama); Treasure Isle, Recording Arts and Creative Recording (Nashville, Tennessee).

Genre

Country

Length

34:37

Label

Warner Bros. Nashville

Producer

Robert Byrne
Al Schulman

The Forester Sisters chronology

Come Hold Me
(1990)

Talkin' 'Bout Men
(1991)

I Got a Date
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Talkin' 'Bout Men is the sixth studio album by American country music group The Forester Sisters. It was released in 1991 via Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[2] Its title comes from the song "Men", which peaked at number 8 on the country singles charts.

Critical reception

Johnny Loftus reviewed the album with favor on AllMusic, calling "Men" a "novelty hit" and "Bonnie Raitt-lite country pop number", also finding influences of Western swing and gospel in some tracks while simultaneously complimenting the sisters' harmonies.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Step in the Right Direction"	Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne, Tom Wopat	2:34
2.	"Too Much Fun"	Byrne, Al Schulman	2:38
3.	"That Makes One of Us"	Bowles, Barbara Wyrick	3:18
4.	"Men"	Byrne, Schulman	3:20
5.	"Somebody Else's Moon"	Beth Nielsen Chapman, Kent Robbins	4:58
6.	"It's Gettin' Around"	Sandy Ramos, Bob Regan	3:19
7.	"You Take Me for Granted"	Leona Williams	3:23
8.	"The Blues Don't Stand a Chance"	Gary Burr, Jack Sundrud	3:42
9.	"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"	Tim Nichols, Jimmy Alan Stewart	2:52
10.	"What About Tonight"	John Jarrard, J. D. Martin	4:33

Personnel

Adapted from Talkin' 'Bout Men liner notes.^[3]

The Forester Sisters

Christy Forester – vocals
June Forester – vocals
Kathy Forester – vocals
Kim Forester – vocals

Musicians

Clayton Ivey – keyboards
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – keyboards
Robert Byrne – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Bill Hinds – electric guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
John Willis – electric guitar
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar, dobro
Larry Paxton – bass guitar
Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
Bob Wray – bass guitar
Owen Hale – drums
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Guy Higginbotham – saxophone

Technical

Richard Helm – A&R direction
Robert Byrne – producer, mixing, mastering
Alan Schulman – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Rok Campbell – assistant engineer
Jonathan Grimm – assistant engineer
Pat Hutchinson – assistant engineer
Daniel Johnston – assistant engineer
Vicki Lancaster – assistant engineer
Steve Lowery – assistant engineer
Ed Turner – assistant engineer
Hollis Flatt – mastering
M.C. Rather – mastering
Custom Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
Laura LiPuma – art direction, design
Mark Tucker – photography
Judy Seale and Refugee Management, Inc. – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	137
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	75

References

^ ^a ^b "Talkin' 'Bout Men review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
^ "Talkin' 'Bout Men Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
^ Talkin' 'Bout Men (CD booklet). Warner Records Nashville. 1991. 26500-2.
^ "The Forester Sisters Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "The Forester Sisters Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.