Look at Mine

Despite first being a folk artist, Jody Miller had her biggest commercial success with 1965's "Queen of the House". The single was a top 20 pop song and a top five country song, setting forth a career in the country music industry.[2] In late sixties, Miller's commercial success faded and she briefly retired. Upon hearing Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man", she contacted the song's producer, Billy Sherrill. The pair soon met and he signed her to a country music recording contract in 1970 at Epic Records.[3] Her first Epic studio album was 1970's Look at Mine, which was a collection of both country and pop songs.[2]

Look at Mine was recorded between June and August 1970 at the Columbia Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Sherrill served as the album's sole producer.[4] Miller enjoyed working alongside Sherrill, as noted on her official website: "None of us who recorded music with Billy producing will ever be the same, except for Tammy Wynette, and she's in Heaven."[5]

The project was a collection of 11 tracks.[1] Miller described the album as being "A little pop, a little country, and darn good songs."[5] Six songs on the project were new recordings: the "A Week and a Day", title track, "Catch Me in the Morning", "If You Think I Love You Now (I've Just Started)", "Safe in These Lovin' Arms of Mine" and "I'll Never Love Again".[4] The remaining five songs were covers, four which being pop covers. This included Anne Murray's top ten single "Snowbird", Peter, Paul and Mary's number one song "Leaving on a Jet Plane", Creedence Clearwater Revival's top five song "Lookin' out My Back Door".[6] Other covers were originally country singles. This included of Tammy Wynette's chart-topping Billboard country songs: "Stand by Your Man" and "He Loves Me All the Way".[7]

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Allmusic	[1]

Look at Mine was originally released in December 1970 by Epic Records. It was the sixth studio album of her career and her first with Epic. The label distributed the disc as a vinyl LP. Five songs were included on "Side A" and six songs were included on "Side B".[4] It was later released digitally by Sony Music Entertainment.[8] It received a negative review from AllMusic, which only rated the album two out of five stars. Reviewer Greg Adams compared Miller's voice to that of Bobbie Gentry's but criticized the mixed amount of material: "The wide variety of songs she recorded and her chameleonic vocals prevented Miller from establishing a signature sound. As a consequence, the stylistically diverse Look at Mine lacks cohesion but offers a fair sampling of the many kinds of music Miller made."[1] Look at Mine peaked at number 20 on the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1970.[9]

A total of two singles were included on Look at Mine. The first single originally released was the title track, which Epic issued in July 1970.[10] The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[7] On the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, it climbed to number 26.[11] "If You Think I Love You Now (I've Just Started)" was then released as a single in November 1970.[12] It reached number 19 on the Billboard country chart and number 29 on the RPM country chart.[7][11]

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Look at Mine.[4]

• The Jordanaires – Background vocals
• Jimmy Moore – Cover photo
• Billy Sherrill – Producer