℗ 2018 Dame Productions marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
| Released | September 21, 2018 |
| Duration | 38m 35s |
| Record Label | Dame Productions |
| Catalogue No. | DAME001 |
| Genre | Country (Americana) |
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1.1
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More Lovin'
Mandy Barnett |
3:42 | |||
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1.2
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It's All Right (You're Just in Love)
Mandy Barnett |
3:26 | |||
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1.3
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Dream Too Real to Hold
Mandy Barnett |
3:44 | |||
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1.4
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Strange Conversation
Mandy Barnett |
4:49 | |||
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1.5
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A Cowboy's Work is Never Done
Mandy Barnett |
3:34 | |||
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1.6
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Puttin' on the Dog
Mandy Barnett |
4:29 | |||
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1.7
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All Night
Mandy Barnett |
4:04 | |||
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1.8
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My World Keeps Slipping Away
Mandy Barnett |
4:12 | |||
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1.9
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The Fool
Mandy Barnett |
3:19 | |||
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1.10
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Put a Chain on It
Mandy Barnett |
3:16 |
Strange Conversation is Mandy Barnett's progressive take on the postmodern American songbook. Sure, she’s a classicist who’s channeled Patsy Cline in a theatrical musical, recorded classic country songs with legendary producer Owen Bradley, and transfixed known musicos Seymour Stein, Arif Mardin and Ahmet Ertegun with her timeless stylings. But Barnett, who signed her first major label deal at age 12, decided she needed a change.
And so, she had to decide what to do next. While musical soul-searching, Barnett honed her symphony show and even reached back to an old passion — visual art — to get her creative juices flowing in a fresh direction. In between touring performing art centers, historic theaters and concert halls, and making gallery-exhibited artwork, Barnett embraced thoughts of finding different material to record.
Produced by Marco Giovino and Doug Lancio for Thirty Tigers and Barnett’s own label Dame Productions, Strange Conversation places the vocalist between obscure vintage pop and modern progressive songwriting. Think Lee Hazlewood and the Tams meet Tom Waits and Greg Garing with a little Mable John thrown in.
“I’m a torch singer, somebody who can do a little bit of everything. Pop, blues, gospel, country, soul — songs with emotion are what I do.”
- Mandy Barnett
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Dame Productions Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.49 -0.50 to -0.46 | -13.25 -15.34 to -11.07 | -10.77 -13.10 to -8.90 | 8 6 to 10 | |
| 1 | More Lovin' | -0.50 | -13.08 | -10.6 | 8 |
| 2 | It's All Right (You're Just in Love) | -0.49 | -13.47 | -10.3 | 8 |
| 3 | Dream Too Real to Hold | -0.50 | -15.34 | -12.7 | 10 |
| 4 | Strange Conversation | -0.46 | -14.12 | -11.9 | 9 |
| 5 | A Cowboy's Work is Never Done | -0.50 | -11.07 | -8.9 | 6 |
| 6 | Puttin' on the Dog | -0.50 | -12.79 | -10.3 | 8 |
| 7 | All Night | -0.50 | -13.33 | -10.8 | 8 |
| 8 | My World Keeps Slipping Away | -0.50 | -15.16 | -13.1 | 9 |
| 9 | The Fool | -0.48 | -12.32 | -9.9 | 8 |
| 10 | Put a Chain on It | -0.46 | -11.81 | -9.2 | 6 |