Produced by Marty Robbins himself, Today doesn't contain a hint of the macho swagger suggested by the cover photo of the singer in full NASCAR regalia, but that's not to say that it's an album bound together by syrup.
"The Chair," a song that peaked at seven on Billboard's Country Singles chart, is overheated death row melodrama told from the perspective of the executed prisoner, while "Late Great Lover" and "Thanks, But No Thanks, Thanks to You" are pieces of hardwood Texas honky tonk where all the grit and grain have been sanded away.
Elsewhere, there's a heavy hint of folk borrowed from Glen Campbell -- "Early Morning Sunshine," the other Top Ten hit here (it topped out at nine), is an exquisite piece of twinkling early-'70s AM-prog, while "Quiet Shadows" could've fit onto an inquisitive record by an MOR singer -- that meshes well with the bent toward ballads.
Ultimately, these different strands combine to form a record that's meant for early mornings: it provides quiet comfort.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early Morning Sunshine | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Late Great Lover | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | I'm Not Blaming You | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:29 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Another Day Has Gone By | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Thanks, But No Thanks, Thanks to You | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:34 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Quiet Shadows | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Too Many Places | Marty Robbins | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | You Say It's Over | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:25 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Put a Little Rainbow in Your Pocket | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Seventeen Years | Marty Robbins | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | The ChairMarty Robbins | Marty Robbins | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 29 mins | 68 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marty Robbins | Composer, 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. |