What a Crying Shame

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What a Crying Shame is the third studio album by American country music band The Mavericks. The album was released on February 1, 1994 by MCA Nashville. It features the singles "What a Crying Shame," "O What a Thrill," "There Goes My Heart," "I Should Have Been True" and "All That Heaven Will Allow." In order, these singles reached #25, #18, #20, #30 and #49 on the Billboard Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA and 2× Platinum by the CRIA.

Track listing

1. "There Goes My Heart" (Kostas, Raul Malo) - 3:16
2. "What a Crying Shame" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:50
3. "Pretend" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:37
4. "I Should Have Been True" (Stan Lynch, Malo) - 5:14
5. "The Things You Said to Me" (Al Anderson, Malo) - 3:31
6. "Just a Memory" (Kostas, Malo) - 2:24
7. "All That Heaven Will Allow" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:34
8. "Neon Blue" (Anderson, Kostas) - 3:56
9. "O What a Thrill" (Jesse Winchester) - 3:13
10. "Ain't Found Nobody" (Harlan Howard, Kostas) - 3:18
11. "The Losing Side of Me" (Malo) - 3:51

Production

• Produced By Don Cook
• Mixed & Engineered By Mike Bradley

Personnel

The Mavericks

• Paul Deakin – drums, percussion
• Raul Malo – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Robert Reynolds – bass guitar

• Nick Kane (lead guitar) appears on the album cover, and is credited as a member of the band, but joined the group after the album was recorded and does not play on this record.

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Mark Casstevens – electric guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• James House – background vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano, organ
• Stan Lynch – percussion
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Trisha Yearwood – background vocals

Strings by the Nashville String Machine.

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	54
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1
Canadian RPM Country Albums	4
Canadian RPM Top Albums	45

External links

• What a Crying Shame at Allmusic