It's fitting that the body comes before the mind in the title of Norma Jean's album Body and Mind, because her hard country cheating songs are unequivocally "of the flesh." The title track is a desolate portrait of loveless sex and drinking, and that's only the beginning of the album's expression of honky tonk despondency.
"In the Park After Dark" describes a troubled affair with a married man, "Once More I'll Let You In" is about a cheating woman whose lover is also cheating on her, and "Woman Hungry" offers justification for adulterous men.
The album has a few incongruous moments of levity, like "Truck Driving Woman" and a cover of the Harden Trio's upbeat hit "Tippy Toeing." "Truck Driving Woman" was a minor country hit, and the album itself made the country Top 40, but the mainstream country audience may not have been fully prepared in 1968 for this kind of liquor-soaked, self-destructive album from a female vocalist.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
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| 1 | In the Park After Dark | Norma Jean | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Woman Hungry | Norma Jean | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Ramblin' Man | Norma Jean | Play | 02:16 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | All of Me Belongs to You | Norma Jean | Play | 02:36 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Once More I'll Let You In | Norma Jean | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Promises Promises | Norma Jean | Play | 02:24 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Body and Mind | Norma Jean | Play | 02:01 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Tippy Toeing | Norma Jean | Play | 02:04 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | I Threw Away the Rose | Norma Jean | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Truck Driving Woman | Norma Jean | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | A Dime at a Time | Norma Jean | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Yesterday and All Day Long Today | Norma Jean | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 29 mins | 66 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norma Jean | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |