Modern Times (Johnny Paycheck album)
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Doc's Place (Hendersonville, Tennessee)
Southern Tracks Studio (Atlanta, Georgia)
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio (Sheffield, Alabama)
East Avalon Recorders (Muscle Shoals, Alabama)
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| Released | March 1987 | |||
| Recorded | February, August, and November 1986 | |||
| Studio | Studio By The Pond (Hendersonville, Tennessee) Doc's Place (Hendersonville, Tennessee) Southern Tracks Studio (Atlanta, Georgia) Muscle Shoals Sound Studio (Sheffield, Alabama) East Avalon Recorders (Muscle Shoals, Alabama) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:37 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
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Modern Times is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music artist Johnny Paycheck. The album was released in March 1987, via Mercury Records, his only release for the record. It was produced by Stan Cornelius with additional production by Paycheck and Hilka Maria Cornelius.
Modern Times was Paycheck's final album to chart, peaking at 54 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Salinas Californian |  [2] |
| Lincoln Journal Star | [3] |
Modern Times received praise from critics upon release, many of whom viewed it as one of Paycheck's finest efforts. Bob Claypool of the Houston Post called it "a solid winner" and celebrated Paycheck's remarkable resilience, writing, "God bless Johnny Paycheck, they oughta build a statue to him!"[4] Wayne Bledsoe of the Knoxville News Sentinel praised the album's expressiveness and restraint, singling out "Old Violin" as a "gut-wrenching masterpiece" that placed Paycheck in the same emotional territory as George Jones.[5]
Cliff Radel of The Salinas Californian gave the album four out of five stars and emphasized the quality of the songwriting, proclaiming Modern Times "has more great lines per tune than any country record made in the last five years."[2] L. Kent Wolgamott of the Lincoln Journal Star gave the album a perfect score, calling it a "mournful country masterpiece," comparing Paycheck's delivery to George Jones.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Modern Times" | 2:33 | |
| 2. | "Don't Bury Me 'Till I'm Ready" | John Moffat | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Come to Me" | Hilka Maria Cornelius | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Butterflies and Babies" | Cornelius | 5:10 |
| 5. | "Caught Between a Rock and a Soft Place" |
| 3:13 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jole Blon" | Moon Mullican | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Old Violin" | Johnny Paycheck | 3:43 |
| 3. | "She Don't Love Me All the Time" |
| 3:12 |
| 4. | "The Other Man" | Buck Moore | 3:00 |
| 5. | "I Grow Old Too Fast (And Smart Too Slow)" | John Long | 3:45 |
| Total length: | 34:37 | ||